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A blue and purple circuit board.

"By performing computations directly with light, we aim to overcome the bottlenecks of traditional electronics, particularly for demanding tasks like artificial intelligence."

A large white box with LM on it, on top of a large green circuit board.

"If we end up with a system that is the size of a football stadium, then people might prefer the more compact electronic computers, even if they are slower."

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