Intel Devises Chip Speed Breakthrough

Chad Wood writes "According to the New York Times (free reg. req.), Intel has demonstrated a research breakthrough, making silicon chips that can switch light like electricity. The article explains:''This opens up whole new areas for Intel,' said Mario Paniccia, a an Intel physicist, who started the previously secret Intel research program to explore the possibility of using standard semiconductor parts to build optical networks. 'We're trying to siliconize photonics.' The invention demonstrates for the first time, Intel researchers said, that ultrahigh-speed fiberoptic equipment can be produced at personal computer industry prices. As the costs of communicating between computers and chips falls, the barrier to building fundamentally new kinds of computers not limited by physical distance should become a reality, experts say.'"

Comments

Re:Still binary..

[bonch]

For that matter, why are we still using an antiquated 8-based system?

Everything else in our world pretty much revolves around the number 10, even our fingers and toes.

That's it, Apple is out of business!

[kalel666]

Shit, does this mean I have to listen to that Megahertz Myth crap again? Or will it be the Light Speed Lie now?

And before you all plotz, chill. I'm an Apple man myself.

whoa, creepy...

[asmdsr]

paranoia, anybody?

Re:Intel's secret breakthrough

[blair1q]

You don't have to buy Celeron if you don't want to. People want to because AMD can't deliver reliability.

Re:Intel's secret breakthrough

[You're All Wrong]

"My first 2000+ withstood the power supply exploding and lasted another 6 months before finally giving out"

Jesus! And they said there were problems with the capacitors on athlon mobos? They sound like they're pretty darned high spec caps if they can feed the system for 6 whole months!!!

YAW.