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Tapping into new 'probabilistic computing' paradigm can make AI chips use much less power, scientists say

A new digital system allows operations on a chip to run in parallel, so an AI program can arrive at the best possible answer ...
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How analog computing could replace digital computers

Modern computers are built on digital logic, but that approach may be reaching its physical limits. Researchers are now ...

Lego's high-tech Smart Brick is dividing its adult fanbase

Love it or hate it, Lego's Smart Brick has elicited strong reactions from its adult fanbase as they process the analog ...
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The high-speed data link to Mars faces a unique timing challenge

Experienced network designers know that the performance achievable of a data link depends on many factors, including the ...
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That “impossible” Greek computer is real, and its secrets keep spilling out

The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...
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Are Computer and Technology Stocks Lagging Analog Devices (ADI) This Year?

Investors interested in Computer and Technology stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Has Analog Devices (ADI) been one of those stocks this year? A quick ...
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Computer Animation Before ‘Toy Story’: The Wild, Brilliant Experiments That Built CGI Animation

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the John Lasseter film Toy Story, the first fully computer-animated feature film, we’re taking a look at early CGI milestones in the days before Toy Story. But ...
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The First Video Game Came Long Before Pong And Was Invented By A Manhattan Project Physicist

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
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Design of a Full CMOS Computer Vision Sensor with an Embedded Analog Convolutional Neural Network Processor for Human Face Recognition

Abstract: Design of a full CMOS computer vision sensor (CVS) with an embedded analog convolution neural network (CNN) processor is discussed. As well as the proposed CVS has a normal function of CMOS ...
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Analog Optical Computer For Inference And Combinatorial Optimization

Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be made that analog computers are the more efficient approach for specific applications. The authors behind a recent paper ...
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Microsoft's new light-based computer is inspired by 80-year-old technology — it could make AI 100 times more efficient

Microsoft's latest computing system uses micro-LEDs and camera sensors to perform calculations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...
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Astrus Secures $8M USD to Accelerate AI-Driven Microchip Design

TORONTO & WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Astrus, the AI startup building the world’s first physics-aware foundation model for chip design, today announced it has raised $8 million USD in funding.