2 papers
cs.ET2024
Streamlined optical training of large-scale modern deep learning architectures with direct feedback alignment
Ziao Wang, Kilian Müller, Matthew Filipovich +12
Modern deep learning relies nearly exclusively on dedicated electronic hardware accelerators. Photonic approaches, with low consumption and high operation speed, are increasingly c…
cs.AR2021
LightOn Optical Processing Unit: Scaling-up AI and HPC with a Non von Neumann co-processor
Charles Brossollet, Alessandro Cappelli, Igor Carron +14
We introduce LightOn's Optical Processing Unit (OPU), the first photonic AI accelerator chip available on the market for at-scale Non von Neumann computations, reaching 1500 TeraOP…