Scientists from the U.S. and Japan have used a new type of component in artificial intelligence (AI) chips that uses less energy when performing advanced computations. The new system lets more operations run in parallel, allowing the chip to arrive at the best output more efficiently.
The majority of computers rely on bits — the 0s and 1s that represent digital information and that programs use to carry out instructions — but some specialised technologies, such as neuromorphic chips, use probabilistic bits (p-bits) instead.
