Lightsolver LPU100 ultrafast laser based computer unleashes power of 100 lasers to solve toughest optimization problems

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/04/breakthrough-lightsolver-makes-ultrafast-laser-based-computers.html

"challenges processing times of quantum and supercomputers, laser array represents 100 continuous variables tackling problems with up to 120^100 combinations... converts mathematical problem into physical logic formulation, maps into obstacles within lasers’ optics... coupled lasers interact with each other seamlessly converging towards minimal energy-loss solution corresponding to solution... scanning all possibilities in parallel... mimics quantum annealing utilizing lasers' multimodes and phases"