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An all optical processor delivers extreme throughput and energy efficiency for generative AI, highlighting a new path beyond electronic computing limits. LightGen: Optical AI Chip 100x Faster Than ...

A new technical paper titled “Massively parallel and universal approximation of nonlinear functions using diffractive processors” was published by researchers at UCLA. “Nonlinear computation is ...

Tensor processors have emerged as a key computing building block in artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) due to their capabilities in data-intensive algorithms. Their ...

This image shows an artist’s interpretation of new optical processor for an edge device, developed by MIT researchers, that performs machine learning computations at the speed of light, classifying ...