Japanese researchers have helped develop an optical quantum computer that has the potential to drastically reduce the size of the next-generation computer and do even faster calculations. Because a ...

Semiconductor chips that process light rather than electricity could boost processing speeds and reduce energy use.

NTT and OptQC aim to build a 1-million qubit quantum computer based on light, rather than electricity, to enhance reliability, scalability and practicality. Use cases for a practical optical quantum ...

China is accelerating efforts in optical computer chips to overcome chip restrictions and lead the next wave of AI innovation ...

“Energy efficiency of electronic digital processors is primarily limited by the energy consumption of electronic communication and interconnects. The industry is almost unanimously pushing towards ...

Barclays has entered a joint development agreement with Microsoft to explore an application for an optical computer that has already outperformed a quantum computer by two orders of magnitude. In ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have invented a new component for all-optical computing, that might bring this interesting technology out into the light. Optical computing is tempting but ...

(Nanowerk News) By studying the theoretical limits of how light can be used to perform computation, Cornell researchers have uncovered new insights and strategies for designing energy-efficient ...