Throughout history, inventors have been pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, often creating devices and systems that ...

A Microsoft analog optical computer has solved two optimization problems and shown potential for AI workloads using less energy.

Archaeology & History A New Study Shakes Up Our Understanding of the World’s First Analog Computer Researchers have uncovered surprising insights into the Antikythera mechanism.

Microsoft has built a prototype computer that uses light and analog signals instead of traditional binary computing.

A computer that uses light rather than digital switches for calculations could help reduce the energy demands of artificial ...

Generations of researchers have unraveled many mysteries about the device, which is often described as the world’s first analog computer, though much remains unknown.

The 1945 creation of the first programmable computer, ENIAC, is a good guess. Or maybe we stretch it back to Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace’s work on the analog Analytical Engine in the 1830s.

Microsoft has built an analog optical computer that uses light instead of silicon, promising 100x gains in speed and ...

The constant scaling of AI applications and other digital technologies across industries is beginning to tax the energy grid ...