United Kingdom, Feb. 29 -- Scientists have developed a silicon-less computer.

A team of international scientists gave created a computer which uses uses light waves through a single optical fiber.

The research team - which is Prof. Mario Chemnitz and Dr. Bennet Fischer from Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) - have harnessed the interactions of light waves within optical fibers to make an advanced artificial learning system.

This takes away the need for extensive electronic infrastructure, which is a change from previous more traditional systems relying on chips with thousands of electronic components.

Chemnitz said: "We utilize a single optical fiber to mimic the computational power of numerous neural networks. ...