Unlocking photonic computing power with artificial 'life'

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-photonic-power-artificial-life.html

"cellular automata, a type of computer model consisting of a "world" (a gridded area) containing cells used to perform computing tasks suited to photonic technologies... The paper describing the work, titled, "Photonic Elementary Cellular Automata for Simulation of Complex Phenomena," appears in the May 30 issue of the journal Light: Science & Applications... eliminate gates, switches... high-bandwidth incredibly fast... 3 orders magnitude quicker"