Semiconductor chips that process light rather than electricity could boost processing speeds and reduce energy use.

A US startup called Neurophos has announced a new kind of AI chip that uses light instead of electricity to process data.

Modern artificial intelligence (AI) faces critical challenges in energy consumption and processing latency due to the inherent limitations of electronic processors. Optical computing has emerged as a ...

Machine learning and nanophotonics combine to enable fast, energy-efficient computing and sensing with potential for transformative AI-driven technologies. Fueled by metasurfaces and integrated ...

For decades there has been near constant progress in reducing the size, and increasing the performance, of the circuits that power computers and smartphones. But Moore’s Law is ending as physical ...

A tiny optical booster built directly onto a chip is pointing toward a future where light, not just electricity, does the ...

The global leader in optical communications unveils an expanded portfolio of high-speed interconnects—including 800G ...

Oxford spin-out is latest to target AI with claims of optical processing 'breakthrough' to address compute and power challenges. Lumai, a spin-out from the UK’s University of Oxford working on a ...