# Inside NTT’s Photonics Breakthroughs: A Roadmap to Light-Based Computing

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Podcast: [Amelia's Weekly Fish Fry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/amelia-s-weekly-fish-fry-166630)
Published: 2026-07-10T07:02:00+00:00
Episode link: https://techfocus.podbean.com/e/photonics-vs-electronics-ntt-s-roadmap-to-light-based-computing/
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Let’s talk about Photonics! My guests are esteemed scientists Tim McKenna and Ryo Yanagimoto, from the Physics & Informatics Laboratories at NTT. Tim and I chat about balancing theoretical physics with real-world applications at NTT, his most exciting photonics projects, and the primary obstacles to replacing traditional electronics with photonic technologies. Ryo and I dig into the game-changing potential of NTT’s programmable photonic chips. We discuss how their unique reconfigurability is shaking up traditional hardware manufacturing, facilitating a move from power-hungry electrical processing toward light-driven computation, and even allowing chips to self-correct for environmental shifts.

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