Taichi-II light-based chip offers fast, energy-efficient large language model neural network training

http://www.ecns.cn/news/sci-tech/2024-08-09/detail-iheeyrtw7464348.shtml

"photonic computing had restricted to preliminary computations, training now conducted directly on physical system eliminating need for extensive GPU use, reducing numerical modeling constraints... more precise training... high-performance intelligent imaging, efficient analysis of topological photonic systems. deep neural networks, ultrasensitive perception, topological photonics"

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