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		Paul-Craft on Dec 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intuitive guide to convolution No. It's saying a computer can do multiplication really fast by doing a bunch of additions, without having to worry about carries, instead.

CyberDildonics on Dec 4, 2023 [–]

Computers can do multiplication really fast without doing additions, you just have to use SIMD instructions that are already on the CPU.

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