Computing is hitting a physical and economic wall just as generative artificial intelligence explodes in complexity and cost.

A team of researchers developed “parallel optical matrix-matrix multiplication” (POMMM), which could revolutionize tensor ...

Gates-backed silicon photonics startup unveils optical transistors 10,000× smaller and chips with 1,000× squared matrix compute potential.

Researchers create a nanoscale light switch operating 10,000 times faster than electronic transistors, opening possibilities ...

As the realm of computing continues to evolve, the integration of optical technologies has emerged as a groundbreaking frontier, presenting new paradigms for processing and information transfer.

A new technical paper titled “High-clockrate free-space optical in-memory computing” was published by researchers at UC Berkeley, USC,  and TU Berlin. Abstract “The ability to process and act on data ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The research, published in Nature Communications, addresses one of the key challenges to engineering computers that run on light ...

China is accelerating efforts in optical computer chips to overcome chip restrictions and lead the next wave of AI innovation ...

A breakthrough optical design allows quantum computers to read information in parallel, a key step toward building ...

Researchers develop ultra-fine 3D printing tech for vertical nanolasers, enabling high-density optical chips for AI, AR displays, and secure communications. (Nanowerk News) In future high-tech ...

Researchers have developed a new optical computing material from photon avalanching nanoparticles. A research team co-led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Columbia University, ...