Table 2 Performance comparison of the non-integrated/integrated ONNs (II)

From: Optical neural networks: progress and challenges

  1. In Table 1 and Table 2, the number of “” represents the degree to which the corresponding performance of ONNs has been achieved presently. The more “”, the better the performance (the best performance is five “”), and vice versa. The number of “” represents the degree of difficulty that ONNs may achieve the corresponding excellent performance in the future. The more “”, the more difficult it is to achieve the corresponding performance, and vice versa. Meanwhile, five “” indicates that the corresponding performance is the most difficult to implement. In Table 1, the integration level refers to the number of computing units of ONNs that can integrate per unit area. Computing capacity refers to the maximum matrix dimension that ONNs built on different optical components can handle at one time