IBM Silicon Nanophotonics
IBM has announced that its specialists have developed a new way to transfer data between the CPU cores. The technology, called silicon nanophotonics (silicon nanophotonics) , allows the use of light impulses rather than electricity for data transfer. That will allow a hundred times to increase the speed and ten times to reduce energy consumption.
The method of using light when transmitting a signal between processor cores is free from such disadvantages as excessive heat generation and short range. In the case of electricity, the distance to the attenuation of the signal is a few millimeters. And silicon nanophotonics will provide a clear signal at a distance of several centimeters.
If the implementation of the technology is successful (according to IBM, it will take from 10 to 12 years), then by 2020 we will have supercomputers, most powerful and relatively inexpensive to maintain, that will not exceed the size of current notebooks.
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The method of using light when transmitting a signal between processor cores is free from such disadvantages as excessive heat generation and short range. In the case of electricity, the distance to the attenuation of the signal is a few millimeters. And silicon nanophotonics will provide a clear signal at a distance of several centimeters.
If the implementation of the technology is successful (according to IBM, it will take from 10 to 12 years), then by 2020 we will have supercomputers, most powerful and relatively inexpensive to maintain, that will not exceed the size of current notebooks.
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via Engadget , Yahoo!
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