Patrick Coles
@ColesThermoAI
Chief Scientist @NormalComputing where I build thermodynamic chips for AI. Formerly the PI of quantum group @losAlamosNatLab. Carnivore. Dad.
I’m excited to share what I’ve been doing at my new company @NormalComputing and hopefully stimulate discussion about a new field: Thermodynamic AI. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2302.06584 Blog: normalcomputing.substack.com/p/thermodynami… Website: normalcomputing.ai
Here’s a thread on our new perspective article Solving the compute crisis with physics-based ASICs. To meet the demands of AI, a variety of new approaches to computing have been proposed that reimagine the basic building blocks of computers by considering the intersection of…
For this Perspective article, we brought together leaders in the field from industry, academia, and the public sector. It was a great collaboration and highlights the growing ecosystem around physics-based ASICs. We gave careful thought for how to define the term "physics-based…
We’re excited to announce our preprint "Solving the compute crisis with physics-based ASICs"! Our team at @NormalComputing, together with collaborators at @ARIA_research, @ucsantabarbara, @Penn, @sfiscience, @Cornell, @ARPAE, and @Yale , has posted a new preprint: "Solving the…
Really excited to announce our new preprint, "Solving the compute crisis with physics-based ASICs!" For years, I’ve argued we are returning to the era of specialized hardware. We moved from CPUs to GPUs, then to domain-specific accelerators. We are now facing a clear compute…
Check out this bold new work from @NormalComputing — forecasting a golden age of computing driven by physics-based hardware and architectures!
The era of Physics-based ASICs has arrived. On the surface, computing infrastructure seems unready to meet the demands of AI. But underneath, a Cambrian explosion of new computer architectures is rising to meet this challenge, with the goal of using physical processes as a…
MAHA is focused on industrial chemicals like food dyes. But the molecules below are "naturally occurring" in today’s fruits and veggies. This is why MAHA may fail to solve chronic disease. To truly solve the epidemic, we must promote a meat-based diet.
It looks like these two molecules are driving America’s chronic disease epidemic. One of them causes fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, & Alzheimer’s. The other one causes leaky gut, kidney disease, hypothyroid, autism, joint pain, & osteoporosis. If you can cut…
Wishing a happy Independence Day to all! One of my favorite holidays. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🎆🎆🎆
VerilogEval is an odd coding dataset - it gives the agent access to the golden testbench, which you will use to evaluate the final design from the model. I'm honestly surprised how papers like VerilogCoder or ChipAgents only get ~95% accuracy in this setting... That's what…
Normal EDA is a purpose-built AI platform to solve the semiconductor industry's most pressing challenges. This is the future of verification: consistent, objective, and auditable. Built for the complexity of modern chips and designed to scale as silicon systems grow more…
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Normal EDA is a purpose-built AI platform to solve the semiconductor industry's most pressing challenges. This is the future of verification: consistent, objective, and auditable. Built for the complexity of modern chips and designed to scale as silicon systems grow more…
For the record, I never get sick. But no one asks: what is your secret? If you’ve been reading my blog, you already know my secret: (1) carnivore diet (2) only 2 meals a day (to have a fasting window) (3) supplement high-dose vitamin D3 and magnesium It's crazy how simple that…