A Look at Photonic Clocking

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday September 17, 2005 @01:58PM from the i-want-my-100ghz-processor dept.

zymano writes "In an article on the Electronic Engineering Times site James Siepmann shares a few thoughts about Photonic Clocking. Siepmann states: 'Copper interconnects are reaching their limit as data-transmission bandwidth and processor speed continue to rise. [..] Photonic clocking not only solves the limitations of electronic clocking, but also reduces jitter, skew, delay, crosstalk and power consumption while maintaining clock signal integrity for longer distances.'" Are Photonic Processors the next logical step, or will the almighty buck shuffle them aside because of cost?

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First Post by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-17 14:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Ha! Anonymous post!
All this Technical Mumbo-Jumbo by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-17 14:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

is way over my head.
Photonic? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-17 14:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I call it a "laser".

Anyone know where I can get some fricken' sharks?
Slashdot-o-meter predicts a flop by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-17 14:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Only 16 posts after 40 minutes. No excitement whatsoever. The technology is already dead.
this FP for GNAA by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-17 14:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

eulogies to BSD's