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by indescions_2017 3196 days ago
Optical computing.

Quantum ICs attract billions in research dollars. With cybersecurity perhaps being the key industry driver. But recent materials and design advancements in "electronic-photonic" interfaces have yielded incredible boosts to matrix multiplication and FFT calculation. And the temptation to create machine learning and AI capable mobile devices may speed adoption of a new generation of photonics.

Lightmatter, a startup using light to accelerate artificial intelligence, wins the 2017 MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lightmatter-a-startu...

Light-Powered Computers Brighten AI’s Future

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/light-powered-com...