Mon Jun 19 23:54:57 2023 (*b05743e5*):: another sign of progress in the reconceptualization of computing. see also “chiplets”, “floating point unit timeout” (“dude where’s my timing closure?”) https://www.wired.com/story/hyperdimensional-computing-reimagines-artificial-intelligence/ #chad-gpt #hardware *** Hyperdimensional Computing Reimagines Artificial Intelligence *** By imbuing enormous vectors with semantic meaning, scientists can get machines to reason more abstractly—and efficiently—than before. *** WIRED (*b05743e5*)::

All of these benefits over traditional computing suggest that hyperdimensional computing is well suited for a new generation of extremely sturdy, low-power hardware. It’s also compatible with “in-memory computing systems,” which perform the computing on the same hardware that stores data (unlike existing von Neumann computers that inefficiently shuttle data between memory and the central processing unit). Some of these new devices can be analog, operating at very low voltages, making them energy-efficient but also prone to random noise. For von Neumann computing, this randomness is “the wall that you can’t go beyond,” Olshausen said. But with hyperdimensional computing, “you can just punch through it.”

*** A Brain-Inspired Chip Can Run AI With Far Less Energy | Quanta Magazine *** An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on smaller devices, reaching the same accuracy as wasteful digital computers. *** Quanta Magazine (*6952cd93*):: this is awesome +public! (*b05743e5*):: now let’s see who in the hardware field is smart enough to “cross the beams” of low-power hardware and in-memory computing systems