Light-Emitting Particles Yield Faster Computing 65
schliz writes to tell us that researchers at the University of California San Diego are developing new transistors based on particles called 'excitons' in an attempt to speed up the interaction between computing and communications signals. "Excitons are formed by linking a negatively-charged electron with a positively-charged 'hole'. An exciton decays when the electron and hole combine, emitting a flash of light in the process. By joining exciton-based transistors to form several types of switches, the UCSD physicists were able to achieve switching times on the order of 200 picoseconds."
Re:200 ps switch times != fast. (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:200 ps switch times != fast. (Score:5, Insightful)
No. Instead, address the relevant question; how much time is necessary to convert a signal leaving a flop into an optical signal using conventional methods as opposed to this supposedly new technique?
As the submission states, this is...
and as the linked story, poor as it is, points out...
...I can only assume you have reading comprehension issues.