Posted 4/13/2024, 2:41:00 PM
Tsinghua University Develops Revolutionary Light-Powered AI Chip to Boost Efficiency and Skirt US Export Controls
- Researchers at Tsinghua University in China developed new AI chip "Taichi" that uses light instead of electricity
- Taichi chip is over 1,000 times more energy-efficient than Nvidia's H100 GPU
- Taichi could power artificial general intelligence due to energy efficiency
- Chip is relevant given US export restrictions on advanced chips to China
- Taichi uses light to process data unlike traditional AI chips based on electricity
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