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2026-07-09HW: cascade re-pricing under the reuse doctrine — depth becomes a memory ↵Yuren Hao
line-item (time-mux one trainable block), nudged duty drops ~50x, leash instrumentation deleted, SRAM-CIM alone suffices for Demo-1 (device fab optional) Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn
2026-07-09HW economics retraction: doctrine currency restored (COTS-stitch + FPGA + ↵Yuren Hao
UIUC collab, $5-20k Demo-1 BOM); optimizer state digital-side by design => Adam ~free, Muon unblocked at demo scale, choice is algorithmic Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn
2026-07-09HW BoM correction: Lion/SGD ruled out for EP training (empirical, abl_lion2 ↵Yuren Hao
blew @600 + prior tests) — factored-Adam is the MANDATORY analog baseline, not premium tier Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn
2026-07-09HW: optimizer BoM audit per cascade block — Adam analog-compatible via ↵Yuren Hao
factored-AGC (+2x memory, zero ADC), Muon priced out of analog (matrix-matrix NS + full-gradient ADC tax), Lion native baseline Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn
2026-07-09HW dossier: analog softmax/attention (12 verified claims) — Elfadel-Wyatt ↵Yuren Hao
1993 reciprocal 'entropic resistor' softmax (EP-composable, PAR escape realized), charge-domain KV gain-cells (Leroux 2025), the analog-training gap confirmed unclaimed; +-1% mismatch->+-1% softmax linear tolerance coeff Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn
2026-07-07Wall-3 theorem addendum: arXiv:2603.26969 (PAR) hardens the J^T obstruction; ↵Yuren Hao
price list + Demo-M reframe Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn
2026-07-03Initial commit: ept — backprop-free equilibrium transformer (EP)Yuren Hao
Code (ep_run/), organized docs (docs/{method,campaign,hardware,outreach,paper}), analysis scripts (scripts/), ONBOARDING.md entry point. Large data/checkpoints git-ignored (share separately). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn