Photonic computing questions answered: Lightmatter CEO

<p>Four months ago I interviewed Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris on his photonic supercomputer. There are now almost 400K view and 2,600 comments ... with lots of questions. In this episode, Harris answers the biggest ones.</p> <p>&nbsp;- is this real?</p> <p>&nbsp;- does the chip do what Lightmatter says it will do?</p> <p>&nbsp;- RGB vs CMYK?</p> <p>&nbsp;- how do you do linear algebra with light?</p> <p>&nbsp;- where can I get this?</p> <p>&nbsp;- capacitance issues</p> <p>&nbsp;- can it run DOOM?</p> <p>&nbsp;- can it run Crysis?</p> <p>&nbsp;- why hasn't NVIDIA done this already?</p> <p>&nbsp;- how does this interface with quantum computing?</p> <p><br></p> <p>&nbsp;... and much more.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Links:</p> <p>Lightmatter: https://lightmatter.co</p> <p><br></p> <p>Support TechFirst with $SMRT coins: https://rally.io/creator/SMRT/</p> <p>Buy $SMRT to join a community focused on tech for good: the emerging world of smart matter. Access my private Slack, get your name in my book, suggest speakers for TechFirst ... and support my work.</p> <p><br></p> <p>TechFirst transcripts: https://johnkoetsier.com/category/tech-first/</p> <p>Forbes columns: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/&nbsp;</p> <p>Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/techfirst&nbsp;</p> <p>Full videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/johnkoetsier?sub_confirmation=1&nbsp;</p> <p>Keep in touch: https://twitter.com/johnkoetsier</p>