Francesca Parmigiani and Jiaqi Chu, researchers at Microsoft Research Cambridge, discuss a new kind of computer – an analog optical computer – that has the potential to accelerate AI inference and hard optimization workloads by 100x, leveraging hardware-software co-design to improve the efficiency and sustainability of real-world applications. This session aired on September 3, 2024 at Microsoft Research Forum, Episode 4. Register for the series: Continue watching episode 4: Explore all previous episodes: