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> Photonic computers have a very, very long way to go. Even this tiny beam beam splitter is thousands of times larger than current transistors. Intel uses a 14
by stephengillie 11y ago
> Photonic computers have a very, very long way to go. Even this tiny beam beam splitter is thousands of times larger than current transistors. Intel uses a 14 nanometer process for Broadwell.
The POC is a major milestone. Miniaturization will come. Don't forget that at one time, we had to use flatbed trucks to move around 5MB of RAM.
- bradleyland 11y agoAbsolutely. A 2.4 micron beam splitter is a hell of an achievement. I don't know what the next closest is in size, but the vast majority of beam splitters I'm familiar with are measured in millimeters. I'm sure there are others doing work on miniaturization, but 2.4 micron would seem like genuine landmark progress. What we need next is a practical photonic transistor at these scales!