Chip-based quantum-dot laser-graded neuron mimics nerve cell functions with a processing speed a billion times faster, at 10 GBaud

https://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/2024/december/laser-based_artificial_neuron_mimics_nerve_cell_functions_at_lightning_speed/

"overcomes photonic spiking neurons' speed limitations leveraging neuron-like nonlinear dynamics/ fast processing reservoir (future: edge) computer... processed data from 100 million heartbeats or 34.7 million handwritten digital images in 1 second, 98.4% accurate... pads injecting radio frequency signals into quantum dot laser’s saturable absorption section produce faster, simpler, more energy-efficient system... no additional complex connections... single neuron, future: cascaded... speech recognition, weather prediction"