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Maybe(in 10-20 years) We'll build analog imitations of the brain , with similar density and high power efficiency. Or maybe we'll build other types of compute
by minthd 11y ago
Maybe(in 10-20 years) We'll build analog imitations of the brain , with similar density and high power efficiency.
Or maybe we'll build other types of compute machines using analog electronics.
Maybe we'll replace digital multiplies with pseudo digital multipliers that use analog computation the background, and with other forms of non-exact computation.
Or We'll use photonics to analogically compute FFT's to multiply matrixes.
Or maybe we'll finally seriously and successfully invest in optical digital computing.
Or we'll crack quantum computing.
- pjc50 11y agoAnalog and "non-exact" computation is not something that sounds very useful. The only reason we've been able to minimise so much is the tremendous noise rejection of binary systems. Besides, modern computers are spending most of their time on actions of marginal or negative utility, mostly data-bureaucratic rather than computational.
- minthd 11y agoNon-exact computation is useful for some stuff: machine vision, deep-learning, and probably other types of machines learning. Those have a wide variety of uses and they demand lots of compute. Also in places where performance is critical and money is spent on optimization, isn't lots of this bureaucracy removed ?
- kardos 11y ago> Analog and "non-exact" computation is not something that sounds very useful. Floating point operations are non exact in general. Physics simulations work at various degrees of approximation. Non exact computations would be useful as long as we can quantify the "non-exactness".
- roghummal 11y ago>Maybe(in 10-20 years) I've seen 20 years of progress. Yeah... not to discourage you; Keep on shooting for the stars.