Did you ever come across the work of Johnathan w Mills and his extended analog computer. He was working on novel analog architectures in the early 2000s. I was a student of his. Sadly he passed away. Here's a link to one of his papers you might find interesting https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eaad/7b8f93265286106c3ce24f...

Here is a 2h podcast with Ulmann explaining analog computers in great detail:

https://omegataupodcast.net/159-analog-computers/

The museum is located in his private home. He will personally show and explain the computers to anyone asking and making an appointment.

Forget quantum, 10 years from now all ML accelerators will be analog (mixed signal, to be precise).

Wouldn't it be so shameful yet serendipitous, after spending billions on Noisy Quantum computers, it turns out that computation, the entire time, was only a result from the accidental facilitating of analog processes through the eventual averaging of otherwise stochastic electrons?[0]

[0] https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.07730

They probably should be, but I don't know of anyone working on this. Do you have citations?

It’s still in early stages, but I would keep an eye on Mythic, Syntiant, and Mentium Tech.

I’ve heard claims like this before. Do you have a source?

I've been working on it at UCSB

As far as I can tell, most if not all quantum computing efforts are analog devices at their core. This museum (justly) sees analog computing as a bygone era, but I think we're entering a new heyday.

Yes! Have you seen this recent one? https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/tiot-san0226...

I hope someone builds Von Neumann's harmonic injection computer

The world could really do with some harmony injection.

Is there a digital playground or emulator for analog computers like these? They look like a lot of fun to play around with

VCV Rack can mostly simulate an analog computer. DHE makes some of the most math-related modules. https://library.vcvrack.com/DHE-Modules

thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for