Hybrid Silicon Laser
This development might not sound like much, but it will immensely change the way computers process data. We all know light can be used to transmit data through an optical fiber network, so that's nothing new; but what makes this hybrid silicon laser so special is that overheating wouldn't be an issue. An elemental compound, Indium Phosphide and Silicon are used in unison to accomplish this. Phosphide in its solid form is just as capable of emitting light as it is as phosphorous (It's gaseous form). So using Indium Phosphide to produce a low radiation laser that shines throughout mirrorcoated silicon networks is quite viable. This development allows for optical data transfer rates up to around 125 gigabytes a second.
Can you imagine what this means for extreme multi-core processing?
Can you imagine what this means for extreme multi-core processing?
posted by Pupitmiser at 5:26 PM
6 Comments:
thats a;ot of processing power...fiber optics...now why didn't we think of that b4 lol.....Holy crap multi-core with this stuff....it just boggles my mind(lets just hope AMD intergrates it first)(AMD be praised *fires AK47 indiscriminatly into the air*)
Well cibsudering how it's Intel that figured it out...I'd say AMD's gonna come second in this race.
Yeah; it IS a ton of bandwidth; but about the question, do you mean to say this development will prove very beneficial for multi-core processing?
I think the real question is: Do we need multi-core processors if we had this interfacing the proc to teh mobo?
Also, when we do end up integrating it, it'z gonna take Arbs ak and eat it for a snaxor
Well, yes; the only logical progression is for the maximum amount of transistors to be packed into the smallest amount of space possible taking into account the maximum heat levels and then making those single cores as abundant as the transistors and so on and so forth. If this type of technology progresses perhaps the limit to processor power would be size. And this seems to be as logical as my first statement.
u got that right, but, if we did make processorz that were limited by physical size, we could always start making them the size of desktop harddrivez.
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