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For You Computing Gurus -- 7 times faster, 1/30 the electricity required

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Sunday, 8 February 2009, at 10:16 p.m.

In Response To: For You Computing Gurus -- 7 times faster, 1/30 the electricity required (Bill Riles)

An interesting article. I just hope Stick doesn't ask for a cut of the royalties.

In my naive understanding, variance reduction is a (software) application of probabilistic computing.

As far as the limit of Moore's law, that would seem to eminate from quantum mechanics (see Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle on Wikipedia, or in your favorite physics text :). I wonder if the pragmatic "noise" problem isn't an excuse for not searching deeper to quiet it down. Until photon computers (as opposed to the current electron computers) are thoroughly tested, I'm not jumping on the "Moore's Law is dead" bandwagon.

Messages In This Thread

• For You Computing Gurus -- 7 times faster, 1/30 the electricity required
  Bill Riles -- Sunday, 8 February 2009, at 6:35 p.m.
  • For You Computing Gurus -- 7 times faster, 1/30 the electricity required
    Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 8 February 2009, at 7:09 p.m.
  • For You Computing Gurus -- 7 times faster, 1/30 the electricity required
    Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 8 February 2009, at 10:16 p.m.