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sounds impressive. Who wants to guess at how long before we see this actually available in anything? (Even a mainframe/big pSeries box) 5 years? 10?
by whatusername 16y ago
sounds impressive.
Who wants to guess at how long before we see this actually available in anything? (Even a mainframe/big pSeries box) 5 years? 10?
- CamperBob 16y agoConsidering this same article has basically been appearing like clockwork about every year for the last 25 or so years, I wouldn't hold my breath. Optical interconnects have been the Next Big Thing for a long time now.
- mechanical_fish 16y agoThis is true. Though, I assure you, as someone who worked on the generation of optical interconnects before this one: The invention of the VCSEL really has changed the game, as has the invention of cheap planar arrays of microlenses. These are not the lasers of 1990.