Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization
Experimental set-up The key components of our experimental set-up are shown in Fig. 1a and Extended Data Fig. 1. Optical subsystem The optical subsystem performs matrix–vector multiplication. The basic components…
How ‘inference’ is driving competition to Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
Nvidia’s challengers are seizing a new opportunity to crack its dominance of artificial intelligence chips after Chinese start-up DeepSeek accelerated a shift in AI’s computing requirements. DeepSeek’s R1 and other…