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Remember Xiaomi’s modular camera concept? It might actually happen this year (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-04 | related products | tags: android, cameras, modular

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Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck — following copper, power, DRAM, and NAND (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-03 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | related products | tags: industry, kewada, optical

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A tiny light trap could unlock million qubit quantum computers (sciencedaily.com)

2026-02-02 | related products | tags: cavities, cavity, computers

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U.K. internet provider's bailout cancelled because rats chewed through its fiber optic cables — biodegradable cable jackets use soy- or corn-based materials, attracting hungry rats (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-31 | by Jowi Morales | related products | tags: fiber, fiber optic, hardware

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China is betting on ‘optical’ computer chips — will they power AI? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-30 | by Basu | tags: china, chips, electronic

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China is betting on ‘optical’ computer chips – will they power AI? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-30 | by Basu | tags: china, chips, electronic

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Vacuum ultraviolet second-harmonic generation in NH4B4O6F crystal (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-28 | by Zhang | related products | tags: et al, nonlinear, nonlinear optical

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Low-power integrated optical amplification through second-harmonic resonance (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-28 | by Dean | related products | tags: et al, lett, optical

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Optical control of integer and fractional Chern insulators (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-28 | by Holtzmann | related products | tags: ci fci, control, ferromagnetic

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Startup claims light-based chip could deliver 10x Nvidia's performance at similar power (techspot.com)

2026-01-27 | related products | tags: calculations, calculations using, centers

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Bill Gates-backed silicon photonics startup develops optical transistors 10,000x smaller than current tech — optical chip can process 1,000 x 1,000 multiplication matrices (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-26 | by Jowi Morales | related products | tags: chip, nvidia, optical

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With two 200MP cameras and a zoom accessory, this Ultra flagship could be the next camera king (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-23 | related products | tags: oppo, optical, renders

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From invisibility cloaks to AI chips: Neurophos raises $110M to build tiny optical processors for inferencing (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-22 | by Ram Iyer | related products | tags: chips, efficiency, microsoft

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Trapping of single atoms in metasurface optical tweezer arrays (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-14 | by Holman | related products | tags: atom, et al, optical

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I saw a smart lock at CES that solves the battery problem in a clever way (zdnet.com)

2026-01-13 | by Maria Diaz | related products | tags: charging, lock, lockin

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Ultimate Camouflage Tech Mimics Octopus In Scientific First (slashdot.org)

2026-01-09 | related products | tags: color, film, independently

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This smart lock with infinite battery life at CES is my favorite home gadget so far (zdnet.com)

2026-01-06 | by Maria Diaz | related products | tags: charging, lock, lockin

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These unassuming smart locks have a useful charging feature I've yet to see on the market (zdnet.com)

2026-01-05 | by Maria Diaz | related products | tags: charging, lock, lockin

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Blu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006 (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-04 | by Mark Tyson | related products | tags: blu ray, format, format war

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Fast GPU Interconnect over Radio (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-29 | by Samuel K. Moore | related products | tags: cable, cables, center

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Show HN: Phantas – A browser-based binaural strobe engine (Web Audio API) (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-28 | related products | tags: audio, audio headphones, beat

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AI Data Centers Demand More Than Copper Can Deliver (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-27 | by Samuel K. Moore | related products | tags: cable, cables, center

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Russia has reportedly improved the range of its jam-proof optical drones to over 40 miles — purported Chinese-Russian collaborative production imagery reveals dramatically increased tethered drone range (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Mark Tyson | related products | tags: drones, fiber, optical

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Programmable 200 GOPS Hopfield-inspired photonic Ising machine (feeds.nature.com)

2025-12-17 | by Al-Kayed | related products | tags: ising, optical, photonic

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Photonic latch memory could enable optical processor caches that run up to 60 GHz, twenty times faster than standard caches — optical SRAM stores and outputs data entirely as light, but density challenges remain (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-12 | by Luke James | related products | tags: latch, light, memory

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Marvell’s $5.5B Celestial AI acquisition expands its role in AI data center hardware — firm now positioned to deliver next-gen optical interconnects (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-09 | by Luke James | related products | tags: celestial, marvell, memory

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A compact camera built using an optical mouse (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-03 | by Jeremy Gray | related products | tags: camera, computer, dycus

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Guy Built a Compact Camera Using an Optical Mouse (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-03 | by Jeremy Gray | related products | tags: camera, computer, dycus

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Marvell to acquire Celestial AI for as much as $5.5 billion (cnbc.com)

2025-12-02 | by Kif Leswing | related products | tags: billion, celestial, chips

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Industry's first TSMC COUPE-based optical connectivity solution for next-gen AI chips displayed — Alchip and Ayar Labs show future silicon photonics device (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-01 | by Anton Shilov | related products | tags: alchip, ayar, ayar labs