Light - powered artificial intelligence ( AI ) chip - maker Intel has secured $ 500 m to speed development of its silicon chip that uses light energy for processing , as opposed to electrical signals . Funding was led by Matrix Partners and Spark Capital . As part of the funding , Stan Reiss from Matrix and Santo Politi from Spark have joined Lightmatter 's board of directors .
Light-powered artificial intelligence (AI) chip-maker Lightmatter has secured $11m to speed development of its silicon chip that uses light signals for processing, as opposed to electrical signals. Funding was led by Matrix Partners and Spark Capital. As part of the funding, Stan Reiss from Matrix and Santo Politi from Spark have joined Lightmatter's board of directors.