'World first' industry-ready photonic co-processor
Q.ANT deployed its second-generation Native Processing Unit (NPU 2) at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in March 2026 (Image:Q.ANT)
Using thin-film lithium niobate to perform matrix multiplications optically in a single step, Q.ANT claims its Native Processing Unit can deliver 50 times the throughput and six times the energy efficiency of conventional electronics
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