Optoelectronic microprocessors built using existing chip manufacturing
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 08:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Using only processes found in existing microchip fabrication facilities, researchers at MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Colorado have produced a working optoelectronic microprocessor, which computes electronically but uses light to move information. Optical communication could dramatically reduce chips’ power consumption, which is not only desirable in its own right […]