Hot New Thermodynamic Chips Could Trump Classical Computers

Hot New Thermodynamic Chips Could Trump Classical Computers

Guillaume Verdon is building a new kind of chip to accelerate AI. His alter ego wants to accelerate humanity itself.

Hot New Thermodynamic Chips Could Trump Classical Computers - WorldNL Magazine

Guillaume Verdon stands before me with a new kind of computer chip in his hand—a piece of hardware he believes is so important to the future of humanity that he’s asked me not to reveal our exact location, for fear that his headquarters could become the target of industrial espionage.This much I can tell you: We’re in an office a short drive from Boston, and the chip arrived from the foundry just a few days ago. It sits on a circuit board about …