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SUMMARY:Laser Computing for the Post-Silicon Era: Cracking NP-Hard Problem
 s at the Speed of Light
DESCRIPTION:Ruti Ben-Shlomi (LightSolver)\n\nDespite significant advanceme
 nts in high-performance computing, certain NP-hard problems remain computa
 tionally infeasible, even for the most advanced supercomputers. While heur
 istics and approximation algorithms offer faster, often near-optimal solut
 ions, many applications demand improved accuracy or real-time processing c
 apabilities.\n\nLightSolver introduces a novel quantum-inspired computing 
 paradigm designed to address the scalability and performance limitations o
 f NP-hard problems. Its Laser Processing Unit™ (LPU) employs lasers for pa
 rallel processing at the speed of light, rivaling the performance and scal
 ability of current supercomputers.\n\nIn this talk, we will showcase the i
 ntegration of LightSolver with Ansys’ LS-DYNA multi-physics simulation sof
 tware to optimize reordering for sparse matrix factorization, significantl
 y improving the efficiency and scalability of implicit mechanical simulati
 ons.\n\nWe will also discuss its application in feature selection for mach
 ine learning, where our platform was benchmarked against classical approxi
 mation methods. LightSolver demonstrated superior accuracy, even with smal
 l data sets, thereby enhancing predictive performance.\n\nTag: Emerging Te
 chnologies, Hardware Technologies\n\nRegistration Category: Tech Program R
 eg Pass, Exhibits Reg Pass\n\nSession Chair: Jane Herriman (Lawrence Liver
 more National Laboratory (LLNL))\n\n
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