Researchers from Peking University say their resistive random-access memory chip may be capable of speeds 1,000 faster than the Nvidia H100 and AMD Vega 20 GPUs.

“The new device is built from arrays of resistive random-access memory (RRAM) cells… The team was able to combine the speed of analog computation with the accuracy normally associated with digital processing. Crucially, the chip was manufactured using a commercial production process, meaning it could potentially be mass-produced.”

Article is based on this paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-025-01477-0

  • Melobol@lemmy.mlEnglish
    822·
    19 days ago

    Edit: I removed a chatgtp generated summary because I thought it could have been useful.
    Anyway just have a good day.

    • kalkulat@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      61·
      19 days ago

      It was a decent summary, I was replying when you pulled it. Analog has its strengths (the first computers were analog, but electronics was much cruder 70 years ago) and it is def. a better fit for neural nets. Bound to happen.

    • bcovertigo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      19 days ago

      I appreciate that you wanted to help people even if it didn’t land how you intended. :)

    • kalkulat@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      41·
      19 days ago

      Nice thorough commentary. The LiveScience article did a better job of describing it for people with no background in this stuff.

      The original computers were analog. They were fast, but electronics was -so crude- at the time, it had to evolve a lot … and has in the last half-century.