Electronics · Recorded milestone
AI accelerator chips
Recorded year2016
Google's TPU and Nvidia's tensor-core GPUs with stacked HBM memory make chips built just for neural networks.
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- AlphaGoRecorded · 2016requires
- Machine-native mathematicsRecorded · 2016requires
- Neural machine translationRecorded · 2016requires
- Neural speech synthesisRecorded · 2016requires
- Self-flying camera droneRecorded · 2016requires
- AI coaching from videoRecorded · 2018requires
- Endless personal soundtracksRecorded · 2018requires
- AI orchestrasRecorded · 2019requires
- Everyday AR glassesRecorded · 2019requires
- Infinite game worldsRecorded · 2019requires
- Wafer-scale AI processorRecorded · 2019enables
- AlphaFoldRecorded · 2020requires
- Driverless robotaxi serviceRecorded · 2020requires
- GPT-3 few-shot language modelRecorded · 2020enables
- AI camera glassesRecorded · 2021requires
- AI coding assistantsRecorded · 2021requires
- Eyes-off self-driving carRecorded · 2021requires
- Self-defending networksRecorded · 2021requires
- 3D-stacked chipletsRecorded · 2022enables
- AI chat assistantsRecorded · 2022enables
- AI chip export controlsRecorded · 2022enables
- Caption glassesRecorded · 2022requires
- Generative image modelsRecorded · 2022enables
- Near-human speech recognitionRecorded · 2022requires
- AI weather forecastingRecorded · 2023requires
- AI-discovered materialsRecorded · 2023requires
- AI-preserved languagesRecorded · 2023requires
- AI supercomputer campusesRecorded · 2024enables
- AI-discovered battery chemistriesRecorded · 2024enables
- Decoding animal communicationRecorded · 2024requires
- Liquid-cooled AI racksRecorded · 2024enables
- Live voice translationRecorded · 2024requires
- AI disaster forecastingRecorded · 2025requires
- AI music goes mainstreamRecorded · 2025requires
- AI-driven game charactersRecorded · 2025enables
- Autonomous freight trucksRecorded · 2025requires
- AI-designed proteins in industryForecast · ~2027requires
- Earbuds that edit what you hearForecast · ~2027requires
- Million-star technosignature searchForecast · ~2027requires
- Mood-adaptive musicForecast · ~2027requires
- Universal real-time translationForecast · ~2027requires
- Location-checked AI chipsForecast · ~2028enables
- Silent speech inputForecast · ~2028requires
- Instant-response drone networkForecast · ~2029requires
- One global classroomForecast · ~2029requires
- Sign-language AIForecast · ~2029requires
- AI-compressed photosForecast · ~2030requires
- Personal universesForecast · ~2030requires
- Photonic AI acceleratorsForecast · ~2030enables
- Volcano eruption forecastingForecast · ~2030requires
- AI-found ore depositsForecast · ~2031requires
- Next-gen video codec with AI toolsForecast · ~2031requires
- Self-driving wheelchairsForecast · ~2031requires
- Whole-Earth simulationForecast · ~2031requires
- AI-found antibiotic classesForecast · ~2032requires
- Chips with built-in governanceForecast · ~2032enables
- Million-experiment materials searchesForecast · ~2032requires
- Whole mouse-brain connectomeForecast · ~2032requires
- Pocket guardian droneForecast · ~2033requires
- Video stored as a recipeForecast · ~2033requires
- Drugs designed per patientForecast · ~2034requires
- Virtual cell modelsForecast · ~2034requires
- Personal voice avatarsForecast · ~2035requires
- Wafer-scale computers everywhereForecast · ~2035enables
- Non-invasive thought typingForecast · ~2036requires
- Personal flying vehiclesForecast · ~2036requires
- AI-designed catalystsForecast · ~2040requires
- In-silico clinical trialsForecast · ~2040requires
- Robot last-mile deliveryForecast · ~2042requires
- Fully autonomous supply chainsForecast · ~2045requires
- Hovering umbrella droneForecast · ~2045requires
- Self-driving sleeper cabinForecast · ~2045requires
- Self-flying air trafficForecast · ~2045requires
- Every tree monitoredForecast · ~2046requires
- Driverless public transitForecast · ~2048requires
- Flying family carForecast · ~2050requires
- AI officials in every sportForecast · ~2052requires
- Human driving becomes rareForecast · ~2052requires
- Language barriers goneForecast · ~2055requires
- End of mass car ownershipForecast · ~2058requires
- Two-way animal conversationForecast · ~2060requires
- Whale and dolphin dictionariesForecast · ~2068requires
- Thought-to-text for everyoneForecast · ~2080requires
- Family window to the Moon and MarsForecast · ~2082requires
- Proof compression for humansForecast · ~2083requires
- Stored simulated worldsForecast · ~2085requires
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.