IBM's breakthrough chip technology lights the path to exascale computing

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IBM's recent advancements in nanophotonics chip technology represent a significant step towards exascale computing, enabling faster data transmission on microchips. However, this breakthrough does not eliminate the limitations imposed by Moore's Law, as IBM has yet to develop optical transistors that can replicate semiconductor logic. The current innovation focuses solely on enhancing optical communication within microchips, leaving a gap in logic processing capabilities. Future developments in optical transistors are essential for fully realizing the potential of this technology.

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myuncle said:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-ibm-breakthrough-chip-technology-path.html

Can Microsoft or AMD use this Nanophotonics chip technology? Can they say goodbye to Moore's Law after this breakthrough?

No. Not unless IBM also invents the optical transistor. IBM has only created a way of implementing optical communication on a microchip, not optically recreating the logic that semiconductors do.
 
thanks, do you think IBM will make optical transistors?
 

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