# Researchers Achieve AI Breakthrough Using Light To Perform Computations 

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**Created:** [July 26, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/researchers-achieve-ai-breakthrough-using-light-to-perform-computations/97892 "2020-07-26T22:04:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/bluehacker/32/174721_2.png) [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/researchers-achieve-ai-breakthrough-using-light-to-perform-computations/97892/1 "2020-07-26T22:04:11Z")

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“Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in the development of artificial intelligence by [using light instead of electricity to perform computations](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ai-machine-learning-light-speed-artificial-intelligence-a9629976.html),” reports the Independent.

“The new approach significantly improves both the speed and efficiency of machine learning neural networks…” _A paper describing the research, [published this week](https://publishing.aip.org/publications/latest-content/photon-based-processing-units-enable-more-complex-machine-learning/) in the scientific journal Applied Physics Reviews , reveals that their photon-based (tensor) processing unit (TPU) was able to perform between 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than an electric TPU._

 

“We found that integrated photonic platforms that integrate efficient optical memory can obtain the same operations as a tensor processing unit, but they consume a [fraction of the power and have higher throughput](https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0001942),” said Mario Miscuglio, one of the paper’s authors.

_“When opportunely trained, [the platforms] can be used for performing inference at the speed of light.”_

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**Author:** ![1tonpun](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/1tonpun/32/44483_2.png) [@1tonpun](https://onehack.st/u/1tonpun)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/researchers-achieve-ai-breakthrough-using-light-to-perform-computations/97892/2 "2020-07-27T17:13:38Z")

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Damn, here i am giving presentations about this in my college. Sad life