Laser-based computing startup LightSolver has made its LPU100 system generally available.
The system is accessible to selected enterprise clients of LightSolver via the company’s new cloud platform.
Founded in 2020 by Ruti Ben Shlomi and Chene Tradonsky, Israel-based LightSolver has received investment from TAL Ventures, Entree Capital, IBI Tech Fund, and Angular Ventures. The company developed the world’s first pure laser-based processing unit (LPU) that LightSolver says is poised to outpace and outperform quantum and supercomputers.
Its LPU100 system utilizes all-optical coupled lasers that require no electronics to compute and combines the company’s all-optical LPU hardware with an algorithmic processing layer to provide ultra-fast results for problems with up to one million variables.
The system is around the same size as a traditional desktop computer; it looks similar to a standard server and operates with low power requirements and at room temperature.
LightSolver says its system can execute a vector matrix multiplication (VMM) operation in 10 nanoseconds. By comparison, a GPU would take several microseconds to complete the same operation. The company says it offers key applications across multiple industries, including logistics, manufacturing, aerospace, and finance.
“The LPU100 gives enterprises a competitive advantage today by enabling them to fully optimize their business processes and make better, data-backed decisions,” said Shlomi, LightSolver’s CEO. “This technological achievement is already proving more scalable and practical than quantum computers and supercomputers, and we are excited to share its power with our customers through the cloud-based LightSolver platform.”
