The processors in a computer are made up of logic gates, which run binary routines, the actual 1 and 0's of computer calculation. These are called Boolean functions. In traditional computer processors, this is done electronically. Researchers have discovered a way to run light-based logic gates, which are a million times faster than conventional electronic logic gates.
This was revealed in a study at AALTO University and published in the journal Science Advances.
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