Of the many feats achieved by artificial intelligence (AI), the ability to process images quickly and accurately has had an ...

The advent of big data era raising significant challenges in information processing, especially in the aspect of capacity and power consumption. Situations become even worse when we consider the fact ...

Intrinsic synergy between optical navigation and advanced image processing techniques is reshaping aerospace, robotics and industrial applications. By integrating sensor data and sophisticated ...

A team of researchers developed “parallel optical matrix-matrix multiplication” (POMMM), which could revolutionize tensor ...

This new type of optical memory unit,called a programmable photonic latch, is fast and scalable. It could offer a high-speed silicon photonics solution for volatile memory. WASHINGTON — Researchers ...

Computing is hitting a physical and economic wall just as generative artificial intelligence explodes in complexity and cost. The traditional trick of cramming more transistors onto silicon is running ...

How a single silicon chip was designed to be microwave and optical signal-processing engine. The various roles for which this engine can be reconfigured. The performance considerations that were ...

Schematic diagram and microscopic observation of an optical fiber doped with rare-earth atoms. The fluorescence from the entire optical fiber can be seen. (b) Schematic diagram and microscopic ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical information processing is a critical technology for applications ranging from machine vision to high-speed optical communication. However, current photodetection systems ...

AI photonic chip startup Neurophos has raised $110 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. Led by Gates Frontier, the round also saw investments from M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), ...

Speculation about extremely fast optical computing has existed since the invention of the laser. Delivering on those predictions, the first commercially available optical DSP, the EnLight256, can ...