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09.19.06
Intel Creates Super-Spiffy New Chip
 By
Doug Caverly
The latest prototype from Intel involves some very popular buzzwords - "silicon,"
"hybrid," and "laser" are all present, and the company's Silicon Hybrid Laser
(HSL) chip could act as "a breakthrough that will propel the world of computers
into the light-based transmission era."
That may sound like a line from a press release, but it was written by Tuan Nguyen, a blogger for DailyTech. Nguyen was extremely optimistic about the chip's potential; CTOs may want to pay attention.
"Intel researchers were able to integrate Indium Phosphide into traditional silicon
chip manufacturing techniques, thereby creating a silicon-Indium Phoshide hybrid
chip - one that could process traditional electrical signals and transmit laser
light," Nguyen wrote.
"The laser light generated by an HSL chip could be used to transmit data and thus
power other silicon photonic devices ... "
"Intel said that HSL could bring along terabit-capable transmission processors
that are low cost and easy to produce," he continued. "Computers would be a multitude
more powerful than those we use today." It shouldn't come as a surprise, though,
that "the technology ... is still a number of years off."
It seems like remarkable products and technologies are always, according to their
developers, just ten or fifteen years down the road. Nguyen seemed to realize
this, but wasn't at all cynical about the silicon hybrid laser chip.
"The application potentials for HSL chips are truly exciting," he wrote.
"The industry in general has been talking about laser or light based electronics
for a number of years already. With the development from a company like Intel
- and hopefully others like AMD - the industry is getting the right push it needs."
About
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Doug is a staff writer for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest ebusiness news.
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