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Researchers Building Computers That Run on Light

Posted by samzenpus on from the heliotropic-machines dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers in England are attempting to build a desktop computer that runs on light rather than electronics. A $1.6 million research project starting in June at the University of Bath is focused on developing attosecond technology, which refers to continuously emitting light pulses that last just a billion-billionth of a second."

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  2. Re:Has to be considered by DeathElk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Or a beowulf cluster of sharks with those light 'puter things strapped on, coming from Soviet Russia where beowulf shark light 'puter thingys process... oh forget it.