Production of Photon Processors Expected in 2006

ThinSkin writes "Photon processors that transmit data via light, not electrons, are slated to enter production in mid-2006, ExtremeTech reports. Headed by a UCLA professor and a Nobel Prize winner, startup Luxtera claims that its optical modulator clocks in at 10-GHz, tens times that of Intel's optical modulator researchers talked about last year. Since the optical module exists as its own entity, it will require a standard CMOS processes to integrate the optical waveguides. Luxtera has worked closely with Freescale Semiconductor to develop this technology."

Comments

Bah

[Anonymous Coward]

They'll just release the exact same chip as this guy in a year, only call it "Pentium 4 with photon extensions" and pretend they invented it.

Re:Error In The Article

[Anonymous Coward]

The only thing I know about duality is that I'll be seeing this article again tomorrow.

Perfect!

[RobertKozak]

Now when I find a bug in my code I can just reconfigure the photonic matrix and reverse the polarity of the power coupling.

And if that doesn't work I'll try modulating the field harmonics.

This can really save me in a tight situation.

Robert