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Re:Analog Computers by mindcrime on Thursday July 06, 2017 @07:48PM (#14714903)
The author's so called analog computers

Why do you say "so-called"?

can be built by using FPGAs.

Also, FPAA's (Field Programmable Analog Array)[1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_analog_arra...

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Re:Analog Computers by crispyambulance on Friday July 07, 2017 @08:01AM (#14717717)
Yeah I remember reading the chatter about FPAA's back in the 90's.

It seemed like an exciting idea, but it never took off perhaps because the kind of accuracy that makes it worthwhile was not achievable?

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Re:Analog Computers by xfer on Thursday July 06, 2017 @07:56PM (#14714925)
Maybe it was the wrong term. My point was we have them and they are used, but they are not cost efficient in general. So saying that they will be the future of computing, is a bit ridiculous imo.
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Re:Analog Computers by mindcrime on Thursday July 06, 2017 @08:38PM (#14715119)
Fair enough. I think they will be part of the future of computing, but saying they are "the future of computing" is probably hyperbole.
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