A new way of programming will better match the fidelity of implementation and the savings of time and energy in future computers. As transistors become smaller, also become less reliable. So far, chip designers have been able to solve that problem, but in the future this trend to instability could make computers stop improving the pace at which we are accustomed. A third possibility, that some researchers have begun to value, is just let our computers make more mistakes in tasks for which the accuracy is not essential.
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