Demonstration of WDM-Enabled Ultralow-Energy Photonic Edge Computing
Alexander Sludds, Ryan Hamerly, Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Zhizhen Zhong, Zaijun Chen, Liane Bernstein, Manya Ghobadi, Dirk Englund · 2022
We present experimental demonstrations of ultra-low power edge computing enabled by wavelength division multiplexed optical links and time-integrating optical receivers. Initial experimentation demonstrations show ≲ 10 fJ of optical energy per MAC.