Original von Neumann CA
Infinite 2-D Cartesian grid of cells
Synchronous time in the universe of cells
Each cell has same simple finite automaton (state machine)
Each cell sees immediate neighborhood of 8 cells
State of each cell at time t+1 is a function of the values of neighboring cells at time t
Each cell can have 29 states
There is a quiescent state Vo, where F(Vo)=Vo
Most of the universe is quiescent