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 ...

Engineers have reached a theoretical limit for efficiently converting analog data into digital bits in an emerging computer technology. The future of computing may be analog. The digital design of our ...

I have sometimes wondered if we shouldn't bring back a modern version of an analog computer. Does that make sense? Maybe it could be a solution to some ugly calculus-intensive problem like in 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 ...

When you think of analog computing, it’s possible you don’t typically think of FPGAs. Sure, a few FPGAs will have specialized analog blocks, but usually they are digital devices. [Bruce Land] — a name ...

The constant scaling of AI applications and other digital technologies across industries is beginning to tax the energy grid ...

A new technical paper titled “Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization” was published by ...

Scientists have been working toward developing a novel mathematical approach that will help advance computation beyond the digital framework. Your computer performs most tasks well. For word ...

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