US startup set to test new CPU that could herald the era of Exaflop on a single chip - I still can't believe Neurophos's OPU claims to deliver 234
POPS with a 1000 Petaflops model planned

Date:
Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:26:00 +0000

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Revolutionary photonic processors from Neurophos could achieve exaflop-class computing performance on a single chip while minimizing energy demands.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Neuropho s develops photonic AI chips replacing electrons with light for efficiency Pilot with Terakraft aims to demonstrate sustainable ultra-efficient optical computing Single chip promises 100 GPUs performance using 1% energy consumption

An American startup is preparing to test an experimental processor which
could deliver performance at a scale never before achieved on a single chip.

Neurophos, which was spun out of Duke University with backing from incubator Metacept, is partnering with Norwegian data center operator Terakraft to run
a pilot of its optical AI inference platform in 2027.

Combining photonics with metamaterials to shrink optical modulators by a factor of 10,000x, the companys technology uses optical systolic arrays that replace electrons with light, removing latency bottlenecks while running at clock speeds above 100GHz. Overcoming energy walls

By combining this with compute-in-memory architectures, Neurophos believes
its chips could overcome the energy walls that limit conventional GPUs and TPUs.

Neurophos, which raised $7.2 million in late 2023, claims its technology will allow a single chip to deliver the compute power of 100 GPUs while using only 1% of the energy.

The planned collaboration will see Neurophos optical processing units
deployed at Terakraft's green data center in Norway. Previously part of the Sauda I hydropower plant (decommissioned in 2008), the facility ranks as one of the most efficient in the world.

By hosting Neurophos ultra-efficient optical chips in our green data center for select enterprise clients, we not only reduce our carbon footprint but also raise the bar for energy-efficient AI infrastructure, said Giorgio Sbriglia, chairman of the board of Terakraft. Our mission has always been to power the future responsibly, and this collaboration brings that vision to life.

Patrick Bowen, Neurophos founder and CEO added, Terakrafts commitment to renewable energy and innovative technologies aligns perfectly with our
mission to democratize high-performance AI. By deploying our 100x more efficient inference chips in Terakrafts green data center, were proving that AIs exponential growth can be achieved sustainably, together.

If everything goes as planned, the pilot in Norway could mark an early step toward sustainable ultra-efficient AI hardware designed to handle future workloads at scale.

Neurophos claims that end-to-end simulations validate its technologys performance, with a roadmap targeting exaflop-class computing on a single chip.

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