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A new optical memory platform for super fast calculations

For decades there has been near constant progress in reducing the size, and increasing the performance, of the circuits that power computers and smartphones. But Moore’s Law is ending as physical ...
EurekAlert!

New optical memory unit poised to improve processing speed and efficiency

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 ...
SiliconANGLE

Optical interconnect startup Celestial AI raises $100M to tackle AI’s ‘memory wall challenge’

Celestial AI Inc., a startup developing optical chip technology to speed up artificial intelligence models, today announced that it has raised $100 million in funding. The round included contributions ...
Nanowerk

Novel photodetector integrates event sensing and memory for optical processing

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

New Approach to Encoding Optical Weights for In-Memory Photonic Computing Using Magneto-Optic Memory Cells

A new technical paper titled “Integrated non-reciprocal magneto-optics with ultra-high endurance for photonic in-memory computing” was published by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, University of ...
NextBigFuture

Quantum Pathway to Go Beyond Current Data Storage Limits for New Optical Memory

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have proposed a new type of memory, in ...