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Superfast Optically-Based DSP Announced

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the light-speed-processing dept.

dawgnut writes "An Israeli venture-funded startup has announced a digital signal processor chip that uses optical connections rather than silicon transistors. The result is a very fast chip with massive throughput for calculating fast fourier transforms that wastes very small amounts of power as heat. Interesting applications (or frightening ones depending on where you come down on the security vs. privacy thing) for remote sensors, biometrics and homeland security stuff." The prototype being showcased is rather large, but Lenslet is hoping to have it shrunk down to a chip within five years. Update: 10/31 00:22 GMT by CN : Whoops, we ran this yesterday. Mea culpa.

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  1. Beowulf by Coyote67 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ahh screw it. I can't afford to imagine it.

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  2. Make it smaller within the next few years by Atmchicago · · Score: 3, Funny

    An old soviet joke was as follows: And yet another achievement by soviet science - they have perfected the world's largest microchip!

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    1. Re:Make it smaller within the next few years by bobdotorg · · Score: 3, Funny

      and I believe it's called Itanium.

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  3. Flashlight Fun by Thargok · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see the LAN parties now... "Will you stop it with the flashlight?!!!! Why did I buy that window kit?"

  4. Re:Picture by rgoer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ancient Chinese Proverb: "Yesterday's +5, Informative is today's -1, Redundant."

  5. What changed?! by Daath · · Score: 3, Funny

    /.'er: Whoa. Deja vu.
    Trinity: What did you just say?
    /.'er: Nothing. Just had a little deja vu.
    Trinity: What happened? What did you see?
    /.'er: A post on slashdot about a CPU. Then another just like it.
    Trinity: How much like it? Was it the same post?
    /.'er: It might have been. I'm not sure. What is it?
    Trinity: A deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something.
    /.: Figures. Perl sucks.

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