Chinese Researchers Develop Analog Chip Claimed to Be 1,000 Times Faster Than Nvidia GPUs for Specific Applications
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Chinese researchers from Peking University have developed a new analog chip using resistive random-access memory (RRAM) technology that reportedly performs calculations 1,000 times faster than high-end Nvidia and AMD GPUs for specific complex communications problems. The chip solves matrix inversion problems used in massive MIMO wireless systems through physical circuit calculations rather than binary digital processing, potentially revolutionizing wireless communications and edge computing applications.
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· 4 pulledScientists in China have developed a new chip, with a twist: it's analog, meaning it performs calculations on its own physical circuits rather than via the binary 1s and 0s of standard digital processors.
What's more, its creators say the new chip is capable of outperforming top-end graphics processing units (GPUs) from Nvidia and AMD by as much as 1,000 times.
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.
When put to work on complex communications problems — including matrix inversion problems used in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems (a wireless technology).
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.
