Lumière sur… The Optimal Computer

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28 January 2026

We’ve all had a computer for many years now. We regularly upgrade them because they have more and more memory to store vast amounts of information, but above all, they have an ever-increasing processing power with faster calculation and response times… And it’s true that we would have a very hard time working without these computers.

But are electronic-based computers the only path to development? Or are there other technologies?

Apparently so! Find out with Erik Dujardin, CNRS Research Director at the Carnot Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Burgundy (CNRS/University of Burgundy Europe).

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