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The Controller Topology Project models how controllers connect to and map to each other for all gaming history - controller-topology-project/scripts at master · kodi-game/controller-topology-project

Over the past 10-15 years, per-core throughput slowed down, and in response CPU designers have scaled up core counts and socket counts to continue increasing performance across generations of new CPU models. This scaling however is not free. When scaling a system to multiple sockets using NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access), software must generally take the NUMA topology and locality into account.

We propose a method for learning topology-preserving data representations (dimensionality reduction). The method aims to provide topological similarity between the data manifold and its latent representation via enforcing the similarity in topological features (clusters, loops, 2D voids, etc.) and their localization. The core of the method is the minimization of the Representation Topology Divergence (RTD) between…

By design, the Bitcoin protocol has a low throughput. The Lightning Network (LN) is a layer-two solution built to increase throughput by cryptographically secur

Last time we covered Intel CPU inter-core interconnect topologies from the Cooperlake and Ice Lake server products. Next up, we're going to cover the last two generations of AMD server CPUs, Rome + Milan. Core Count Scaling As the size of a physical CPU die increases, yield of working dies from a wafer decreases, and cost per processor rapidly increases. To pursue higher core counts, a couple approaches are possible.

This book gives a thorough introduction to topological data analysis (TDA), the application of algebraic topology to data science. Algebraic topology is traditionally a very specialized field of math, and most mathematicians have never been exposed to it, let alone data scientists, computer scientists, and analysts. I have three goals in writing this book. The first is to bring people up to speed who are missing a…

Researchers at PSI have compared the electron distribution below the oxide layer of two semiconductors. The investigation is part of an effort to develop particularly stable quantum bits -- and thus, in turn, particularly efficient quantum computers.

MIT researchers found evidence that topology can stabilize magnetic ordering, even well above the point at which magnetism normally breaks down. Their work reveals how topological structures known as Weyl nodes found in an exotic semi-metal can significantly increase the working temperature for magnetic devices.

With Sabetta Matsumoto and Saul Schleimer.It seems impossible, but you can make a giant loop out of lots of little (not very stretchy) loops. So you can wrap...

A research team has discovered an unusual topological aspect of sodium chloride, commonly known as table salt, which will not only facilitate the understanding of the mechanism behind salt's dissolution and formation, but may also pave the way for the future design of nanoscale conducting quantum wires.

\( \newcommand{\touches}{\mathrel{\delta}} \newcommand{\ntouches}{\mathrel{\not\delta}} \newcommand{\setdiff}{\mathop{\backslash}} \newcommand{\U}{\mathcal{U}} \newcommand{\inv}[1]{\U \setdiff #1} \newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}} \) In our last episode, I introduced the idea of topological connectedness and related it to the mean value theorem from real analysis. It's kind of cool that that theorem does not strictly…

ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/noahmiller/files/dirac_belt_trick_faq.pdfThis is my submission to 3Blue1Brown's "Summ...

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Researchers at PSI have compared the electron distribution below the oxide layer of two semiconductors. The investigation is part of an effort to develop particularly stable quantum bits—and thus, in turn, particularly efficient quantum computers. They have now published their latest research, which is supported in part by Microsoft, in the journal Advanced Quantum Technologies.

Topology has become a critical factor in the field of modern condensed matter physics and beyond. It explains the way solid materials may possess two distinct and seemingly conflicting characteristics. An example of this is topological insulators, materials whose bulk acts as an insulator, and can s

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3D spin texture observed in a chiral magnet.

They are seen as a beacon of hope for energy-saving electronics and the high-tech of the future: topological quantum materials. One of their properties is the conduction of spin-polarized electrons on their surface—even though they are actually non-conductive inside. To put this into perspective: In spin-polarized electrons, the intrinsic angular momentum, i.e. the direction of rotation of the particles (spin), is…

In working on Mapfile.dll, in order to get the points/faces of each brush, I get the 3-plane intersection of every plane in the bounding area (removing illegal points). This gives me a set of points associated with each face. Faces can be polygons of any order n (triangles, quads, pentagons, octagons, etc.) so long as they are convex. However, I came to a problem: after resolving the plane intersections into sets…