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Last month Qualcomm introduced its 2nd-gen chips for Windows laptops and other PCs, promising big gains in CPU, graphics, and AI performance. But for the past few years there’s been a bit of ...

As artificial intelligence grows more powerful, so does its appetite for speed and energy. The quest for faster, smarter systems has driven researchers to an unlikely ally—light itself. A new study by ...