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Paint-on Laser Brings Optical Computing Closer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paint-by-number dept.

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist has a story about a laser made by painting a solution of semiconductor crystals onto glass. It could be used to break the interconnect barrier by having optical interconnects, the interconnect barrier threatens Moore's law unless a faster way of connecting chips is found."

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  1. Whaaah? by Odiumjunkie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "A laser created by simply painting a solution of crystals onto glass could be used to make super-fast computers that use light instead of electricity"

    I'm sorry, is light faster than electricity?

  2. Re:But will we have... by raider_red · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes, and then we paint in on the friggin' shark!

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