A new technical paper titled “Scalable Coherent Optical Crossbar Architecture using PCM for AI Acceleration” was published by researchers at University of Washington. “Optical computing has been ...

Flash storage is too slow for your device's main memory, but RAM is expensive and volatile. Thanks to a breakthrough from IBM, phase-change memory (PCM) might one day replace them both. The ...

I have the Xonar DG sound card. I am trying to get Dolby Digital and DTS over optical, but after trying and reading, it appears all I can get is 2 channel PCM. But, when I go to the windows sound in ...

Integrated nano-optical memories may help overcome the limitations of communication speeds and energy costs in electronic chips. Now, using nanoscale phase-change materials researchers have realized ...

Engineers develop multifunctional, reconfigurable component of an optical computing system that could be a game changer in electronics. (Nanowerk News) As fast as modern electronics have become, they ...

Last November I bought an HP 42" LCD TV, but I can't get the optical audio out to work on it. I'm trying to hook my cable box up to my television's HDMI in and my TV's optical out to my receiver's ...

New research has demonstrated how glass can be manipulated to create a material that will allow computers to transfer information using light. This development could significantly increase computer ...

There is an ever growing demand for high speed internet communication systems. New research has shown optical switching technology built on nanoantenna reflectarrays and tunable materials could ...

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