By XiaoZhi Lim
IEEE Spectrum

Today at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco, IBM reported a new 8-bit analog chip. But the true development was less about analog chips catching up to their digital peers and more a radical rethink of chip architecture. This chip is the first to perform 8-bit calculations right where information is stored.

 

Continue reading at IEEE Spectrum. Originally published on December 3, 2018.

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