Researchers have unveiled a new photonic in-memory computing method that promises to advance optical computing significantly.
This technology, using magneto-optical materials, achieves high-speed, low-energy, and durable memory solutions suitable for integration with existing computing technologies.
For the first time, a global team of electrical engineers has developed a new method for photonic in-memory computing, bringing optical computing closer to becoming a reality.
The team includes researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, the University of California – Santa Barbara, the University of Cagliari, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology (now the Institute of Science Tokyo). Their results were published on October 23 in the journal Nature Photonics (“Integrated non-reciprocal magneto-optics with ultra-high endurance for photonic in-memory computing.”
This research was a collaborative effort led by Nathan Youngblood, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Pitt, along with Paulo Pintus, formerly of UC Santa Barbara and now an assistant professor at the University of Cagliari, and Yuya Shoji, associate professor at the Institute of Science Tokyo.
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