tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36234687.post3906284263230595105..comments2023-11-21T05:23:10.921-08:00Comments on Live at the Witch Trials: Analog Computer MuseumIamreddavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768287658329807075noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36234687.post-42371613199721126812011-03-13T13:58:01.883-07:002011-03-13T13:58:01.883-07:00I loved the analogue computer museum. I studied a ...I loved the analogue computer museum. I studied a lot of this stuff in college and analogue computing makes a lot more sense to me than digital computing. It's interesting to see that a technology which many would dismiss as dead and gone can be useful in the modern world.Bionic Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630751922629714247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36234687.post-30648091580827118602011-03-13T13:57:47.146-07:002011-03-13T13:57:47.146-07:00Thanks Yaroslav
That is a really good point. Mos...Thanks Yaroslav <br /><br />That is a really good point. Most of our simulations are non deterministic which is a strange fit for a deterministic digital computer.<br /><br />Thanks for the links I look forward to reading them.Iamreddavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768287658329807075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36234687.post-78898808333829089612011-03-13T13:35:40.609-07:002011-03-13T13:35:40.609-07:00I saw a talk at a recent conference which called f...I saw a talk at a recent conference which called for analog computers. Basically many problems are most naturally formulated using sampling algorithms. Using standard digital chips is wasteful because a lot of energy is used to make computations deterministic, but then we use those chips for sampling by artificially injecting randomness. Allegedly, analog chips would be orders of magnitude more efficient in running programs written in Church, a language developed to leverage this paradigm<br /><br />http://montecarlo.wikidot.com/schedule#mansinghka<br /><br />http://www.naviasystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/navia_vkm_dissertation.pdfYaroslav Bulatovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139256691290554110noreply@blogger.com