First Photon Chip

Mike Rose wrote in to tell us about a revolutionary Photon Chip, which is the first fully integrated optical circuit. Using wave-guides as wires and frequency-dependent quantum tunneling for gate equivalents the chips are 100-1000 times faster and 1000 times smaller than ordinary chips. Power consumption should fall dramatically as well, enabling portables with much longer battery lives. Current waveguides are down to .02 micron (ten times smaller than the wires in current semiconductors). Mike comments "Wonder what their IPO will be like... "