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Rethinking Computer Design For an Optical World

Posted by timothy on from the optical-floptical dept.

holy_calamity writes "Technology Review looks at how some traditions of computer architecture are up for grabs with the arrival of optical interconnects like Intel's 50Gbps link unveiled last week. The extra speed makes it possible to consider moving a server's RAM a few feet from its CPUs to aid cooling and moving memory and computational power to peripherals like laptop docks and monitors."

3 of 187 comments (clear)

  1. Re:dumb monitor by bsDaemon · · Score: 4, Funny

    you mean like an imac? /ducks (disclaimer: typed from a 24" imac while at work)

  2. The 1990s called. by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    They want their rats nest of cables back.

    The extra speed makes it possible to consider moving a server's RAM a few feet from its CPUs to aid cooling and moving memory and computational power to peripherals like laptop docks and monitors.

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    Have gnu, will travel.
  3. Re:a few extra feet by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or, as our esteemed Professor Farnsworth remarked:

    Yes, yes, anything with that many big words could easily be the solution.

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower