Accelerating AI at the speed of light

Improved computing power and an exponential increase in data have helped fuel the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But as AI systems become more sophisticated, they'll need even more computational power to address their needs, which traditional computing hardware most likely won't be able to keep up with. To solve the problem, MIT spinout Lightelligence is developing the next generation of computing hardware. The Lightelligence solution makes use of the silicon fabrication platform used for traditional semiconductor chips, but in a novel way. Rather than building chips that use electricity to carry out computations, Lightelligence develops components powered by light that are low energy and fast, and they might just be the hardware we need to power the AI revolution.