That's a form of

alternative compute.

and specifically we were looking at quantum inspired machines that do computation with light and this is a really big idea because you know quantum computing it operates by certain principles and then electronics operate by other principles but there's actually a total gradation in between it doesn't really need to be one or the other you can do classical computing with light that uses basically the principles of quantum mechanics, but it's not a quote unquote quantum computer.

And so this is like what the lab was founded on at NTT Research.

We're in the physics and informatics lab.

It's a really powerful idea that for a while was like ahead of its time.

But now it's not because there seems to be like a huge appetite for new ideas now.

So Tim, what do you think is the single biggest bottleneck preventing current photonic technologies from fully replacing or revolutionizing traditional electronics? And how is NTT addressing it?