Caltech Team Unlocks Photonic Computing Power with Artificial Life
PASADENA, Calif., June 16, 2023 — Researchers at Caltech used optical hardware to realize cellular automata, a type of computer model consisting of a “world,” or grid containing “cells” — represented by each individual square of the grid — that can live, die, reproduce, and evolve into multicellular creatures with unique behaviors. These automata, which have been used to perform computing tasks, are ideally suited to photonic technologies, according to Caltech assistant professor of