Germanium Diodes Mean Progress Toward Silicon-Chip Lasers 66
David Orenstein writes "Teams at Stanford and MIT have each reported getting
strong light signals from germanium-based diodes on silicon at room temperature. Engineers have long sought to do this because, with further refinement into lasers, such diodes would allow for optical interconnects on chips. Optical interconnects could operate much faster and with less power than electrical (metal) ones that are becoming bottlenecks on current chips."
And it's organic (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, plant-based electronics! This will surely usher in a new age of biological computers that will be able to . . .
What? It's not a geranium diode?
Uh, how 'bout that new version of Firefox? Pretty snazzy, eh.
Re:I thought they already existed (Score:4, Funny)
The news is that they've found a way to grow 'em on silicon, which lends itself well to chip production.
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German dildos do what?! (Score:3, Funny)