Lightmatter releases new photonics technology for AI chips


FILE PHOTO: A message reading "AI artificial intelligence", a keyboard, and robot hands are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lightmatter, a startup valued at $4.4 billion, on Monday released two pieces of technology aimed at speeding up the connections between artificial intelligence chips.

Instead of moving information between computer chips as electrical signals, Lightmatter's technology uses optical connections and what are known as silicon photonics to move the information using light.

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