performance for certain scenarios.
The main advantage of light-based computer chips is that they are faster and more efficient for certain AI calculations. That’s because information can be encoded more efficiently in different wavelengths of light, and because controlling light requires less power than controlling the flow of electrons with transistors. Technologies that process data using light include: • Self-driving cars • Advanced robots • Quantum computers • VR glasses • Brain-computer interfaces Light-based computer chips also provide the following advantages: • They process neural networks that are several orders of magnitude larger than electricity-based chips can and they can process those neural networks millions of times more efficiently. • They can carry out the mathematical computations needed for AI and machine learning at the speed of light. That’s up to 5 to 10 times faster than electricity-based AI chips. • They use one-sixth of the power consumption of electricity-based chips. • They’re less vulnerable to air temperature, electromagnetic fields, and other factors. • And they can process multiple, complex AI algorithms at a time enabling considerably more complex actions in real-time.
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