Micron demonstrated early versions of this at Microprocessor Forum in 2004 or 2005. So it isn't exactly "new" but being able to actually get one is.
Pattern algorithms are pretty difficult to synthesize however, see the Conway Glider search as an example. One of the challenges is that the set of 'instructions' and the solution possibilities are quite tightly interlinked. I hope that I can get my hands on one at some point, some of the old texture research from the Image Processing Institute would really fly on this thing.
Pattern algorithms are pretty difficult to synthesize however, see the Conway Glider search as an example. One of the challenges is that the set of 'instructions' and the solution possibilities are quite tightly interlinked. I hope that I can get my hands on one at some point, some of the old texture research from the Image Processing Institute would really fly on this thing.