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A New Kind of Computer (April 2025)
Lightmatter’s breakthrough in photonic AI processing transforms AI acceleration, offering unmatched speed and energy efficiency for next-gen computing!
The processor integrates six chips within a single package, employing high-speed interconnects between vertically aligned photonic tensor cores and control dies, delivering exceptional efficiency and scalability in AI computations. While this risks saturating the largest values, careful management allows a net gain in representational accuracy, proving critical for achieving the precision needed for complex AI models on our photonic hardware. Lightmatter’s breakthrough photonic interconnect technology, Passage TM, addresses this critical bottleneck by dramatically reducing energy spent on data movement and by providing ultra-high bandwidth for today’s cutting-edge AI computing infrastructure.
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