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Sun Unveils Direct chip-to-chip Interconnect

Posted by Hemos on from the faster-then-a-speeding-bus dept.

mfago writes "On Tuesday September 23, Sun researchers R. Drost, R. Hopkins and I. Sutherland will present the paper "Proximity Communication" at the CICC conference in San Jose. According to an article published in the NYTimes, this breakthrough may eventually allow chips arranged in a checkerboard pattern to communicate directly with each other at over a Terabit per second using arrays of capacitively coupled transmitters and recievers located on the chip edges. Perhaps the beginning of a solution to the lag between memory and interconnect speed versus cpu frequency?"

14 of 185 comments (clear)

  1. Terrabit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Insert obligatory stupid Bush Remark here.

    - DRFSR

  2. look, the point of all this is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    my butt smells

  3. Innovation is cool by 192939495969798999 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I must say, I am super-glad to see that this has come out publicly now. Rock on, Sun! By the way, I am wrapping up my Sun internship, and they want me at the HQ or not at all! DOH! Still, best of luck with the new technology... I want one on my desktop!

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  4. Re:Slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Whore di karma!

  5. Beginning of the end for SCO stock? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hope I hope I hope... I know this will be modded offtopic but you'll see it anyway. SCO's stock dived $2 in the first minutes of trading today. Could it be the start of a fiery spiralling end? hope so!

    1. Re:Beginning of the end for SCO stock? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Good work dude. You haven't seen stock markets much have you? It's back up again.

  6. OT: Why register for /. but not NYT? by Mignon · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    BTW: I didn't RTFA since it requires (free) reg.

    You feel strongly enough about registering at the NYT to mention it in your interesting post, but you registered for Slashdot where registration isn't required for reading articles or even posting. Just curious - what's the difference?

    Respectfully,
    "Mignon"

    1. Re:OT: Why register for /. but not NYT? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      After registering for slashdot, you get to attach your name to things you say....

  7. Re:FINALLY! by javatips · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It must be horrible to live life so cynically and literally.


    It is actually quite pleasant to live a life like this. I really enjoy it... You made my day!

  8. Mod parent up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd give you mod points, but I have a policy of metamodding all negative moderation as "unfair", and hence have none. Mod points, that is.

  9. Do you know what's funny? by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I feel I've read this post somewhere before.

    baka-karma-whorecunt

    ::sticks tounge out::

    And don't get your signals crossed... Niagra is just the chip technology: it'll be here (since the USparc IV is crap) before this not-quite-proof-of-concept interconnect hits the market... ...dickweed!

    ::giggles::

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  10. HOLY FUCKING SHIT by pr0ntab · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    YOU GET +5 FOR STEALING MY COMMENT FROM AN OLD ARTICLE!!!

    (thanks rei)

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=78540&cid=6962 967

    How many other +5 informatives did you steal, asswipe?

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  11. Re:First Post advocating the genocide of Arabs! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First get rid of Sharon & Co. Then build a wall around the U.S. to make the rest of the world happier.

  12. Still +5 Informative? MOD THIS DOWN!!!! by pr0ntab · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Christ, are you mods on crack?

    Who the frick modded it up AFTER I posted the links the prove he plagarized that comment word for word from an article I replied to a week ago THAT HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH THIS ARTICLE.

    Mary, Mother and Joseph are you dumbfucks retarded?!?

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