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Microsoft introduced a prototype analog optical computer that uses light to perform calculations, aiming to make artificial intelligence tasks up to one hundred times more energy efficient. The system leverages micro-LEDs and camera sensors to process information in the analog domain, reducing energy consumption and overcoming digital speed limitations. The prototype matched digital computers in image classification and, through a digital twin model, reconstructed brain scan images with less data. The technology also outperformed some quantum computers in financial optimization tasks. Microsoft plans to scale the system to handle more variables as hardware advances.

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