Thermodynamic computer
Realizes: sampling from Boltzmann distributions
Uses thermal noise in analog circuits to sample from Boltzmann distributions. Thermal fluctuations provide natural randomness that follows statistical mechanics principles. The Normal Computing SDE (Stochastic Differential Equation) approach leverages this thermal noise for computation. Speed: microseconds to milliseconds (thermal equilibration). Capacity: probabilistic sampling problems (scales with circuit complexity).
Examples
Default Thermodynamic computer implementation
Basic implementation
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