Photonic chips developed to improve computing speed and reduce power consumption
Two independent teams have developed photonic computing chips - which use photons instead of electrons - that could help cope with the increased energy demanded by AI-based technologies. The work is published in two papers in the journal Nature. ‘Photonic computing has been decades in the making, but these demonstrations could mean that we can finally harness the power of light to build more powerful and energy-efficient systems,’ notes a piece accompanying the research in the same journal.
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