While digital computers have become entrenched in our daily lives, a new analog quantum computer offers a stark contrast in both its design and capabilities. A team of physicists from Stanford ...

Engineers have reached a theoretical limit for efficiently converting analog data into digital bits in an emerging computer technology. The future of computing may be analog. The digital design of our ...

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

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

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

As requested by readers, editor Andy Turudic demonstrates that it’s child’s play to set up an Analog Computer to compute a Lorenz Attractor. Anabrid’s THAT Analog Computer provides a flexible, ...

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

Research conducted by the Microsoft Research lab in Cambridge could contribute to the development of AI accelerators.

A computer that uses light rather than digital switches for calculations could help reduce the energy demands of artificial ...

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