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Computation machine that uses continuously varying data technology
An analog computer or analogue computer is a type of computation machine (computer) that uses physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic quantities behaving according to the mathematical principles in question to model the problem being solved. In contrast, digital computers represent varying quantities symbolically and by discrete values of both time and amplitude. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Analog computerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Wafer-scale solution-processed 2D material analog resistive memory array for memory-based computingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Analogue computationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A VLSI Analog Computer/Digital Computer AcceleratorCited 90 times
- Go sideways: IntegratorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Hybrid computerA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A computer (mechanical, electrical or other) that processes using continuously varying signals rather than digital, quantized, values.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A VLSI Analog Computer/Digital Computer Accelerator
Analog-digital molecular cell computer
The Extended Analog Computer
Not your Father's analog computer
Myasthenia gravis: Analog computer model
Helmut Hoelzer's Fully Electronic Analog Computer
CHAOS IN A NONLINEAR ANALOG COMPUTER
Analog computer for reaction-rate analysis
🆕 Influential since 2022
Wafer-scale solution-processed 2D material analog resistive memory array for memory-based computing
Programming memristor arrays with arbitrarily high precision for analog computing
Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization
Deep photonic reservoir computer based on frequency multiplexing with fully analog connection between layers
Microwave signal processing using an analog quantum reservoir computer
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Analogue computationStanley Fifer · 1961
Handbook of analog computationElectronic Associates, inc., Alan Carlson · 1967
Integrated electronicsCHRISTOS HALKIAS0074503049 JACOB MILLMAN · 1972
Analog computation and simulationRoger R. Jenness · 1965
Basic analog computationGerald R. Peterson · 1967- 📕Analog Synthesizers : Understanding, Performing, BuyingJenkins, Mark · 2019
Software Radio ArchitectureJoseph, III Mitola · 2000
Introduction to electronic analogue computersC. A. A. Wass · 1955
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