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Evolutionary Computing Via FPGAs

Posted by chrisd on from the fpgas-as-asic dept.

fm6 writes "There's this computer scientist named Adrian Thompson who's into what he calls "soft computing". He takes FPGAs and programs them to "evolve", Darwin-style. The chip modifies its own logic randomly. Changes that improve the chips ability to do some task are kept, others are discarded. He's actually succeeded in producing a chip that recognized a tone. The scary part: Thompson cannot explain exactly how the chip works! Article here."

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  1. Sheesh...another duplicate by floW+enoL · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm too lazy to look it up, but this a duplicate from some time ago. You'd think the editors would be able to detect duplicates better than a semi-regular reader, especially since they're getting paid to do it.