Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Don" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Memristor cross bar arrays for faster AI neural nets and math? Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:37:02 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 38 Message-ID: <20240318a@crcomp.net> References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:37:02 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6069a5e4001bc9c736747cd13e1f61fd"; logging-data="197164"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18nTS6GcaTWvbr36vKg6H36" Cancel-Lock: sha1:3MvSsdG2mODT53IBLi4VoOQVvOM= Bytes: 2262 Jan Panteltje wrote: > Jeroen Belleman wrote: >> Jan Panteltje wrote: >>> Source: >>> University of Massachusetts Amherst >>> Summary: >>> A team of engineers has proven that their analog computing device, called a >>> memristor, can complete complex, scientific >>> computing tasks while bypassing the limitations of digital computing. >>> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240314145325.htm >>> >>> bit like our neural nets... >> >>I have an issue with calling a memristor a 'computing device'. If > > If you can do matrix computations with it why not? > quote from that llnk: > "When organized into a crossbar array, > such a memristive circuit does analog computing by using physical laws > in a massively parallel fashion, substantially accelerating matrix operation , > the most frequently used but very power-hungry computation in neural networks > " > >>If you accept that, then so are capacitors and inductors! > > Well you could store analog info in CMOS too, even in capacitors. > Inductors? not so sure, not so easy for a long time? Does core memory qualify as inductors? Danke, -- Don, KB7RPU, https://www.qsl.net/kb7rpu There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night.