Biggest Probabilistic Computer Turns Noise into Answers
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teleforce
17 hours ago
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The original paper by Çamsarı and his team, also linked from the OP article [1].

[1] Programmable Probabilistic Computer with 1,000,000 p-bits:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.25313

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petra
18 hours ago
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There's also digital probabilistic computing, with a processor working on AWS, and for the right workload ,claimed to be offering a very significant speed boost:

https://www.eetimes.com/probabilistic-computing-is-already-h...

Towards the end of the article.

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rbanffy
14 hours ago
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Also, there is a tiny version in microSD format:

https://www.mouser.ie/en/ProductDetail/Signaloid/S-C0-00-1D?...

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RiverCrochet
19 hours ago
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> In contrast, p-bits flip between 0 or 1 with a tunable probability.

Isn't this basically an ADC (except the tunable probability isn't an input voltage)? Is this kinda-sorta a new form of analog computing?

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anonymousiam
20 hours ago
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It's not mentioned in the article, but this hardware architecture may be better suited for brute-forcing password/crypto/key cracking than traditional computing architectures.
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rbanffy
14 hours ago
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Is there a paper on that? I’m not I see how.
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spiritplumber
20 hours ago
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Hari Seldon approves
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rbanffy
14 hours ago
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Computational Sociodynamics will be a very promising tool.
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m-hodges
21 hours ago
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I absolutely love the photo of the computer at the top of the article. Not at all what I thought I was going to see from this headline.
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faangguyindia
18 hours ago
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curious, where the guys who are working on mathematical models run their simulations these days.
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edu_do_cerrado
20 hours ago
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we all know the answer is 42
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v3ss0n
12 hours ago
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Best LLM ever.
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dr_dshiv
19 hours ago
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When can I get an API key!
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bethekind
7 hours ago
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I'm ignorant. What problems is this good at solving?
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