http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/ Engadget Comments for Probabilistic logic makes microchip more energy efficient http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
Hey Engadget - those new ads are annoying but I was still able to manually block all of them with Adblock Plus and Element Hiding Helper.

Cheers to the article]]>Feb 9th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
cmp/beq/bne will not go away in any near future.
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Think of AMD's "3DNow!". 14(?) bit float numbers were well accepted by industry, yet technology silently died off.]]>Feb 9th 2009 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
Well, JPEGs are lossy, yet I see very few people complaining about pictures on Engadget ;)

Though, with battery and technology advances, I can hardly think of fitting applications. Mobile phones already have tiny screens and artifacts, though less visible, contribute to greater loss of details making the smaller screen feel even smaller. I personally have no problems charging (if needed) my gadgets once per day.]]>Feb 9th 2009 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
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Wrong, if you ask me. I don't want a week of crappish video, I want one hour of perfect pictures.]]>Feb 9th 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
I suppose you only watch completely decompressed source material from the studios? Because any video codec that gives a decent file size is lossy compression. This technology sounds like it is much better that the comments here suggest. To process a digital media video, the calculations must be performed with a fairly high degree of accuracy in order to display anything at all. So any noise or artifacts would logically be minimal. And don't forget that probability theory is a lot more predictable than it sounds, when you have a sufficient number of events (eg. unreliable transistors) the results become very predictable]]>Feb 9th 2009 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
I'll pass, there's enough randomness and uncertainty with computers as it is.]]>Feb 9th 2009 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Nuclear power plant employee: Computer, please calculate how much uranium we can safely use in the reactor.
Computer: About 20 kilograms. Probably.
Nuclear power plant: BOOM!]]>Feb 9th 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
nuclear power plant employees operating said power plants? lulz]]>Feb 9th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
Sorry, couldn't stand it.]]>Feb 9th 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
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Read a book. Read a book. Read a Mutha Truckin' Book!! ]]>Feb 9th 2009 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
Still, I believe this technology should be pursued. It's a whole new world compared to the rigid yes/no mechanics that has ruled the fundamentals of computing since its conception - forgive my uneducated optimism - and I'm already picturing how a generation 2 probability computer can be made to emulate a human prodigy, intuiting the solution to a problem without consciously going through the steps to solve it.

Imperfection is indeed the key to the future of computers. A computer that can make a rough estimation can probably learn to make a metaphor, and understanding metaphors is what gives rise to consciousness. ]]>Feb 9th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/Feb 9th 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/probabilistic-logic-makes-microchip-more-energy-efficient/
You just know he's building it so he can watch midget porn for less energy.

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