Light-based Ising computer runs at room temperature and stays stable for hours

A team of researchers at Queen's University has developed a powerful new kind of computing machine that uses light to take on ...

Not Quantum, Not Classical: This Light-Based Computer Is Something Else Entirely

While it's no replacement for either computer, the new device is a powerful alternative for addressing some very practical ...

An acoustic Ising machine: Novel system tackles hard combinatorial problems

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed a novel Ising machine that utilizes surface acoustic waves as an ...
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New low-cost challenger to quantum computer: Ising machine

A low-energy challenger to the quantum computer also works at room temperature. The researchers have shown that information can be transmitted using magnetic wave motion in complex networks. A ...
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Boltzmann Lecture 2026 - Michele Caselle - Physics of Interfaces in the Three-Dimensional Ising Model

The 2026 edition of the traditional Boltzmann Lecture will be held on Monday, February 23rd, at 14:00, in Room 128–129. The lecture is organized by the Statistical Physics group at SISSA, close to ...