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Equation 8 · Part 1 · Comparing the Main Approaches to Post-CMOS, Neuromorphic, Photonic, and Quantum AI Compute

Symbol E_core

EcoreE_{\text{core}}
EcoreE_{\text{core}}

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EcE_core is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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EcE_core is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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where EcoreE_{\text{core}} is the energy of the operation itself — the multiply-accumulate, the interference pattern, the qubit gate — and EperipheryE_{\text{periphery}} and EI/OE_{\text{I/O}} are the data-converter, laser-and-detector, cryogenic, or spike-routing overhead surrounding it. A headline figure reporting only…

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