![]() ![]() ![]() He and the Luminous team believe that, by using proprietary silicon photonics technology to eliminate data movement bottlenecks at every scale, the company is re-imagining how AI computers are built. We just don’t have the hardware that can run those algorithms.” Gomez said of the challenge facing the company: “What’s frustrating is that we have the software to address monumental, revolutionary problems that humans can’t even begin to solve. Making sure that the US has asymmetric access to the best technology in the world for AI is one of the key reasons that I joined Luminous.” We’re also excited about the applications to defense and national security needs. “If we are successful, the technology will have a huge commercial impact. “We’re building a supercomputer that will bring world-changing capabilities to market, offering as much as a 1000 step function in value to the end-user, and a dramatically improved user experience. Hochberg said: “The vision for silicon photonics over the past 20 years has been to integrate this technology into computer architecture, and it wasn’t until recently that silicon photonics reached the point of maturity where it’s really possible. “Because he has been at the forefront of silicon photonics development across several generations and in multiple application spaces, Michael is the most qualified person on the planet to serve as our president.”Īs well as CEO Gomez, Hochberg will join a leadership team including CTO and co-founder Mitchell Nahmias, an expert in neuromorphic photonics. "Specifically, Luminous is actively recruiting photonics designers, digital and analog VLSI engineers, packaging and system integration engineers, and machine learning experts,” announced the firm earlier this month, adding that it was building nearly every part of the technology from the ground up.Ĭommenting on Hochberg’s influence, Gomez said: “Nearly everyone in the silicon photonics industry can trace their work back in some way, shape or form to the foundational work Michael has led over the past two decades. ![]() Hochberg will head up an engineering team looking to solve that hardware challenge using silicon photonics, and the series A funding just announced will be used to double the size of the Luminous engineering team. Hochberg, who founded ventures including Luxtera - now part of Cisco Systems, and Elenion - since acquired by Nokia - joins Luminous just a couple of weeks after the Mountain View firm emerged from stealth mode with news of a $105 million funding round supported by Bill Gates and Gigafund, among others.Īccording to Luminous’ co-founder and CEO Marcus Gomez, while the computing industry has now developed the software required for artificial intelligence (AI), the hardware needed to run the necessary algorithms simply isn’t yet available. Luminous Computing, a Silicon Valley startup developing a radical supercomputer design based on photonics technology, has hired the silicon photonics expert Michael Hochberg as its company president, and to head up its engineering and operations activities. Silicon photonics pioneer Michael Hochberg ![]()
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