A Microsoft analog optical computer has solved two optimization problems and shown potential for AI workloads using less energy.

Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be made that analog computers are the more ...

Microsoft Research has developed an analog optical computer (AOC) that uses light to solve complex problems.

A computer that uses light rather than digital switches for calculations could help reduce the energy demands of artificial ...

While digital computers have become entrenched in our daily lives, a new analog quantum computer offers a stark contrast in both its design and capabilities. A team of physicists from Stanford ...

The prototype is built from commercially available parts, including micro-LEDs, optical lenses, and sensors from smartphone ...

Our new tech editor for Analog looks at the evolution of “analog” and how it inadvertently spun off a pop music genre. Operational Amplifiers are exactly that—amplifiers that can perform mathematical ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The pursuit of faster and more efficient computing has been a driving force in technological progress for decades. As the demand for computational power continues to grow, ...

Research conducted by the Microsoft Research lab in Cambridge could contribute to the development of AI accelerators.

The constant scaling of AI applications and other digital technologies across industries is beginning to tax the energy grid ...

A “cheap as chips” open-source Analog Computer can run circles around a Raspberry Pi in solving differential equations and for simulating natural phenomena. To keep costs down, the Anabrid team ...

Recent progress on both analog and digital simulations of quantum fields foreshadows a future in which quantum computers ...