Stochastic computing is a collection of techniques that represent continuous values as streams of random bits, so that complex computations can be carried out through simple bitwise operations performed directly on those streams. It is distinct from the study of randomized algorithms, which instead introduces randomness into an otherwise conventional digital computation.
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Core ConcernRepresenting continuous values as streams of random bits, so complex computations reduce to simple bitwise operations on those streams. 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Stochastic computing
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Stochastic computing is a collection of techniques that represent continuous values by streams of random bits.
Wikipedia, Stochastic computing, History section, opening sentence
Stochastic computing was first introduced in a pioneering paper by John von Neumann in 1953.
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