AI Reports · MIT FutureTech · 2026-10-17 · Blog / commentary
What drives progress in AI? Trends in Compute In this article, we provide a high-level overview of another key trend in AI models: that progress in hardware underpins further improvements in AI system
This article gives an overview of how progress in hardware, specifically compute, underpins further improvements in AI systems. It explains that AI progress rests on compute, data, and algorithms, and describes common compute metrics such as FLOPS, MIPS, and IOPS. It is the third in a series on AI trends.