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Giant Leap in Light Manipulation Observed in Chiral Nanotubes

Rice University created new chiral nanotube films that convert light 2-3 times more efficiently. This could improve optical tech and computing.

#NanotubeTech, #LightManipulation, #RiceUniversity, #OpticalComputing, #MaterialScience

https://newsletter.tf/rice-university-chiral-nanotube-films-light-conversion/

Researchers at Rice University have made chiral nanotube films that are 200 to 1000 times better at changing light color than old materials. This is a big step for light technology.

#NanotubeTech, #LightManipulation, #RiceUniversity, #OpticalComputing, #MaterialScience
https://newsletter.tf/rice-university-chiral-nanotube-films-light-conversion/

✨Oh joy, it's the annual "optical computing is almost here" article, where dreams of light-based chips slaying silicon are resurrected from the 1980s graveyard. 🧙‍♂️🔮 Mach-Zehnder Interferometers are apparently about to become the unicorns of tech — because nothing says progress like a 40-year-old promise! 🦄💡
https://write.as/mnggfj7asl07k #opticalcomputing #technews #MachZehnderInterferometers #siliconinnovation #futureoftech #HackerNews #ngated

✨Oh joy, it's the annual "optical computing is almost here" article, where dreams of light-based chips slaying silicon are resurrected from the 1980s graveyard. 🧙‍♂️🔮 Mach-Zehnder Interferometers are apparently about to become the unicorns of tech — because nothing says progress like a 40-year-old promise! 🦄💡
https://write.as/mnggfj7asl07k #opticalcomputing #technews #MachZehnderInterferometers #siliconinnovation #futureoftech #HackerNews #ngated

With AI's energy demands growing fast, optical computing could be a real solution.

#AI #Nvidia #OpticalComputing #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #Semiconductors

With AI's energy demands growing fast, optical computing could be a real solution.

#AI #Nvidia #OpticalComputing #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #Semiconductors

Memory at the Speed of Light https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/memory-at-the-speed-of-light/ #opticalcomputing #Science

Memory at the Speed of Light https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/memory-at-the-speed-of-light/ #opticalcomputing #Science

Light-Based AI Computing: A New Era of Speed and Efficiency

https://techlife.blog/posts/a-single-beam-of-light-runs-ai-with-supercomputer-power/

#AI #Photonics #OpticalComputing #Supercomputers

Analog Optical Computer for Inference and Combinatorial Optimization https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/analog-optical-computer-for-inference-and-combinatorial-optimization/ #opticalcomputing #analogcomputing #computerhacks #inference

Analog Optical Computer for Inference and Combinatorial Optimization https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/analog-optical-computer-for-inference-and-combinatorial-optimization/ #opticalcomputing #analogcomputing #computerhacks #inference

Analog Optical Computer for Inference and Combinatorial Optimization - Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be ma... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/analog-optical-computer-for-inference-and-combinatorial-optimization/ #opticalcomputing #analogcomputing #computerhacks #inference

Analog Optical Computer for Inference and Combinatorial Optimization - Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be ma... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/analog-optical-computer-for-inference-and-combinatorial-optimization/ #opticalcomputing #analogcomputing #computerhacks #inference

China's New Taichi Photonic Chip Could Help Closing the Gap to Nvidia's AI Accelerators

#AI #Photonics #OpticalComputing #Semiconductors #AIchips #Tsinghua #EnergyEfficiency #DeepLearning #AIGC #TaichiChip #AIAccelerators

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/22/chinas-new-taichi-photonic-chip-could-help-closing-the-gap-to-nvidias-ai-accelerators-xcxwbn/

China's New Taichi Photonic Chip Could Help Closing the Gap to Nvidia's AI Accelerators

#AI #Photonics #OpticalComputing #Semiconductors #AIchips #Tsinghua #EnergyEfficiency #DeepLearning #AIGC #TaichiChip #AIAccelerators

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/22/chinas-new-taichi-photonic-chip-could-help-closing-the-gap-to-nvidias-ai-accelerators-xcxwbn/

💡 AI trained with lasers? Yes, and it cuts energy use by 95%.

Researchers just trained a 1B-parameter Transformer using optical chips—no backprop, no burnout. Their approach, called ODFA, uses scattered light for fast, parallel training.

It works across language, vision, and even diffusion models.

Would you use optics to scale your next AI model?

