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Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Then forgot about the processors
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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hah, calling silicon-based computing "soon to be obsolete" is surely something ;-)
it's like calling solar energy a "soon to be obsolete" technology because surely we'll invent fusion power / small modular reactors in a few years. how many SMRs have been deployed so far?
where can i buy these optical computers today?
You can order them here: https://qant.com/photonic-computing/
Does It even run Doom?
sounds like it's a domain-specific processor. can it do what a CPU does? generic work with many if-statements?