A Chip That Can Transfer Data Using Laser Light

NY Times ^ | September 18, 2006 | JOHN MARKOFF

[Carry_Okie]

BeO?

[Rummenigge]

naaa it can't be that easy - I bet you have to melt up a whole cocktail off stuff to tailor the glass ceramic to the steel used... but I am not an expert in these things.

[CommandoFrank]

facilitate communication of data from one chip to another, bypassing - probably eliminating - the motherboard.

Oops, my computer is down... I'll have to go in and blow out the dust...

[neverdem]

Intel announced this over a year ago.

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20060918corp.htm

[strategofr]

Sonds like they are doing the transmitter---one direction---here.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Oops, my computer is down... I'll have to go in and blow out the dust..."

Nah--fiber optics (shades of "Stargate-SG1" with all those cute (but BIG) light-transmitting cables).

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Good stuff...BBC article:

'Sticky' silicon could speed data

And:

Intel unveils laser breakthrough

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Posted this from Warketwatch:

Intel researchers claim chip breakthrough: WSJ

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Researchers at Intel Corp. and the University of California, Santa Barbara, are claiming a breakthrough in creating lasers on computer chips, a development that could lead to sharp reductions in the cost of ultrafast data communications, according to a media report Monday.

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Closing statement:

"This hybrid approach addresses the last major hurdle," The Journal reported Paniccia as saying. "We now have all the building blocks."

[neverdem]

Thanks for the links.