multiplication
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Extended instruments depend on the combination or multiplication of already existing components.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Many AI systems rely heavily on matrix multiplication, a mathematical operation used in tasks like image recognition and language processing.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
Try jotting down three fractions separated by multiplication signs: earnings/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
This process is similar to a matrix-vector multiplication, where light waves interact to create focused "bright spots" at specific output points.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2025
This meant that multiplication by zero didn’t make any sense either.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Today they perform hundreds of septillions of matrix multiplications to power leading large language models.
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
If future hardware is designed specifically for one-bit models, it will eliminate the need for complex mathematical multiplications altogether, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Their functions included computing higher-order multiplications, exponents and logarithms, among other mathematical operations.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Despite repeated multiplications of the official minimum wage earned by millions of Venezuelans, it still amounts to about $2 — not even enough to buy a kilogram of chicken.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
In World War II, an extraordinary calculating machine commissioned by the U.S. military, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, could, each second, perform around 350 multiplications or 5,000 simple additions.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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