[Noisebridge-discuss] Hot off the IEEE press

[Charles Collicutt]

On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 08:42:53AM -0700, Glen Jarvis wrote:
> But, it looks like they can now convert from electrical to optical down to the chip level -- 100 times increase in computers...
> 
> http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/optoelectronics/get-on-the-optical-bus/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=090910

Do you know how this differs from what Intel, Luxtera etc. have been doing?

e.g.
http://www.luxtera.com/technology-overview.html
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20100727comp_sm.htm

-- 
Charles

"Visions of an emancipated future are not necessarily wiser
 than nostalgia for a virtuous past."
         -- James Kalb, 2008
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