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Soft, flexible material performs complex calculations, paves way for smart robots

R esearchers at FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF) in the Netherlands have developed a new type of soft, ...
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RRAM-based analog computing system rapidly solves matrix equations with high precision

Analog computers are systems that perform computations by manipulating physical quantities such as electrical current, that ...
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A custom RISC-V vector instruction to accelerate structured-sparse matrix multiplications

A novel AI-acceleration paper presents a method to optimize sparse matrix multiplication for machine learning models, particularly focusing on structured sparsity. Structured sparsity involves a ...
Network World

Raster to vector conversions with potrace and cocoapotrace

If you work with computers sooner or later you’re going to find you need an image that is in a raster (AKA bitmap) format (e.g. .gif, .jpg, .wmf) translated to a vector format (e.g. .svg, .cgm, .dwg).
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SiFive’s New RISC-V IP Combines Scalar, Vector and Matrix Compute to Accelerate AI from the Far Edge IoT to the Data Center

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Further expanding SiFive’s lead in RISC-V AI IP, the company today launched its 2nd Generation Intelligence™ family, featuring five new RISC-V-based products ...