Ask HN: What are the next steps regarding processors technology?

Re:Ask HN: What are the next steps regarding processors tech... by sgillen on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @04:34PM (#19686272)

Specialization. We're already seeing specialized processors take over niches of compute (Googles TPU, bitcoin ASICs, GPUs etc etc). I think we'll see this trend accelerate.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the next steps regarding processors tech... by imakwana on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @08:45PM (#19687741)

2017 ACM Turing Award Lecture by Hennessy and Patterson nicely summarizes the emphasis on domain-specific languages and domain-specific architectures going forward. https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/2/234352-a-new-golden-ag...

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Re:Ask HN: What are the next steps regarding processors tech... by johnsimer on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @10:51PM (#19688349)

Have any of you here looked into neuromorphic computing and Spiky Neural Networks? Do these show any promise?

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