You are walking down an alleyway late one night, and suddenly behind you, a mysterious dark figure appears and says. Sir, I promise you a computer. A computer up to 20 times faster than what is on the market. You think. Well, what sort of unholy, insane 2-nanometer silicon will this computer be using? No, the dark figure replies. Ordinary hardware. Same as what everyone else is using. Maybe even a bit slower, clock time-wise. So what is the catch? If you accept this computer, then you must also accept some of the most brilliant but maniacal compiler software ever created. Oh. In today’s video, we trace a radical idea to a computer 10-30 times faster than anything thought possible. They said it was impossible. An intrepid platoon of geniuses proved them wrong.
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