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An optical unit claims ten times Rubin's throughput

development2026-01-27

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Neurophos claims its optical processing unit delivers 470 petaFLOPS, about ten times Nvidia's Rubin, using light instead of electrons.

Reported metric: 470 PFLOPS

Reporting date: 2026-01-27 (not necessarily the event date)

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Neurophos

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A photonic reservoir device is ten times more efficient per operation

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An optical unit claims ten times Rubin's throughput
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Reporting date: 2026-01-27
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-27-neurophos-470-petaflops
Claim: Neurophos claims its optical processing unit delivers 470 petaFLOPS, about ten times Nvidia's Rubin, using light instead of electrons.
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- Welcome to January 27, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-27-2026
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