Neural implants contain integrated circuits (ICs) — commonly called chips — built on silicon. These implants need to be small and flexible to mimic circumstances inside the human body.
The photonic chip developed by MIT could change that by performing key computations at lightning speed, completing tasks in less than half a nanosecond. Deep neural networks process data through ...
However, there are some types of neural network computations that a photonic device cannot perform, requiring the use of off-chip electronics or other techniques that hamper speed and efficiency. Now, ...