Superfast chips to train AI with light - Frontiers. They reduce computer consumption and guarantee more security.
Superfast chips have been developed that use light to train Artificial Intelligence models, reducing energy consumption and ensuring greater safety. They are the silicon photonic chips described in the journal Nature Photonics and developed under the guidance of Nader Engheta, of the University of Pennsylvania and considered one of the pioneers in the development of nanomaterials. To process calculations, traditional computers use flows of electric current in the form of 'clouds' of electrons, but for some years now chips with similar functioning have been under study.