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Mike Young @mikeyoung44

PhotoGAN: Light-Based Chip Boosts AI Speed 4.4x With Silicon Photonics

PhotoGAN: new silicon-photonic accelerator for GANs, achieves 4.4x better performance & reduces energy consumption by 2.18x compared to existing systems.

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PhotoGAN is a new silicon-photonic accelerator for Generative Adversarial Networks
Uses light-based computing to improve speed and energy efficiency
Achieves 4.4x better performance than current GPU/TPU solutions
Reduces energy consumption by 2.18x compared to existing systems
First hardware specifically designed for GAN operations

  
  
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