This powerful supercomputer can now run on light instead of electric current

https://www.techradar.com/news/this-powerful-supercomputer-can-now-run-on-light-instead-of-electric-current

"In addition to being one of the most powerful computers in the world and currently ranked 105 on the Top500 list, France's Jean Zay supercomputer is now the first HPC to have a photonic coprocessor... Aurora 2 OPU powers its Appliance integrated computing unit which is built into a 2U form factor... peak performance of 1.5 PetaOPS at 30W TDP and can deliver performance that 8 to 40 times higher than GPU-only acceleration"

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