Zoom link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/93616452413
Bio: Darius Bunandar is a Co-Founder of Lightmatter. As Chief Scientist, Darius coordinates the company’s R&D in new architectures and new algorithms. Darius obtained his PhD in physics at MIT under Prof. Dirk Englund studying quantum communications using compact nanophotonic circuits.
Abstract: Lightmatter is combining electronics, photonics, and new algorithms to create the next-gen compute platform. In this talk, I will introduce two of our technologies: Passage and Envise. Passage is a wafer-scale programmable photonic interconnect that uses silicon waveguides to enable chips to communicate with unprecedented bandwidth. Envise is the world's first major photonic processor for accelerating ML.