"China's Breakthrough in Light-Based AI Chip Paves the Way for Energy-Efficient Artificial General Intelligence"
Originally Published 1 year ago — by South China Morning Post
Scientists at Tsinghua University have developed Taichi, a light-based artificial intelligence chip that is over 1,000 times more energy efficient than traditional electronic chips and outperforms the high-performance Nvidia H100 GPU. The chip, using photonic integrated circuits, shows promise in artificial general intelligence tasks such as image recognition training and content generation. The research team believes Taichi could pave the way for large-scale photonic computing and advanced artificial general intelligence applications, potentially revolutionizing AI computing with its energy efficiency and high-speed data processing capabilities.