Penn Engineers have developed the first programmable chip that can train nonlinear neural networks using light—a breakthrough ...

Explore the future of technology with photonic computer chips. Discover how they may outperform traditional electronic ...

Two new studies suggest optical computing will address "bottlenecks in traditional computing" and reduce energy demands ...

Computer chips that combine the use of light and electricity are shown to increase computational performance, while reducing ...

Computers that use photons rather than electrons to manipulate data promise greater speed and energy efficiency, and the ...

Two companies have announced photonic devices that could solve specific real-world problems faster and with less energy than conventional computers.

A tech firm has just demonstrated that a computer chip using light and the speed at which it moves for processing handles ...

However, converting photons into electrical signals can slow down processing times since light operates at higher speeds.

While quantum computing receives more attention from researchers and the media, optical or photonic computers could be a much simpler way to increase processing power. As light moves quickly and ...

Silicon Valley startup Lightmatter unveils a revolutionary computer chip using light to accelerate AI tasks and reduce energy ...