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New Optical Chip Claims 8 Trillion Operations/sec.

Posted by timothy on from the each-century-is-a-matter-of-weeks dept.

Richard Finney writes "Lenslet is announcing the 'World's First Commercial Optical Processor.'. Reuters has the story here. The Inquirer has a cool graphic here on it. The processor is specified to run at a speed of 8 Tera (8,000 Giga) operations per second, one thousand times faster than any known DSP. When Lenslet releases its Enlight processor in a matter of weeks, a unit using the technology will be 1.7 centimetres high and measure 15 by 15 centimetres."

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  1. what a ripoff! by proj_2501 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It can't handle 8192 Giga Operations per second?

    1. Re:what a ripoff! by slimak · · Score: 2, Funny

      Talk about ripoff -- try downloading the white paper on .... 1.5 kbps.... wish they had their fast processor servin' up the data and not some non-optical 386.

  2. Beowulf? Yes! by Doom+Ihl'+Varia · · Score: 1, Funny

    I imagined a Beowulf cluster of these. The doctors say I will never recover my night vision.

  3. Yeah, but does it improve my pr0n? by diverman · · Score: 1, Funny

    can this new, fancy processor increase the speed at which my porn loads and is displayed??? ;)

    -Alex

    1. Re:Yeah, but does it improve my pr0n? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nope, you needn't worry. You'll still finish well before the computer does.

  4. Cool Acronym needed by ePhil_One · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sorry, COP just isn't cutting it for me. We need a much cooler acronym for this thing...

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    1. Re:Cool Acronym needed by bcolflesh · · Score: 4, Funny

      Prismatic
      Optical
      Refractive
      Nacell

  5. Re:yeah..nice by machine+of+god · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't care if it fills my room, and I have to sleep on top of it in the 30cm space between it and the ceiling. I'd still take it.

  6. Ha! by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 5, Funny
    I patented this idea already, give me money!
    My patent states:
    Using light to do stuff and/or calculate stuff.
    It's all there in black and white.
  7. Re:FYI by Detritus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Really, I thought it was the cross-polarized emission of tachyons in a Potrezebie field.

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  8. Re:NOT NEW, I saw one in 1985 by DarkSarin · · Score: 2, Funny

    YOU were a JET PROPULSION LABORATORY????!??? amazing....didn't know that was possible.

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  9. Re:dsp vs processor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    An optical OR gate is, of course, trivial.

  10. The power of the eye by Zhe+Mappel · · Score: 2, Funny
    What's really cool about this is how it harnesses the power of the eye.

    Optical, derived from the ancient Greek word optikos, literally means "the focal power to perceive fair Helena while she is sunbathing nude in yonder olive grove." That's eye power to you and me, dude.

    Some critics will say that a major drawback in these new systems is the need for a mechanized eyedropper next to the chip, keeping the core moist and supple at all times. You don't want this chip going red-eye on you during mission critical tasks.

    Still, modders are going to go wild. Within minutes, you can change the color of your CPU's iris using the very same dramatic contact lenses worn by today's biggest infomercial stars.

    Unfortunately, if you're into porn, excessive downloading can make your computer go blind. That's why I'll be recommending to my porn-intensive clients that they stay on Wintel systems.

  11. Re:NOT NEW, I saw one in 1985 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's nothing, I was a supercollider in 1985.