Select Committee · Science and Technology Committee (Commons)

Low-energy computing

Status: Open Opened: 16 Apr 2026

Inquiry scope

AI model sizes and data volumes are growing significantly. At the same time, areas like quantum computing and protein synthesis also require increasing amounts of computational power. This trend is exerting increasing demands on energy supplies , and it has been suggested that new innovations in silicon photonics and neuromorphic computing could offer a solution. The Science, Innovation and Technology committee is examining how realistic a possibility this is, when breakthroughs might be expected to take place and what the government is doing to support research and innovation activity in this area. This inquiry has been launched following pitches made to the committee as part of its Under the Microscope initiative.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
17 Jun 2026	Low-energy computing Professor Caterina Doglioni · University of Manchester, Professor Eiman Kanjo · Nottingham Trent University, Professor Martin Trefzer · University of York, Professor Sergei Turitsyn · Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies	View ↗

Who gave evidence

4 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Professor Caterina Doglioni · Professor of Particle Physics	University of Manchester	1
Professor Eiman Kanjo · Professor of TinyML	Nottingham Trent University	1
Professor Martin Trefzer · Professor of Bio-Inspired Systems and Technologies	University of York	1
Professor Sergei Turitsyn · Director	Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies	1