A Microsoft analog optical computer has solved two optimization problems and shown potential for AI workloads using less energy.

A computer that processes analog data is known as an analog computer. Analog computers store information in physical quantities in a continuous format and use measurements to perform computation.

Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be made that analog computers are the more efficient approach for specific applications. The authors behind a ...

Microsoft Research has developed an analog optical computer (AOC) that uses light to solve complex problems.

Recent progress on both analog and digital simulations of quantum fields foreshadows a future in which quantum computers ...

Research conducted by the Microsoft Research lab in Cambridge could contribute to the development of AI accelerators.

Today, most of what we think of as a computer uses digital technology. But that wasn’t always the case. From slide rules to mechanical fire solution computers to electronic analog computers, there ...

People often fixate on quantum computing as a hardware technology, a new kind of transistor, but it may make sense to be less literal, less clinical, and a bit more broad-minded. That is the premise ...