Analog Computing
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Jeff Dean: Analog computing loses power advantages at digital boundaries
“I mean, I think there's still a, there's also sort of the more exotic things like analog based computing substrates as opposed to digital ones.
I'm, you know, I think those are super interesting cause they can be potentially low power.
but I think you often …”
Rao: Analog computing is inherently more efficient by leveraging physical substrates
“Analog still is inherently more efficient because you, it's actually analogous computing is the way to think about it. Like, can I build a physical system that is similar to the quantity I'm trying to express or compute over? You're effectively using the physi…”
Rao: Over 40 years of academic research proves analog AI compute viability
“There's also 40 plus years of academic research, which is showing a lot of promise here. People have built different devices, albeit not in the latest technology with professional engineering teams, but they have built proofs of concept that actually show some…”
Khosla: Analog compute is likely to reduce AI training costs by 100x
“Could one have analog computing, and we are working on that dramatically change that equation by a hundred X, both cost and power. And I think that's entirely not only possible, but likely.”