https://medium.com/@behlarav/shattering-the-memory-wall-celestial-ais-100m-breakthrough-in-data-transfer-609287bdf1d6

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Hey there, tech aficionados! Guess what? Celestial AI just bagged a cool $100M in their series B funding. But don’t be impressed just yet, wait till you hear what they’re up to!

They’re working on this thing called “Photonic Fabric technology”.

Let me tell you why I’m so excited about it!

This means it uses light to transfer data within and between computer systems. Yes, you read that right! Rather than using electrons like in traditional electronics, making use of light can supercharge the rate of data transfer!

But why should you care? Well, here are the implications in our daily life→

1. Faster Internet and Cloud Services: Photonic AI can significantly speed up data transmission, leading to faster internet speeds and more efficient cloud services. This means quicker downloads, seamless streaming, and efficient online work or gaming experiences.
2. Improved AI Services: Many of the services we use daily, like voice assistants (Siri, Alexa), recommendation systems (Netflix, Amazon), and search engines (Google), rely on AI. Photonic AI can process complex AI algorithms faster, making these services more accurate and responsive.
3. Advanced Healthcare: In healthcare, Photonic AI can enable faster and more accurate analysis of medical images or genetic data, leading to quicker diagnoses and personalized treatment plans.
4. Sustainable Tech: By reducing the energy consumption of data centers and digital devices, Photonic AI can contribute to more sustainable technology use, helping to mitigate the environmental impact of our digital lives.

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And, these aren’t even the biggest implications.

You know how AI models and data centers are always struggling with this annoying “memory wall” challenge?

The “memory wall” challenge is →

Processors are faster than the rate at which data can be accessed from the memory. This creates a bottleneck where the CPU awaits the data. This problem gets aggravated in the AI age as Advanced AI models require a large amount of memory capacity and bandwidth.

Yeah, that one. Well, Celestial AI is on a mission to knock that wall down.

Their Photonic Fabric is designed to tackle the limitations of electrical interconnect like restricted bandwidth and high power consumption that have been a thorn in the side of AI advancements. AI development can now be fast-tracked even further!

And guess what? They’ve got some big names backing them up, including IAG Capital Partners, Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) and Temasek’s Xora Innovation fund.

But the cherry on top? Their CEO, Dave Lazovsky, says that their tech can deliver data from any point on the silicon directly to the point of computing. Now that deserves a $100 Million dollars!

To put it into perspective think of it like this-

Traditional computing operates like going through every book in a library till you find the data in the book you want.

Their technology gives you a magic librarian who instantly knows where the information is and brings you the book immediately. This means you can get the information you need much faster.

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