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authorYuren Hao <yurenh2@illinois.edu>2026-07-12 08:33:55 -0500
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Hardware outreach v2: gate lifted, clockless-MVP story, Dillavou wave-1, brief rewritten to cascade-era
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn
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## D. Demo scoping (reuse-doctrine currency)
-- **Demo-0 (spec target of E-tier):** single cascade block, SRAM-CIM eval module + FPGA harness +
+- **⚡ 2026-07-12: Demo-0 SUPERSEDED as the first rung by CLOCKLESS_ANALOG_MVP_PLAN.md**
+ (user-authored): a $170–300 clockless twin-network tile (Dillavou-lineage; EP current-nudge vs CL
+ voltage-clamp; exact vs sign local update; no processor/converter/clock in the learning loop)
+ validates the physical learning primitive first. The CIM block below becomes the PARTNER rung
+ (rung 5 of the ladder in COLLABORATOR_BRIEF.md).
+- **Demo-0 (now rung 5, partner phase):** single cascade block, SRAM-CIM eval module + FPGA harness +
COTS mixer/DAC/ADC periphery; goal = demonstrate the two-phase θ-read on one block with measured
tolerances. Board-BOM class: $5–20k.
- **Demo-1:** time-multiplex ONE physical trainable block through L logical positions (cascade's