Extropic
Company building thermodynamic computing hardware it claims is far more energy efficient than GPUs.
In plain terms: Building thermodynamic computing hardware that is radically more energy efficient than GPUs.
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The energy cost of AI is becoming the constraint, and this is one bet on solving it in hardware. The efficiency claims are the company's own and unproven at scale.
Key programs
Program details are still being written up. In the meantime, the site itself is the best starting point.
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