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53 points · 51 comments · vismit2000

  1. thebeardisred · · focus · HN ↗
    Don&#x27;t forget Posits (Unum). <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cs.cornell.edu&#x2F;courses&#x2F;cs6120&#x2F;2019fa&#x2F;blog&#x2F;posits&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cs.cornell.edu&#x2F;courses&#x2F;cs6120&#x2F;2019fa&#x2F;blog&#x2F;posits...
    1. HackerThemAll · · focus · HN ↗
      Yeah I wonder why they aren&#x27;t used for neural networks. It&#x27;s been claimed they&#x27;d require far less power and they&#x27;d offer better accuracy and faster computations, although I am unable to verify that claim.
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