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Chip design drastically reduces energy needed to compute with light
MIT researchers have developed a “photonic” artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator that computes using light instead of electricity — and consumes relatively little power in the process — to run massive neural networks millions of times more efficiently than today’s classical computers.
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jun 8, 2019 | Chip design drastically reduces energy needed to compute with light by rbanffy | 140 | 35 |
