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

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 ...

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

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.

Microsoft has teamed up with Barclays on a novel approach to tackling artificial intelligence (AI) and optimisation problems based on a scalable analogue optical computer (AOC) architecture, designed ...

The prototype is built from commercially available parts, including micro-LEDs, optical lenses, and sensors from smartphone ...

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