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Microsoft's Analog Optical Computer Boosts AI and Optimization

Originally Published 4 months ago — by Nature

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Source: Nature

The article introduces the analog optical computer (AOC), a novel hardware platform that combines optical and electronic components to efficiently perform AI inference and combinatorial optimization tasks through fixed-point iterative processes, promising significant improvements in speed and energy efficiency over digital systems.

Water wave analogue computer predicts chaotic future.

Originally Published 2 years ago — by Phys.org

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Source: Phys.org

Researchers have built a proof-of-concept computer that uses running water instead of traditional logical circuitry processors to forecast future events via an approach called "reservoir computing." The computer uses solitary waves to process data at a higher speed and can forecast financial markets and certain kinds of human activity. The researchers plan to miniaturize the computer as a microfluidic processor, which could bring data science and machine learning to rural and remote communities worldwide.