diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 54983f7..00946f1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ set(BUS_SOURCES
 
 set(COMMON_SOURCES
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/debug.c
+  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/hash_table.c
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/one_hot.c
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/reciprocal.c
 )
diff --git a/common/hash_table.c b/common/hash_table.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24726c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/hash_table.c
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+//
+// common/hash_table.c
+//
+// Simple hash table implementation
+//
+// This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
+// 'LICENSE', which is part of this source code package.
+//
+
+#include "hash_table.h"
+
+#define LARGE_PRIME 1048583
+// must be a power of 2
+#define MIN_TABLE_SIZE  16
+
+#define WRAP_INDEX(table, index) ((index) & ((table)->capacity - 1))
+
+struct hash_table_entry* hash_table_find_entry(struct hash_table* table, unsigned long key) {
+    if (table->capacity == 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    int startIndex = WRAP_INDEX(table, key * LARGE_PRIME);
+    int currentIndex = startIndex;
+
+    while (table->entries[currentIndex].used) {
+        if (table->entries[currentIndex].key == key) {
+            return table->entries + currentIndex;
+        }
+
+        currentIndex = WRAP_INDEX(table, currentIndex + 1);
+
+        // prevent an infinite loop
+        if (currentIndex == startIndex) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return table->entries + currentIndex;
+}
+
+
+void hash_table_alloc(struct hash_table* table, int capacity) {
+    if (capacity) {
+        table->entries = malloc(sizeof(struct hash_table_entry) * capacity);
+    } else {
+        table->entries = NULL;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < capacity; i++) {
+        table->entries[i].used = false;
+    }
+
+    table->capacity = capacity;
+    table->size = 0;
+}
+
+void hash_table_resize(struct hash_table* table, int capacity) {
+    struct hash_table newTable;
+    hash_table_alloc(&newTable, capacity);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < table->capacity; i++) {
+        if (table->entries[i].used) {
+            struct hash_table_entry* newEntry = hash_table_find_entry(&newTable, table->entries[i].key);
+
+            newEntry->used = true;
+            newEntry->key = table->entries[i].key;
+            newEntry->value = table->entries[i].value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    hash_table_free(table);
+    *table = newTable;
+}
+
+void hash_table_init(struct hash_table* table, int capacity) {
+    int actualCapacity = MIN_TABLE_SIZE;
+
+    // capacity must be a power of 2
+    while (actualCapacity < capacity) {
+        actualCapacity <<= 1;
+    }
+
+    hash_table_alloc(table, actualCapacity);
+}
+
+void hash_table_free(struct hash_table* table) {
+    free(table->entries);
+    table->entries = NULL;
+    table->capacity = 0;
+    table->size = 0;
+}
+
+int hash_table_size(struct hash_table* table) {
+    return table->size;
+}
+
+int hash_table_capacity(struct hash_table* table) {
+    return table->capacity;
+}
+
+bool hash_table_get(struct hash_table* table, unsigned long key, unsigned long *value) {
+    if (table->capacity == 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    struct hash_table_entry* entry = hash_table_find_entry(table, key);
+    assert(entry);
+
+    if (entry->used) {
+        if (value) {
+            *value = entry->value;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+void hash_table_set(struct hash_table* table, unsigned long key, unsigned long value) {
+    if (table->capacity == 0) {
+        hash_table_resize(table, MIN_TABLE_SIZE);
+    } else if (table->capacity / 2 < table->size) {
+        hash_table_resize(table, table->capacity * 2);
+    }
+
+    struct hash_table_entry* entry = hash_table_find_entry(table, key);
+    assert(entry);
+
+    if (!entry->used) {
+        table->size++;
+    }
+
+    entry->key = key;
+    entry->used = true;
+    entry->value = value;
+}
+
+
+void hash_table_check_holes(struct hash_table* table, int startIndex) {
+    int index = WRAP_INDEX(table, startIndex + 1);
+
+    while (startIndex != index && table->entries[index].used) {
+        struct hash_table_entry* prevEntry = &table->entries[index];
+        struct hash_table_entry* newEntry = hash_table_find_entry(table, prevEntry->key);
+        assert(newEntry);
+
+        if (newEntry != prevEntry) {
+            assert(!newEntry->used);
+    
+            newEntry->key = prevEntry->key;
+            newEntry->value = prevEntry->value;
+            newEntry->used = true;
+
+            prevEntry->used = false;
+        }
+
+        index = WRAP_INDEX(table, index + 1);
+    }
+}
+
+void hash_table_delete(struct hash_table* table, unsigned long key) {
+    if (table->capacity == 0) {
+        return;
+    } else if (table->capacity / 4 > table->size && table->capacity > MIN_TABLE_SIZE) {
+        hash_table_resize(table, table->capacity / 2);
+    }
+
+    struct hash_table_entry* entry = hash_table_find_entry(table, key);
+    assert(entry);
+
+    if (entry->used) {
+        entry->used = false;
+        table->size--;
+
+        // fill in the hole created by deleting this entry
+        hash_table_check_holes(table, entry - table->entries);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/common/hash_table.h b/common/hash_table.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93607b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/hash_table.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//
+// common/hash_table.h
+//
+// Simple hash table implementation
+//
+// This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
+// 'LICENSE', which is part of this source code package.
+//
+
+#ifndef __common_hastable_h__
+#define __common_hastable_h__
+#include "common.h"
+
+struct hash_table_entry {
+    bool used;
+    unsigned long key;
+    unsigned long value;
+};
+
+struct hash_table {
+    struct hash_table_entry* entries;
+    int capacity;
+    int size;
+};
+
+
+void hash_table_init(struct hash_table* table, int capacity);
+void hash_table_free(struct hash_table* table);
+int hash_table_size(struct hash_table* table);
+int hash_table_capacity(struct hash_table* table);
+
+bool hash_table_get(struct hash_table* table, unsigned long key, unsigned long *value);
+void hash_table_set(struct hash_table* table, unsigned long key, unsigned long value);
+void hash_table_delete(struct hash_table* table, unsigned long key);
+
+#endif
+