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Reinforcement learning accelerates model-free training of optical AI systems

Optical computing has emerged as a powerful approach for high-speed and energy-efficient information processing. Diffractive ...
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Optical system uses diffractive processors to achieve large-scale nonlinear computation

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed an optical computing framework that performs large-scale nonlinear computations using linear materials. Subscribe to our ...
Nature

Optical computing

In the age of information, data processing and computation are essential. But current computation devices lack scalability and suffer from high carbon emissions. So researchers are constantly looking ...
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Parallel optical computing capable of 100‑wavelength multiplexing

Figure 1. Ultra-high parallel optical computing integrated chip - "Liuxing-I". High-detail view of an ultra-high parallelism optical computing integrated chip – “Liuxing-I”, showcasing the packaged ...
Science Daily

Logic with light: Introducing diffraction casting, optical-based parallel computing

Increasingly complex applications such as artificial intelligence require ever more powerful and power-hungry computers to run. Optical computing is a proposed solution to increase speed and power ...

China’s optical AI hardware shows massive efficiency leaps in lab tests

China’s optical AI hardware demonstrates massive efficiency leaps in lab tests, challenging conventional GPU performance in ...
New Atlas

Single-shot light-speed computing might replace GPUs

Want to call someone a quick-thinker? The easiest cliché for doing so is calling her a computer – in fact, “computers” was the literal job title of the “Hidden Figures” mathematicians who drove the ...
Science Daily

Breakthrough optical processor lets AI compute at the speed of light

Researchers at Tsinghua University developed the Optical Feature Extraction Engine (OFE2), an optical engine that processes data at 12.5 GHz using light rather than electricity. Its integrated ...
Hackaday

An Optical Computer Architecture

We always hear that future computers will use optical technology. But what will that look like for a general-purpose computer? German researchers explain it in a recent scientific paper. Although the ...
Business Wire

Global Optical Computing Markets 2025-2035 with Analysis of 90+ Key Players, Start-Ups, and Emerging Companies Across the Value Chain - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "The Global Market for Optical Computing 2025-2035" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global Market for Optical Computing 2025-2035 offers an ...
Semiconductor Engineering

New Approach to Encoding Optical Weights for In-Memory Photonic Computing Using Magneto-Optic Memory Cells

A new technical paper titled “Integrated non-reciprocal magneto-optics with ultra-high endurance for photonic in-memory computing” was published by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, University of ...