Photonic computer a step closer; 50 Gbps experimental chip

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Optical computer a step closer; 50 Gbps experimental chip

Intel Creates World’s First End-to-End Silicon Photonics Connection with Integrated Lasers; Could Revolutionize Computer Design, Dramatically Increase Performance, Save Energy

 

[Curtix2]

Cool Stuff.

 

[marine1]

Can you play freecell on it?

 

[RaptorSA]

Would be cool to be able to split up PC components in future. That way I can finally keep a CPU or two in the fridge...

 

[LabAnimal]

mmm multi-core processor gel packs... if only sata can be replaced with optics

 

[bleh69]

the age of photonics is upon us! grab your laaayyzzors and hide!

 

[CorneN]

Yup, in 20 years from now kids will joking about the slow pc's we had today.

 

[Curtix2]

Yup, in 2 years from now kids will joking about the slow pc's we had today.

Fixed

 

[moosag]

A new age in computing has began... Great stuff..

Very exciting to see what type of applications this tech will yield...

 

[pixel_ninja]

Capable of transferring the entire contents of a laptop in a second.

Where would it transfer it to? Surely the HDD/USB 3.0 R/W speed would bottleneck this speed.

 

[profpanda]

Hologram hard drives might work if for each Photon beam would have a disc of its own, that and if they find Superconductors it would really work!!

 

[aekritzinger]

this is why Intel will always be ahead of AMD (apart from dodgy business dealings), R & D

 

[me_savage]

For those interested, here is a video showing a demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz3DaACN_54

and it seems I missed this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fwa2J0XGs4

 

[ToxicBunny]

This is a really cool technology...

I'm just liking the scalability that this kind of thing possibly brings to the table.