AI at the Speed of Light
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has created a problem that is only getting worse. Modern AI models require massive amounts of computation, and the hardware handling those workloads is extremely power-hungry. Researchers at Koç University in Turkey believe that light could help address this problem. They have developed two experimental computing systems that use the physical properties of light to perform calculations that would otherwise require traditional electronic processors.
Led by Assistant Professor Uğur Teğin, the two studies both explore photonic computing, which takes advantage of light's ability to process multiple streams of information simultaneously. Instead of performing every mathematical operation in software, these systems use optical hardware to transform data into patterns that are easier for machine learning algorithms to classify.
The first system, developed by Teğin and master's student Fatma Nur Kılınç, is a programmable optical neural network designed to process color images without discarding...
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