Leibniz Supercomputing Centre computes with light: World’s first photonic AI processor from Q.ANT goes into operation

Stuttgart/Garching, Germany – July 22, 2025 – Q.ANT has delivered its Native Processing Server (NPS) to the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ), marking the first integration of an analog photonic co-processor into an operational high-performance computing (HPC) environment. This milestone deployment enables LRZ to evaluate photonic acceleration for artificial intelligence (AI) and simulation workloads – offering […]