AlphaEvolve breaks 56-year-old 4x4 matrix multiplication record, cutting 49 to 48
RichardsonDx · x · 2026-11-12
Multiplying two 4x4 matrices the naive way takes 64 multiplications. Volker Strassen cut that to 49 in 1969, and the record stood for 56 years — until Google's AlphaEvolve agent found a 48-multiplication procedure. Since matrix multiplication runs trillions of times daily across AI models, rendering, and simulation, even one fewer multiplication matters. Google applied it to shorten Gemini training and design next-gen TPUs; Meta followed with its own KernelEvolve for AI accelerator kernels.
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