A new processor that uses light, instead of electrons, has the potential to perform its computations up to 100 times more powerfully and efficiently than existing processors inside machine-learning computer systems. That's according to a new USC and MIT study published in the journal Nature Photonics. "In addition to vastly improving the scalability of computing power, the optical artificial-intelligence processor increased energy efficiency compared with current technologies," said Zaijun Chen, a research assistant professor at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

https://www.miragenews.com/new-processor-promises-major-boost-in-ai-1063820/

#miragenews