Critical Analysis of Energy Consumption in Neuro-Computational Systems

This paper presents a unified benchmark of energy consumption per synaptic event across five classes of neuro-computational substrates: graphics processing units, neural processing units, field-programmable gate arrays, digital spiking processors, and in-memory/memristive devices, with biological synapses used as reference bands. The main contribution is methodological as well as empirical. Methodologically, we introduce a common event-level metric that makes heterogeneous systems directly co...

Relatedness and regional specialization in green, digital, and twin economic activities: evidence from the UK

Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivators on creative collaboration: The effect of sharing rewards

Building on the closed creativity tasks of Charness and Grieco (2019, 2023), we investigate whether introducing financial incentives for sharing creative ideas undermines intrinsic motivation for group collaboration. We develop a theoretical model contrasting intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in idea sharing. We conduct a theory-driven experiment to test our hypotheses regarding the potential crowding-out effect when idea sharing is rewarded through the redistribution of individual earnings ...

Regions facing the ‘twin transition’: combining regional green and digital innovations

Merging the green transition with the digital transformation of economic systems in the ‘twin transition’ has become a primary focus for policymakers. In spite of this increased attention, limited is the literature on how the determinants and impacts of combining green and digital innovations vary across regions. This special issue aims to fill this gap. Its eight papers address a broad spectrum of topics, including the regional endowment of scientific knowledge and technologies for the twin ...