🔗 Read the full breakdown:
https://blueheadline.com/tech-breakthroughs/ai-optical-chips/

#AI #MachineLearning #OpticalComputing #EnergyEfficiency #DeepLearning

Optical computing for advanced data crunching:
#nphardproblems #mathematics #photonics #opticalcomputing #research
🤓

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-hard-problems-3d-photonics.html

[PhD position, short deadline]
If you are interested in doing a PhD on #OpticalComputing and #MachineLearning, me and Mickael Mounaix have now a open position!
Apply or contact us for more info.
Boost appreciated for reach.
https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/quex-phd-scholarship

[PhD position, short deadline]
If you are interested in doing a PhD on #OpticalComputing and #MachineLearning, me and Mickael Mounaix have now a open position!
Apply or contact us for more info.
Boost appreciated for reach.
https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/quex-phd-scholarship

If you are looking for a #PhD and are interested in working on #OpticalComputing for #MachineLearning (and to spend some time in the UK and some time in Australia), contact me!
Got the funding but the official advert is not out yet. Will update when it is (but the deadlines are going to be short).

If you are looking for a #PhD and are interested in working on #OpticalComputing for #MachineLearning (and to spend some time in the UK and some time in Australia), contact me!
Got the funding but the official advert is not out yet. Will update when it is (but the deadlines are going to be short).

An Optical Computer Architecture - We always hear that future computers will use optical technology. But what will th... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/12/an-optical-computer-architecture/ #opticalcomputing #science #optics #news

An Optical Computer Architecture - We always hear that future computers will use optical technology. But what will th... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/12/an-optical-computer-architecture/ #opticalcomputing #science #optics #news

"Optical transformers". Anderson et al. 2023 https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.10360

"we performed small-scale optical experiments with a prototype accelerator to demonstrate that Transformer operations can run on optical hardware despite noise and errors."

Claims possible energy efficiency advantage of 8,000x over conventional GPUs, with room for more.

#transformers #OpticalComputing #MachineLearning

"Optical transformers". Anderson et al. 2023 https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.10360

"we performed small-scale optical experiments with a prototype accelerator to demonstrate that Transformer operations can run on optical hardware despite noise and errors."

Claims possible energy efficiency advantage of 8,000x over conventional GPUs, with room for more.

#transformers #OpticalComputing #MachineLearning

“The speed record for data transmission using a single light source and optical chip has been shattered once again. Engineers have transmitted data at a blistering rate of 1.84 petabits per second (Pbit/s), almost twice the global internet traffic per second.” https://newatlas.com/telecommunications/optical-chip-fastest-data-transmission-record-entire-internet-traffic/ #tech #technology #internet #broadband #data #bandwidth #opticalcomputing #datatransmission #opticalchip

“The speed record for data transmission using a single light source and optical chip has been shattered once again. Engineers have transmitted data at a blistering rate of 1.84 petabits per second (Pbit/s), almost twice the global internet traffic per second.” https://newatlas.com/telecommunications/optical-chip-fastest-data-transmission-record-entire-internet-traffic/ #tech #technology #internet #broadband #data #bandwidth #opticalcomputing #datatransmission #opticalchip

@virginiaheffernan The trend of exponential development in info production and organization has been consistent thru five computing paradigms, and is evident in multiple digital tech streams. The log-log trend extends from the Big Bang https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ParadigmShiftsFrr15Events.svg #quantumcomputing #3Dtransistors #dnacomputing #memristors #EvolutionaryComputing #opticalcomputing #graphene

@virginiaheffernan The trend of exponential development in info production and organization has been consistent thru five computing paradigms, and is evident in multiple digital tech streams. The log-log trend extends from the Big Bang https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ParadigmShiftsFrr15Events.svg #quantumcomputing #3Dtransistors #dnacomputing #memristors #EvolutionaryComputing #opticalcomputing #graphene

Fourier Transforms (and More) Using Light - Linear transforms — like a Fourier transform — are a key math tool in engineering ... - https://hackaday.com/2021/09/30/fourier-transforms-and-more-using-light/ #fouriertransform #opticalcomputing #science #light #news

Two ways of performing massively parallel AI calculations using light - Enlarge / The output of two optical frequency combs, showing the light appearing at evenly spaced w... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1733534 #materialsscience #opticalcomputing #computerscience #science #ai

Light-based computer may parallelize 10-megabit computations - Enlarge / If everything's set up properly, you know you have a solution when the input light result... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1521289 #spatiallightmodulators #opticalcomputing #interference #annealing #science

Your future neural network: A big black box full of light and mirrors - Enlarge (credit: BeeBright/Getty Images)
Artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced a revival o... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1507439 #opticalneuralnetworks #opticalcomputing #neuralnetworks #science