Add Z80 CPU skeleton, RegisterPair struct, and MemoryBus implementation

Core/Cpu/RegisterPair.cs

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+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Core.Cpu
+{
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
+    public struct RegisterPair
+    {
+        [FieldOffset(0)]
+        public ushort Word;
+
+        [FieldOffset(0)]
+        public byte Low;
+
+        [FieldOffset(1)]
+        public byte High;
+    }
+}

Core/Cpu/Z80.cs

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+using System;
+using Core.Interfaces;
+
+namespace Core.Cpu
+{
+    public partial class Z80
+    {
+        // Main Register Set
+        public RegisterPair AF;
+        public RegisterPair BC;
+        public RegisterPair DE;
+        public RegisterPair HL;
+
+        // Alternate Register Set
+        public RegisterPair AF_Prime;
+        public RegisterPair BC_Prime;
+        public RegisterPair DE_Prime;
+        public RegisterPair HL_Prime;
+
+        // Index Registers
+        public RegisterPair IX;
+        public RegisterPair IY;
+
+        // Special Purpose Registers
+        public ushort PC; // Program Counter
+        public ushort SP; // Stack Pointer
+        public byte I;    // Interrupt Vector
+        public byte R;    // Memory Refresh
+
+        // The Memory Bus
+        private readonly IMemory _memory;
+
+        public Z80(IMemory memory)
+        {
+            _memory = memory;
+            Reset();
+        }
+
+        public void Reset()
+        {
+            PC = 0x0000;
+            // The Z80 initializes SP to 0xFFFF on boot
+            SP = 0xFFFF;
+
+            AF.Word = 0;
+            BC.Word = 0;
+            DE.Word = 0;
+            HL.Word = 0;
+        }
+
+        public int Step()
+        {
+            // Fetch the next opcode and increment the Program Counter
+            byte opcode = _memory.Read(PC++);
+
+            // Decode and execute
+            return ExecuteOpcode(opcode);
+        }
+
+        private int ExecuteOpcode(byte opcode)
+        {
+            switch (opcode)
+            {
+                case 0x00: // NOP (No Operation)
+                    return 4; // Takes 4 T-states
+
+                // We will expand this massive list soon!
+
+                default:
+                    throw new NotImplementedException($"Opcode 0x{opcode:X2} at PC 0x{(PC - 1):X4} is not implemented.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

Core/Interfaces/IMemory.cs

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+namespace Core.Interfaces
+{
+    public interface IMemory
+    {
+        byte Read(ushort address);
+        void Write(ushort address, byte value);
+    }
+}

Core/Memory/MemoryBus.cs

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+using System;
+using Core.Interfaces;
+
+namespace Core.Memory
+{
+    public class MemoryBus : IMemory
+    {
+        // The flat 64KB memory space
+        private readonly byte[] _memory = new byte[0x10000];
+
+        public byte Read(ushort address)
+        {
+            return _memory[address];
+        }
+
+        public void Write(ushort address, byte value)
+        {
+            /* ZX Spectrum 48K Memory Map:
+             * 0x0000 - 0x3FFF: ROM (16KB) -> Cannot write here!
+             * 0x4000 - 0x57FF: Display File (Screen Pixels)
+             * 0x5800 - 0x5AFF: Color Attributes
+             * 0x5B00 - 0xFFFF: General Purpose RAM
+             */
+
+            if (address < 0x4000)
+            {
+                // Attempted to write to the ROM area. 
+                // We simply ignore the write command, just like real hardware.
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _memory[address] = value;
+        }
+
+        // Helper method to load the original Sinclair ROM file
+        public void LoadRom(byte[] romData)
+        {
+            if (romData.Length > 0x4000)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("ROM file exceeds the 16KB capacity of Bank 0.");
+            }
+
+            // Copy the ROM data into the very beginning of the memory array
+            Array.Copy(romData, 0, _memory, 0, romData.Length);
+        }
+    }
+}