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1. 2d
   Tensor Core FP32 methods speed up MLIP molecular dynamics

   NVIDIA Technical Blog reports that TF32x3 and BF16x9 Tensor Core methods accelerated PET machine learning interatomic potential workloads without retraining or changing model weights or architecture. On an A100, TF32x3 sped up major GEMMs by up to 1.9x and complete molecular dynamics steps by up to 1.5x, while BF16x9 on an NVIDIA B300 reached 2.5x and 1.7x speedups, respectively. The tests also examined force accuracy, energy conservation, structural relaxation, and numerical behavior close to FP32.

   NVIDIA Technical Blog · 🔥 0
2. Oct 24
   EPFL develops implantable LogSync chip for brain-network decoding

   EPFL researchers developed LogSync, a low-power implantable neural system-on-chip that records brain activity and extracts biomarkers describing oscillation strength and synchrony across brain regions. A machine-learning algorithm uses these network-level signals to distinguish cognitive and emotional states and generate stimulation triggers. The researchers evaluated the system with human brain recordings from earlier psychiatric experiments and rat experiments at the University of Minnesota; the report does not describe a clinical trial involving implanted LogSync devices in humans. The chip measures approximately 4×2 mm, and Shoaran said its co-designed hardware and algorithms kept power consumption under 200 microwatts. The work was published in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits.

   Hacker News 首页（100+ 分） · 🔥 0
3. Oct 12
   Vibecoder uses Claude Opus 5.5 to build Minecraft inside GTA V on iPhone

   A modder going by 0xProbability launched Minecraft inside an iPhone-native port of GTA V, showing the Minecraft HUD and loading in Steve; according to their account, Claude Opus 5.5 handled everything from writing the code to testing the game, with the modder saying they did not touch the phone while Claude flew the Ender Dragon around Los Santos. The GTA V iOS port itself was not their work — it comes from C22, a student at EPFL in Switzerland, who adapted a browser-playable version into a native iOS app that supports iOS 15 or later and macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon, runs at 50–60 FPS on an iPhone 17 using about 1.1GB of RAM, and even supports multiplayer. The Minecraft mod was first tried on the browser version and includes block-building mechanics, not just Minecraft mobs and characters.

   Tom’s Hardware · 🔥 0

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