We are getting fiber optic computers, brehs

[Secure Da Bag]

AIM and continuous value data could transform computing

The Analog Iterative Machine (AIM) is designed to solve hard optimization problems at the speed of light, besting state-of-the-art silicon solutions and even quantum computers. Learn how this promising technology is progressing:

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Microsoft's light-based computer marks 'the unravelling of Moore's Law'

Analog, iterative machines ditch binary transistor switches for photons and electrons to process at the speed of light.

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That's where AIM comes in. This "analog optical computer" can do more, much much faster… at the speed of light, in fact.

For a little context, photons don't interact with one another, but they do leave imprints on the matter through which they pass. AIM researchers have been able to use this fact to their advantage. It throws light, which passes through several layers, making impressions on each part of what's known as a "modular array". It's this process of projecting light through the array that replaces the function of a standard transistor.

Since light-based technologies can perform powerful linear operations, and electronic components can work on non-linear operations, the researchers have been able to combine both optical and electronic analog technologies, to form a computer that "sidesteps the diminishing growth of computing capacity per dollar in digital chips."

Essentially, AIM is making Moore's so-called law look more like guidelines.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Glass CPUs?

 

[Hood Critic]

Cautiously optimistic.

 

[Bboystyle]

I dunno why they would need to do this. Electricals in todays computer can send data at 1gb or more which is fast enough to run a PC. Adding fibre optics to make it lightning fast is just gonna make PCs more expensive and pretty pointless.

The avg consumer does not needs PCs to operate at light speed.

 

[Hood Critic]

I dunno why they would need to do this. Electricals in todays computer can send data at 1gb or more which is fast enough to run a PC. Adding fibre optics to make it lightning fast is just gonna make PCs more expensive and pretty pointless.

The avg consumer does not needs PCs to operate at light speed.

They will as AI becomes more prevalent and a necessity in computing.

Even on a machine that's fairly high-end these days, you're limited on certain LLM data sets because of the processing that would be necessary.

 

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[NZA]

I dunno why they would need to do this. Electricals in todays computer can send data at 1gb or more which is fast enough to run a PC. Adding fibre optics to make it lightning fast is just gonna make PCs more expensive and pretty pointless.

The avg consumer does not needs PCs to operate at light speed.

as a gamer, i can tell there is no such thing as too much power

 

[Bboystyle]

as a gamer, i can tell there is no such thing as too much power

As a gamer, i agree. Thats why i said avg person using the PC.

 

[NZA]

As a gamer, i agree. Thats why i said avg person using the PC.

once baby boomers and maybe even gen x are gone, the average consumer is going to be a gamer going forward. it's a massive growth sector.

 

[TRUEST]

I dunno why they would need to do this. Electricals in todays computer can send data at 1gb or more which is fast enough to run a PC. Adding fibre optics to make it lightning fast is just gonna make PCs more expensive and pretty pointless.

The avg consumer does not needs PCs to operate at light speed.

Yikes. Very shortsighted. YOU may not see the use of it. But YOU are only one person in a sea of people with various degrees of expertise. Hint. process 5x products in yesteryears versus processing 100x products now.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...ead-to-faster-computer-processors/ar-AA1lRgZJ

All optical switches in computer processors

 

[88m3]

once baby boomers and maybe even gen x are gone, the average consumer is going to be a gamer going forward. it's a massive growth sector.