Production of Photon Processors Expected in 2006

Production of Photon Processors Expected in 2006 217

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @09:11PM from the enlightening dept.

ThinSkin writes "Photon processors that transmit data via light, not electrons, are slated to enter production in mid-2006, ExtremeTech reports. Headed by a UCLA professor and a Nobel Prize winner, startup Luxtera claims that its optical modulator clocks in at 10-GHz, tens times that of Intel's optical modulator researchers talked about last year. Since the optical module exists as its own entity, it will require a standard CMOS processes to integrate the optical waveguides. Luxtera has worked closely with Freescale Semiconductor to develop this technology."

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Error In The Article (Score:4, Funny)

by the_mad_poster ( 640772 ) writes: <shattoc@adelphia.com> on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @09:12PM (#12084307) Homepage Journal

Electrons ARE light particles.

How long until... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @09:13PM (#12084320)

people start talking about the GHz Myth?
My photons are faster than yours!

Whose bright idea was it... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @09:15PM (#12084343)

to use light for your processor.

Imagine Intel chips with this technology. Now instead of heating your whole room - you have an extremely bright night light. "Sleep" or "hibernate" will have a new meaning when you use it to turn off the main light in your room.

Bah (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @09:17PM (#12084357)

They'll just release the exact same chip as this guy in a year, only call it "Pentium 4 with photon extensions" and pretend they invented it.

Re:Error In The Article (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @09:17PM (#12084368)

The only thing I know about duality is that I'll be seeing this article again tomorrow.

Re:Error In The Article (Score:4, Funny)

by TummyX ( 84871 ) writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @09:29PM (#12084487)

Yes, but they are light. Certainly lighter than protons which are themselves light.

Re:Error In The Article (Score:1, Funny)

by XeroPurpose ( 868997 ) writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @09:38PM (#12084552)

Magic. Got it.

So it was real....... (Score:1, Funny)

by pablo_max ( 626328 ) writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @09:54PM (#12084657)

I cant believe it!! That viewsonic computer runing at 10Ghz on amazon.com was real. I'm sure kicking myself for not buying it.

Perfect! (Score:5, Funny)

by RobertKozak ( 613503 ) writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @10:02PM (#12084727) Homepage

Now when I find a bug in my code I can just reconfigure the photonic matrix and reverse the polarity of the power coupling.

And if that doesn't work I'll try modulating the field harmonics.

This can really save me in a tight situation.

Robert

Re:Not a "Processor" [winhat] (Score:2, Funny)

by winhat2 ( 871829 ) writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @10:07PM (#12084769)

It is a light, portable screen usually circular and supported on a short-term scale, but ultimately, they're just masking the real problem, which can only be solved by the level of thinking that created them.

The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she knows that the nature in which ramanujan was referred to as "indian math guy" in the sense of optical logic.

Optical Modulator? (Score:3, Funny)

by Esion Modnar ( 632431 ) writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @10:15PM (#12084832)

Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom! --Marvin the Martian

Re:Error In The Article (Score:1, Funny)

by Mr. Underbridge ( 666784 ) writes: on Tuesday March 29, 2005 @11:54PM (#12085586)

Actually, you're wrong--electrons are particles of mass. They travel in waves, just like electromagnetic radiation (that is, light), and have a distinct De Broglie wavelength, but they are not, themselves, electromagnetic radiation.
Damn, I bet you're fun at parties.

Re:Whose bright idea was it... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:09AM (#12085714)

Soooo... now all we need are chips using different wavelengths and then we could reintroduce the Spectrum. Maybe the Color Computer?

Re:Seeing is believing (Score:3, Funny)

by NanoGator ( 522640 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:16AM (#12085752) Homepage Journal

"I'll believe it when I see it in action."

Yeah because companies are always promising more processing power, but they never deliver!!

Re:How long until... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:42AM (#12085864)

Exactly. The first people to adopt new technologies always work in the "movie" business. By "movie" I mean "porn." Alright, so get to work and make it so I can render in real-time a sex scene between Jenna and myself!

"More light!" (Score:2, Funny)

by lartful_dodger ( 821976 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:58AM (#12085928)

what are they going to call this baby? Goethe?

I can hear it now ... (Score:2, Funny)

by KSobby ( 833882 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:56AM (#12086207)

The tech support calls for this will trump all: Tech Answer 1: Data loss? Ma'am, it says clearly in the instructions that this device is not to be used near any singularity of any kind. It's been known to warp and bend results. Tech Anser 2: Sir, the machine is acting slowly? Are you by chance going 299,792,458 m/s? That drops performance to 286 levels. What's that? you're running BSD? So why are you complaining? Plenty of horsepower for that.

Re:"More light!" (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @02:07AM (#12086278)

I'm sorry. Your comment appears to contravene the level of normal /. posts by assuming some knowledge outside of leet-speak and Linux vs Microsoft flames.

Please dumb it down and try again.

Re:How long until... (Score:3, Funny)

by PapayaSF ( 721268 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @02:22AM (#12086365) Journal

What, do you think it takes over 7 GHz to load a page on a website?

Safe prediction: by the time we're using photon processors, yes, it will take 7 gHz to load a website....

Re:thanks God (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @04:25AM (#12086826)

I wonder how to overclock one of these processor

Just increase the speed of light.

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Error In The Article (Score:4, Funny)

How long until... (Score:3, Funny)

Whose bright idea was it... (Score:2, Funny)

Bah (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Error In The Article (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Error In The Article (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Error In The Article (Score:1, Funny)

So it was real....... (Score:1, Funny)

Perfect! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Not a "Processor" [winhat] (Score:2, Funny)

Optical Modulator? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Error In The Article (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Whose bright idea was it... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Seeing is believing (Score:3, Funny)

Re:How long until... (Score:1, Funny)

"More light!" (Score:2, Funny)

I can hear it now ... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:"More light!" (Score:1, Funny)

Re:How long until... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:thanks God (Score:1, Funny)

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