ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,997, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Optical computing chip and system, and data processing technology" was invented by Jianjun He (Hangzhou, China), Jia Guo (Hangzhou, China) and Xiaowen Dong (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical computing chip includes a light source array, a first concave mirror, and a modulator array. The light source array is located on an objective focal plane of the first concave mirror. The modulator array is located on an image focal plane of the first concave mirror. The light source array generates a first optical signal based on f...