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Enter Q.ANT, which has recently made headlines with its groundbreaking NPU. This fully functional commercial light-based computer leverages lithium niobate, a special material that enables the creation of all necessary optical components on a single chip. This design minimizes light loss, enhances computation accuracy, and paves the way for achieving a remarkable 8-bit precision—an industry milestone for photonic chips.
Q.ANT has invested significantly in controlling its manufacturing process by developing an in-house fabrication facility. This vertical integration ensures they can optimize production efficiency, especially crucial in an industry reliant on physical properties of light, which complicate the scaling of photonic circuits.