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coldFuSion

Wed Jul 28 2010, 02:49AM

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http://www.techspot.com/news/39790-intels-silicon-photonics-link-boasts-50gb-s-transfers.html

If Intel actually commits to manufacturing these instead of trying to sell the technology to someone else then I would predict the adoption rate to be rapid. The fact that these lasers can be manufactured using standard silicon processes means it can be done very cheaply. Rapid widespread adoption will just drive the manufacturing cost down that much faster.

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Shorty

Wed Jul 28 2010, 03:21AM

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look's like the next big step to me.

might be time to invest some dough in intel before this gets big.

Indrejue

Wed Jul 28 2010, 05:20PM

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this looks to be to far away to be of any affect on the next few generations of chips and no doubt amd is already working on a counter to this project. amd has already started on changing the way we link gpu and cpu with the next generation due out 2nd quarter of 2011. this looks like tech that will be out 2015-2018

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coldFuSion

Wed Jul 28 2010, 06:13PM

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actually this silicon chip is a working prototype ready for mass production right now according to the CTO of Intel. They have been working on it for quite a long time already.

It actually has little to nothing to do with CPU processors. It's designed to replace copper cabling like CAT5 network cables, USB cables, pretty much anything that interconnects one device to another.

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Indrejue

Wed Jul 28 2010, 07:09PM

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i thought we already had fiber optics networks. i was actually thinking that this was supposed to change the way they make cpu's

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RiP

Wed Jul 28 2010, 11:21PM

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It is a new way to send info through optics and from what they say it is really really fast. Should be interestering how this developes in the future.

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Stamo

Wed Jul 28 2010, 11:37PM

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No this is from what I get is like a long term (meaning still has some tweaks till fully ready) project like later this year or next year. I find Intels Light Peak [link] to be something that is kinda identical but not as much bandwidth throughput. Light peak in the link above says from Intels CTO "Light Peak begins at 10Gbits/sec, simultaneously in both directions". To me though I havnt looked into Light Peak it seems to me that Silicon Photonics is the evolution of Light Peak.

Also CPU wise the Bulldozer and Bobcat which is expected next year from what Ive read and heard were talking 100+ (I think) RISC Cores emulating x86 which would be insane speed and processing power.

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