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The ars article linked above¹ says that one advantage that optical processors may have is that the majority of the heat generated by the system comes from the l

The ars article linked above¹ says that one advantage that optical processors may have is that the majority of the heat generated by the system comes from the laser source, not the processor itself. Imagine 'turning on' a datacenter by flipping the switch on a 10MW laser :D ¹ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25691582 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25691582

p1esk 6y ago
Aren't there a ton of tiny lasers in the processor itself?
- jl2718 6y ago
  No; it’s one laser source turned into a frequency comb by the magic of saturable absorbers and Fabry-Perot resonators. Edit: sorry, looks like micro-ring resonators in this paper. These are amazing structures.