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 ...

Scientists have created a tiny chip that can generate, steer, and read light-based information all in one device, marking a major leap toward ultra-fast, energy-efficient computing. The breakthrough ...

Artificial intelligence is consuming enormous amounts of energy, but researchers at the University of Florida have built a chip that could change everything by using light instead of electricity for a ...

Quantum computing has long promised to crack problems that defeat even the fastest supercomputers, but the hardware has struggled to scale beyond fragile laboratory prototypes. A new generation of ...

Skip the noise. Get the download. AI companies are increasingly looking to photonics technology as a solution to improve the inefficient transfer of data between AI chips and systems. Photonics tech ...

Forward-looking: By demonstrating a chip that can produce multiple frequencies without adjustment, a Maryland research team has brought photonic integration closer to parity with the semiconductor ...

The computer chips inside our phones, laptops and other electronic devices contain billions of tiny switches called ...