“A team of researchers at Queen’s University has developed a powerful new kind of computing machine that uses light to take on complex problems such as protein folding (for drug discovery) and number partitioning (for cryptography). Built from off-the-shelf components, it also operates at room temperature and remains remarkably stable while performing billions of operations per second. The research was [published](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09838-7) in *Nature*.”
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I wish we would get a comparison of speed to normal processors ?
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“A team of researchers at Queen’s University has developed a powerful new kind of computing machine that uses light to take on complex problems such as protein folding (for drug discovery) and number partitioning (for cryptography). Built from off-the-shelf components, it also operates at room temperature and remains remarkably stable while performing billions of operations per second. The research was [published](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09838-7) in *Nature*.”
I wish we would get a comparison of speed to normal processors ?