# Advances in the matrix multiplication algorithm

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**Created:** [March 8, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advances-in-the-matrix-multiplication-algorithm/111336 "2024-03-08T06:04:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advances-in-the-matrix-multiplication-algorithm/111336/1 "2024-03-08T06:04:20Z")

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It appears that there have been some advances in the matrix multiplication algorithm.

> **[New Breakthrough Brings Matrix Multiplication Closer to Ideal | Quanta Magazine](https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-breakthrough-brings-matrix-multiplication-closer-to-ideal-20240307/)**
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> By eliminating a hidden inefficiency, computer scientists have come up with a new way to multiply large matrices that’s faster than ever.

The article refers to these two papers:  
[https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/1.9781611977912.134](https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/1.9781611977912.134)

> **[Faster Matrix Multiplication via Asymmetric Hashing](https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.10173)**
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> Fast matrix multiplication is one of the most fundamental problems in algorithm research. The exponent of the optimal time complexity of matrix multiplication is usually denoted by $ω$. This paper discusses new ideas for improving the laser method...

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**Author:** ![photor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/photor/32/14343_2.png) [@photor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/photor)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advances-in-the-matrix-multiplication-algorithm/111336/2 "2024-03-08T06:11:06Z")

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amazing

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**Author:** ![woclass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/woclass/32/212699_2.png) [@woclass](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/woclass)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advances-in-the-matrix-multiplication-algorithm/111336/3 "2024-03-08T21:25:21Z")

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> The laser method is not intended to be practical;  
> it’s just a way to think about the ideal way to multiply matrices.  
> “_We never run the method_ [on a computer],” Zhou said. “We analyze it.”