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Germanium Diodes Mean Progress Toward Silicon-Chip Lasers

Posted by timothy on from the everyone-make-lasery-noises-now dept.

David Orenstein writes "Teams at Stanford and MIT have each reported getting strong light signals from germanium-based diodes on silicon at room temperature. Engineers have long sought to do this because, with further refinement into lasers, such diodes would allow for optical interconnects on chips. Optical interconnects could operate much faster and with less power than electrical (metal) ones that are becoming bottlenecks on current chips."

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  2. Lousy Krauts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Germaniums working on advanced technologies think they're so damn smart...

  3. this might come as news to some by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    diodes means boobs in arabic!

  4. Re:Help me Rob Malda you're my only hope! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mine got stuck up my ass after I came

    So what's your number?

  5. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now, lets have that lead to jobs for the west, rather than simply giving the tech to China. All fo this American paid for RD, should require that the work stay in the west.

  6. Re:And it's organic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow, another lack-of-reading-comprehension joke. Please, tell us how else you misinterpreted what was clearly written.

  7. fuck 4 3oll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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