Nader Engheta and Firooz Aflatouni have created a silicon-photonic (SiPh) chip. Engheta’s revolutionary research in nanoscale material manipulation and Aflatouni’s expertise in nanoscale silicon devices could revolutionise computing. The chip can perform vector-matrix multiplication, a fundamental mathematical operation key in the development and functionality of neural networks, the backbone of AI systems. What makes the […]