Yes, correct. I will phrase this better in the future. The zero-power refers only to what is, in effect, the optical replacement for the ocean of matmul you have in standard Transformer implementation.
I apologize for not being clearer.
The goal isn't actually "zero power" - the goal is "so little heat dissipation in orbit is easy".
Oh absolutely...this is kitchen-table level at this point. There is a clear path to really huge number of parameters, but a bunch of things need to be proven first. Like...can the detector meaningfully read what comes out the end of the optical chain?
I apologize for not being clearer.
The goal isn't actually "zero power" - the goal is "so little heat dissipation in orbit is easy".