VALENCIA, Oct. 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in collaboration with members of the spin-off UPV iPronics and the Institut National de la Recherche Scientific (Canada) have published the foundations of a new computing theory that aims to extract the maximum potential of photonic technology while solving fundamental theoretical and technological limitations of digital, neuromorphic and quantum computing systems.
This work has been published in Laser magazine
Andrés Macho Ortiz has pointed out that “historically, mathematical computing models have always been created first and then the technology to implement them has been developed,” as reported by the academic institution in a statement.
However, the PRL-iTEAM researcher has indicated that “however, it is not always easy to adapt technology to mathematics, as for example occurs in the case of quantum computing, where it is difficult to develop a technology that implements perfection of the quantum model and is free of errors in the calculations.
“We invert the approach. Instead of adapting technology to mathematical models, we do it the other way around. We adapt mathematics to existing technology, in this case photonics, creating a new computing model that processes information by imitating the transformations of signal that photonic circuits are capable of performing,” Macho pointed out.
José Capmany has added that in this way we could “create a mathematical-technological duo that complements that of digital electronics to carry out computing tasks in those cases in which the latter is very slow.”
“Applications based on artificial intelligence, the autonomous car, robotics, medical imaging diagnosis and drug development, among others, could benefit from this new theory of photonic computing,” Capmany said.
“If we are successful, we will have laid the foundations to design a whole new generation of photonic chips that invades the technological market in the long term, which could represent a paradigm shift in our information society,” added Andrés Macho.
