Japanese tech giant claims to offer data transmission solution 10x faster than current technologies to tackle AI speed bottleneck

• TDK’s Spin Photo Detector pushes AI data speeds ten times beyond today’s tech

• AI bottlenecks may vanish as TDK shifts focus from GPU to data transfer

• Spin Photo Detector uses laser-induced magnetism for ultrafast photoelectric conversion

Japanese manufacturer TDK has claimed it has achieved a major breakthrough in solving one of the most pressing problems in artificial intelligence. No, not GPU performance, but rather data transfer.

Its innovation, called the Spin Photo Detector, combines magnetic, optical, and electronic technologies to move data at speeds up to ten times faster than existing semiconductor-based photodetectors can offer.

TDK’s device reaches response speeds of just 20 picoseconds - or 20 trillionths of a second - using light at a wavelength of 800 nanometers...

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