Technology is advancing at an exponential rate often called the "Law of Accelerating Returns." If futurist predictions prove correct, we'll have advanced molecular manufacturing by around 2025, and possibly the replacement of humanity by vastly advanced machines a decade or two later.
This is a chronicle of our journey to that future, one advancing technology article at a time. I post the more significant and interesting articles as I come across them.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Computing Update
A new "probabilistic computing" chip can make calculations seven times faster than conventional chips with 1/30th the electricity...by embracing imprecision:
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