As artificial intelligence grows more powerful, so does its appetite for speed and energy. The quest for faster, smarter systems has driven researchers to an unlikely ally—light itself. A new study by ...

A team at the University of Florida has developed a new kind of computer chip that uses light with electricity to perform one of the most power-intensive parts of artificial intelligence—image ...

Quantum computers could rapidly solve complex problems that would take the most powerful classical supercomputers decades to ...

Microsoft's latest computing system uses micro-LEDs and camera sensors to perform calculations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

A new semiconductor chip fabricates miniature lenses on the chip to perform calculations using light instead of electricity, greatly increasing the power efficiency and reducing the computational run ...

A new architecture replaces traditional bottlenecks with a passive, single-shot light-speed operation that could become the foundational hardware for AGI, scientists argue. When you purchase through ...

Over the past several decades, researchers have been making rapid progress in harnessing light to enable all sorts of scientific and industrial applications. From creating stupendously accurate clocks ...

Researchers demonstrated a new method of cooling trapped ions using chip-based systems, which could enable more stable and ...