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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Photonic computing, which uses light for calculations, has been considered a major obstacle to practical application due to the need to ultimately transfer data processed by light to and from ...

In classical communications, a pulse of light carries information encoded as zeroes and ones, enabling the transmission of telecommunications signals through optical fibers. The field of quantum ...