Researchers at Cornell University have developed an electronic chip that they describe as a "microwave brain." The simplified chip is analog rather than digital, yet can process ultrafast data and wireless communication signals simultaneously.
I found some more articles that have more substance. It seems to me that it is a programmable device that is an analogue recreation of digital neural network design with the benefits of real time processing of data streams without conversion or sampling and doing it at lower power consumption that current digital technology.
Tech news seem latch on to the words parallel and wireless because the chip operates with microwaves in a mesh¹ processing configuration but confuse what it means in this context.
Very cool, I’m curious to learn more.
¹ or “mush”, as quoted by the researches themselves
I found some more articles that have more substance. It seems to me that it is a programmable device that is an analogue recreation of digital neural network design with the benefits of real time processing of data streams without conversion or sampling and doing it at lower power consumption that current digital technology.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250814081937.htm
https://scienceblog.com/scientists-build-first-microwave-brain-on-a-chip-for-ultrafast-ai-and-communications/
Tech news seem latch on to the words parallel and wireless because the chip operates with microwaves in a mesh¹ processing configuration but confuse what it means in this context.
Very cool, I’m curious to learn more.
¹ or “mush”, as quoted by the researches themselves
Here’s Cornell’s own press release https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/08/researchers-build-first-microwave-brain-chip