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IBM Debuts Optical Transceiver Chipset
IBM debuted a new optical transceiver chipset today that researchers within the company promise will allow users to download data eight times faster than current technology. IBM cited the rising demand for digital media such as movies as the driving force behind the new technology. "IBM says it can meet that need, building its new chipset by making an optical transceiver with standard CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology, and combining that with optical components crafted from exotic materials such as indium phosphide and gallium arsenide. The resulting package is just 3.25mm by 5.25mm in size, small enough to be integrated onto a printed circuit board."
...and the Survey that 29% of US households dont see a need for an internet connection couldnt have been better timed. Anyone else find this slightly ironic?
If i had one dollar for every brain you dont have, i would have $1.
[...] will allow users to download data eight times faster than current technology.
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Five years ago, you were right. Not anymore.
SiGe is killing GaAs.
Many of the devices communicating in the higher frequences of the microwave range are based on Silicon Germanium. This includes cell phones.
Almost ALL WiFi radios are SiGe [PDF warning]. Some have even moved to RFCMOS.
Most GPS devices are SiGe.
Oh, and TV Tuners, too.
Gallium Arsenide *is* exotic, because it has to be done in specialized fabs, not those that run silicon wafers. That significantly drives up the cost vs. SiGe and RFCMOS.