<ul><li>A light-powered computer chip designed to drive artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and make high-performance computing (HPC) more sustainable has entered production.</li><li>The photonic AI chip developed by quantum computing company Q.ANT can deliver a 30-fold increase in energy efficiency and 50-fold boost in computing speed compared to conventional silicon chips.</li><li>Pilot production is underway at IMS Chips in Germany, with the aim to bring the technology to market more quickly and integrate the chip with existing HPC servers.</li><li>The chip utilizes photonic computing, which processes data using light particles (photons) instead of electrical signals, resulting in faster processing speed and reduced energy consumption.</li></ul>

World's first light-powered neural processing units (NPUs) could massively reduce energy consumption in AI data centers

Discover more