Rice University researchers studying a class of atom-thin semiconductors known as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) ...

The computing world is on the cusp of a transformative leap forward, as researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have unveiled an all-optical computer capable of achieving clock ...

As artificial intelligence grows more powerful, so does its appetite for speed and energy. The quest for faster, smarter ...

Binary is so 20th century. Software King of the World Microsoft has come up with an analogue optical computer which it claims is not limited by the binary confines of zeros and ones, but instead, is ...

A computer that uses light rather than digital switches for calculations could help reduce the energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new study. The scientists who invented the ...

Intel says its work on switching from copper I/O to optical fiber has taken a big step forward in high-speed data transmission. At this year's Optical Fiber Communication Conference in San Francisco, ...

Barclays has entered a joint development agreement with Microsoft to explore an application for an optical computer that has already outperformed a quantum computer by two orders of magnitude. In ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI 10.29026/oes.2022.220010 considers optical logic gates in future computers. If you are reading this on your smartphone, its CPU (central processing ...

There’s an old saying: When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Sometimes referred to as “the law of the instrument,” that hammer-and-nail idea is a common pitfall in ...

In the latest part of its Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) project, designed to meet the growing needs of the hyper-connected business world of the future, NTT Corporation (NTT) has ...

As part of their plan to serve the surging bandwidth demands of wholesale and enterprise customers, Arelion and Ciena are claiming to have completed the world’s first 1.6 terabits-per-second (Tbps) ...