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Electro-optical Mott neurons made of niobium dioxide created for brain-inspired computing

Over the past decades, engineers have introduced a wide range of computing systems inspired by the human brain or designed to emulate some of its functions. These include devices that artificially ...

From ‘Optical Synapses’ to a ‘Photonic Brain’ — Integrated Photonic Neural Networks Toward Low-Power General-Purpose

SHANNON, CLARE, IRELAND, February 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new publication from Opto-Electronic Technology; DOI ...
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Radical new computer could ditch electricity for light and supercharge processing

Computing is hitting a physical and economic wall just as generative artificial intelligence explodes in complexity and cost. The traditional trick of cramming more transistors onto silicon is running ...
Nature

Optical Logic Gates and Photonic Crystal Devices

Optical logic gates represent a cutting‐edge approach to perform computation entirely with light, bypassing the limitations inherent to electronic components. By exploiting light’s phase, intensity, ...
Electronics For You

Ultrafast Optical Switching Enabling Next-Gen Computing

Researchers create a nanoscale light switch operating 10,000 times faster than electronic transistors, opening possibilities ...
Nanowerk

Ultrafast terahertz device achieves multi-state switching for optical computing

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Every time you send a text message or browse the internet, your device processes information using tiny electronic switches that flip on and off millions of times per second. But ...
Nanowerk

Intelligent photonics advances optical computing and AI-integrated sensing

Machine learning and nanophotonics combine to enable fast, energy-efficient computing and sensing with potential for transformative AI-driven technologies. Fueled by metasurfaces and integrated ...
EurekAlert!

Parallel optical computing capable of 100‑wavelength multiplexing

Figure 1. Ultra-high parallel optical computing integrated chip - "Liuxing-I". High-detail view of an ultra-high parallelism optical computing integrated chip – “Liuxing-I”, showcasing the packaged ...
New Atlas

Single-shot light-speed computing might replace GPUs

Want to call someone a quick-thinker? The easiest cliché for doing so is calling her a computer – in fact, “computers” was the literal job title of the “Hidden Figures” mathematicians who drove the ...
Optics

Lithium niobate device could replace signal modulators in optical networks

Addressing a major roadblock in next-generation photonic computing and signal processing systems, researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Overview and Comparison of Devices Used For Optical Waveguide-to-Waveguide Coupling (MIT et al.)

A new technical paper titled “Advances in waveguide to waveguide couplers for 3D integrated photonic packaging” was published by researchers at MIT and Bridgewater State University. “In this paper, we ...