Electronic Design

So... What if THAT Analog Computer was Cheaper than a Smartphone? (Part 1)

A “cheap as chips” open-source Analog Computer can run circles around a Raspberry Pi in solving differential equations and for simulating natural phenomena. To keep costs down, the Anabrid team ...
Electronic Design

So...Analog Computing Hits a Bump in the Road and All THAT (Part 2)

Analogue Computing hits the road as editor Andy Turudic uses THe Analog Thing Analog Laptop Computer to simulate an automobile suspension encountering a pothole. Some of you may have already ...
ExtremeTech

DARPA thinks we still need analog computers -- here's why we don't

In 1961, the best general purpose desktop computer money could buy was the Pace TR-48. At just 400 pounds and $25K, the only downside was that it was a little tough to program. That's because the ...
Hackaday

Analog Optical Computer For Inference And Combinatorial Optimization

Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be made that analog computers are the more efficient approach for specific applications. The authors behind a recent paper ...
ExtremeTech

MIT constructs synthetic analog computers inside living cells

Early computers could perform fairly complex calculations just by arranging a few analog circuits. By choosing appropriate resistor and capacitor values, arithmetic summers, integrators, and ...