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About the project

Signals, systems
and strategy.

Post-Digital Futures tracks how computation is changing across processors, accelerators, sensors, radio and switching silicon, memory, optics and other physical systems, and asks what that could mean for telecoms, networks, cloud infrastructure and technology strategy.

What post-digital includes

A wider field than new processors.

The project follows both unconventional architectures and the movement of selected processing into sensors, radio and switching ASICs, memory, optical components and other network elements. Conventional digital and Von Neumann systems remain part of many hybrids.

Digital, post-digital, Von Neumann and alternative architecture overlapAn overlap diagram showing that digital and post-digital systems can use both Von Neumann and alternative architectures. Hybrid post-digital systems occupy the centre.DIGITALPOST-DIGITALVON NEUMANNALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURESConventional CPUs + GPUsstored programs + shared memoryMixed-signal controlstored-program concepts (rare)HYBRID POST-DIGITAL SYSTEMSdigital host + specialist accelerator,sensor or network elementSpecialist digital ASICsradio + switching + dataflowPhysical + analog systemsin-memory + photonic + quantumneuromorphic + sensing + biological
Post-digital is an umbrella, not the opposite of digital. It includes new computing substrates and the redistribution of selected processing into sensors, radio and switching silicon, memory, optics and other physical components.

Purpose

Early signals without automatic hype.

The project connects monthly developments with deeper technology primers and a continuously revised assessment of telecom relevance. Its scope includes new architectures, established specialist ASICs and the movement of processing into sensors and network elements. It distinguishes practical hybrid systems from speculative replacement narratives.

Editorial approach

AI-assisted, human-edited and explicit about uncertainty.

AI is used extensively for scanning, drafting, classification and synthesis. Dean reviews and edits the site, while provisional interpretations remain clearly distinguished from approved Dean's Takes. The site is a research aid, not a definitive source.

Dean Bubley

Independent telecoms and technology analysis.

Dean Bubley is an independent analyst, advisor and speaker with more than 30 years of experience across telecoms, wireless, technology policy and adjacent infrastructure.

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