Analog computing
Cells as living calculators
May 15, 2013
Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.
Mimicking cells with transistors
September 28, 2011
Analog — rather than digital — circuits could enable models of biological systems that are more efficient, more accurate and easier to build.
The surprising usefulness of sloppy arithmetic
January 3, 2011
A computer chip that performs imprecise calculations could process some types of data thousands of times more efficiently than existing chips.


