COMPUTER PROGRESS

Working to understand the economic and technical foundations of progress in computing

Our work:

The Computation Limits of Deep Learning

This project aims to catalog the deep learning’s voracious appetite for computing power, showing that progress across a wide variety of applications is strongly reliant on increases in computing power.

Paper Data

By Thompson, N. et al - 2022

Compute Trends Across Three Eras of Machine Learning

This project aims to highlight the fast-growing compute requirements for training advanced ML systems of three eras: the Pre Deep Learning Era, the Deep Learning Era and the Large-Scale Era.

Paper Data

By Sevilla, J. et al - 2022

The Importance of (Exponentially More) Computing Power

This project aims to show how more powerful computers are improving outcomes across society. For that, we looked across five key application areas: Computer Chess, Computer Go, Weather Prediction, Protein Folding, and Oil Exploration.

Paper Data

By Thompson, N. et al - 2022