Light at the end of the chip.

A better photodetector could bring optical data transfer between computer chips closer to reality, according to the IBM researchers who created the device. Such an advance could overcome a looming speed limit-the rate at which data can move between a processor's cores, or from one chip to anoth...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 47, 5 (2010).
Main Author: Savage, N.
Format: Article
Language:English