Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be made that analog computers are the more efficient approach for specific applications. The authors behind a ...

Recent progress on both analog and digital simulations of quantum fields foreshadows a future in which quantum computers ...

A new technical paper titled “Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization” was published by ...

The constant scaling of AI applications and other digital technologies across industries is beginning to tax the energy grid ...

A Microsoft analog optical computer has solved two optimization problems and shown potential for AI workloads using less energy.

The distinction between analog and digital signals is very simple, but it can still be a challenge to wrap one's mind around the concepts that define the two systems. Just when you think you've got it ...

Microsoft Research has developed an analog optical computer (AOC) that uses light to solve complex problems.

Microsoft has teamed up with Barclays on a novel approach to tackling artificial intelligence (AI) and optimisation problems ...

The prototype is built from commercially available parts, including micro-LEDs, optical lenses, and sensors from smartphone ...