Life in the Singularity

Life in the Singularity

The Next Computer

Faster is just the start... let's talk perfect memory and more.

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Matt McDonagh
Nov 18, 2023
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Our family office is advising an emerging computer hardware company. They are building computers with alternative architectures using metamaterials and other novel methods.

I did an incredibly deep dive into how computers work (don’t worry, I won’t bore you with that) — instead we’re going to look at the future of computing.

In the visionary expanse of technological evolution, we stand at the precipice of a revolution with the advent of our groundbreaking post-modern computing system.

This marvel of human ingenuity combines the prowess of memristors, magnonics, and nanoradios to forge a path towards an unprecedented era of computational excellence.

Everything is about to change… and it has NOTHING to do with AI.

…although it WILL make AI more performant.

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