Analog computing is a lot different fundamentally then digital. While the transistor is the fundamental building block of a modern CPU, the Operational Amplifier, or Op-Amp is the building block of an analog computer.
As for the pros and cons of each, I’m sure a whole disseration could be written on the topic, but I’d say “real-time” applications would benefit from analog computers. Think feedback loops.
Analog computing is a lot different fundamentally then digital. While the transistor is the fundamental building block of a modern CPU, the Operational Amplifier, or Op-Amp is the building block of an analog computer.
https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/opamp/opamp_1.html
As for the pros and cons of each, I’m sure a whole disseration could be written on the topic, but I’d say “real-time” applications would benefit from analog computers. Think feedback loops.