Tuesday, March 27, 2007

How to make a faster chipset?

A new chipset from IBM moves data at 160 Gigabits per second. The key? Data flows along pulses of light instead of electrons. That's enough speed to download a high-definition film in 1 second. The design combines traditional chip materials with exotic optical parts. You can read the full story here:

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http://www.dailytech.com/IBM+to+Demonstrate+Worlds+Fastest+Optical+Chipset/article6643.htm

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