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It bugs me when people always talk about "neuromorphic computing" and explore crazy ideas that never work and look at them in awe, but when anyone brings up a s
by deepnotderp 10y ago
It bugs me when people always talk about "neuromorphic computing" and explore crazy ideas that never work and look at them in awe, but when anyone brings up a somewhat novel architecture for deep learning (nets that are being used today, successfully...) people say "that'll never work".
For example, our startup uses analog computing to achieve accuracy roughly equivalent to digital circuits, yet we're told that we're crazy? Meanwhile people dreaming about memristors are showered with grants and money....
- andai 10y agoThat sounds fascinating! Electrical, mechanical, hydraulic?
- deepnotderp 10y agoWhat do you mean?
- andai 10y agoI was asking what you meant! :) I've only heard of analog computers in an ancient context, so I have no idea what kinds people are working on nowadays. You mentioned "chip" in another comment, so I'm guessing it's not mechanical/hydraulic.
- adornedCupcake 10y agoAnalog as in analog electrical signals, almost surely.
- petra 10y agoYou're from Isocline, right ? Your GPS chip was really good. But your SIMD chip will be much more impressive, right?
- Quanticles 10y agoNo, they are not from Isocline... There are groups at UCSB and U-Tenn working on analog neural network technologies as well.
- petra 10y agoCould you please share a bit more about your chip and when it would be ready ?
- deepnotderp 10y agoNot Isocline, but yes, our chip will be impressive :)
- petra 10y agoTell me more :) ?