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Probabilistic computing: Imprecise chips save power, improve performance

2013-10-10 19:36:43| Extremetech

As the barriers to CPU scaling have risen with each successive node shrink, the number of scientists looking for alternate methods of driving higher performance and/or saving power has also steadily risen. One possible solution is using circuits that are intentionally manufactured to be inexact and imprecise; circuits that are deliberately allowed to get things wrong, some of the time.

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