Photonic KAN: a Kolmogorov-Arnold Network Inspired Efficient Neuromorphic Accelerator
Yiwei Peng, Sean Hooten, Xinling Yu, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Yuan Yuan, Xian Xiao, Bassem M. Tossoun, Stanley S. Cheung, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil · 2025
We propose Photonic Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks, leveraging optical non-linear transfer functions along edges. It achieves 2300×reduction in footprint-energy efficiency, alongside a 7× reduction in latency compared to previous photonic accelerators.