Digital Computer
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
Founders 
Sourcery
3 statements about Digital Computer, every show
Senra: Shannon's circuit theory obsoleted analog computers within a decade
“Less than a decade after Shannon's paper, the great analog machine was effectively obsolete, replaced by digital computers that could do the same work literally a thousand times faster, answering questions in real time, driven by thousands of logic gates. The …”
Bueller: Computing can shift from digital to analog like EVs replaced ICE
“Just like we had a flip from combustion engines to EV for some, not all of the world we can have a flip to analog.”
Preskill: Efficient classical algorithms for quantum chemistry are unlikely
“Maybe some brilliant graduate student is going to drop a paper on the archive tomorrow which will say, here I solve quantum chemistry and I can do it on a digital computer. But we don't think that's very likely because we've been working pretty hard on these p…”