The light-driven computer: new integrated circuits use photons to build fast and Extremely power-efficient supercomputers

Authors :: Ross, Valerie
Source :: Popular Science. April 1, 2011, Vol. 278 Issue 4, p58, 2 p.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: The speed of light is as fast as it gets, and IBM researchers are exploiting that fact to give supercomputers a boost. They've made the smallest-yet silicon chips that use [...]

Subjects :: Integrated circuits -- Properties
Photons -- Usage
Semiconductor chips -- Properties
Supercomputers -- Materials -- Innovations
Supercomputer
Standard IC
General interest
Science and technology

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