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09-20-2007, 11:49 AM
Ge-Si based Optical Converters Near Breakthrough
10:18 - Thursday 20 September 2007 by Frank Voelkel
Source: Tom's Hardware UK – Keywords: IDF, Laser, Converter, Optical, Datatransfer
Categories: Business, Hardware
According to Intel, the introduction of silicon-based optical data transmission in the mass market is nearing a breakthrough. This technology will allow the networking of processors. Currently, optical data transmission is used to network computers in clusters. Intel already showed early samples of functional hardware – so called optical cables – at the ISC 2007 in Dresden, Germany. The data transfer rate was specified as 40 and 20 Gbit/s. In the near future, these links will be accelerated up to 1 Tbit/s. This would allow the linking of several CPU cores even over great distances. The spatial arrangement of processing units, memory and opto-electrical converters on a chip was also a topic. This type of package would enable completely new types of systems connected by optical links.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/IDF-Laser-Converter-Optical-Datatransfer,news-26352.html
10:18 - Thursday 20 September 2007 by Frank Voelkel
Source: Tom's Hardware UK – Keywords: IDF, Laser, Converter, Optical, Datatransfer
Categories: Business, Hardware
According to Intel, the introduction of silicon-based optical data transmission in the mass market is nearing a breakthrough. This technology will allow the networking of processors. Currently, optical data transmission is used to network computers in clusters. Intel already showed early samples of functional hardware – so called optical cables – at the ISC 2007 in Dresden, Germany. The data transfer rate was specified as 40 and 20 Gbit/s. In the near future, these links will be accelerated up to 1 Tbit/s. This would allow the linking of several CPU cores even over great distances. The spatial arrangement of processing units, memory and opto-electrical converters on a chip was also a topic. This type of package would enable completely new types of systems connected by optical links.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/IDF-Laser-Converter-Optical-Datatransfer,news-26352.html