German company Q.ANT unveiled the second generation of its photonic processor, the NPU 2, on November 18, 2025. The presentation took place at the SC25 supercomputing conference. As reported by HPCwire, the chip uses optical elements for computing, offering significantly higher energy efficiency and performance for neural network processing compared to traditional electronic chips. This announcement highlights the growing trend towards alternative, non-silicon architectures for High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Edge-AI tasks.
Q.ANT Unveils NPU 2 Photonic Processor to Accelerate AI with Light
