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Photonic computing needs more nonlinearity: Acoustics can help
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Photonic computing needs more nonlinearity: Acoustics can help

A schematic representation of how an optoacoustic activation function can be employed between layers n − 1 and n + 1 of an...

Photonic chips boost computing speed and efficiency to address growing demand
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Photonic chips boost computing speed and efficiency to address growing demand

Latency comparison and principle of the heuristic recurrent algorithm. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08786-6 Computer chips that combine the use of light and...

New study achieves major advance towards fault-tolerant quantum computing
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New study achieves major advance towards fault-tolerant quantum computing

Strong tn and Δn couplings between all the three QDs of the device. Credit: Nature Nanotechnology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41565-025-01894-4 A study, “Enhanced Majorana...

Humans as hardware: Computing with biological tissue
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Humans as hardware: Computing with biological tissue

Credit: Yo Kobayashi, 2025. Most computers run on microchips, but what if we’ve been overlooking a simpler, more elegant computational tool all this...

CEO of World’s largest HDD vendor said it sold tens of millions of USD worth of drives to two cloud computing firms
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CEO of World’s largest HDD vendor said it sold tens of millions of USD worth of drives to two cloud computing firms

Despite predictions, HDDs are here to stay and increasing in capacity Seagate recently sold one exabyte of HAMR storage to two hyperscalers The...

A new programming language for high-performance computing, with much less code
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A new programming language for high-performance computing, with much less code

Paper overview Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.07211 Many companies invest heavily in hiring talent to create the high-performance library code that underpins modern...

Amazon unveils its first quantum computing chip
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Amazon unveils its first quantum computing chip

Credit: Amazon Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday announced Ocelot, its first-generation quantum computing chip, as it enters the race against fellow tech...

China’s Alibaba to invest  bn in AI, cloud computing
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China’s Alibaba to invest $50 bn in AI, cloud computing

Alibaba and other tech giants have enjoyed a revival in recent months, after being hit by a long-running government crackdown. Chinese tech giant...

Microsoft is spending 0 million to ramp up security and computing power in Poland
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Microsoft is spending $700 million to ramp up security and computing power in Poland

Microsoft has announced a $700m investment into Polish digital infrastucture The funds will focus on AI capabilities and cybersecurity This is the second...