Optical Chips coming along at last?
from the Mind Uplading Research Group (MURG)

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From: owner-transhumantech@excelsior.org on behalf of
Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 1:01 PM
To: Mind Uploading Research Group
Subject: tech: [MURG] Optical Chips coming along at last?
 

From: Randal Koene <randalk@marina.psych.mcgill.ca>

Hi folks,

Take a gander at the following article:

http://www.nbnn.com/pubNews/123239.html

Here's a summary (as swiped from slashdot.org):

Mike Rose wrote in to tell us about a revolutionary Photon Chip, which is the first fully integrated optical circuit. Using wave-guides as wires and frequency-dependent quantum tunneling for gate equivalents the chips are 100-1000 times faster and 1000 times smaller than ordinary chips. Power consumption should fall dramatically as well, enabling portables with much longer battery lives. Current waveguides are down to .02 micron (ten times smaller than the wires in current semiconductors). Mike comments "Wonder what their IPO will be like... "

Cheers,
       Randal

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RANDAL A. KOENE
PhD4, Neural Modeling Lab, Department of Psychology - McGill University
randalk@marina.psych.mcgill.ca, Lab:(514)-398-4319, Home:(514)-527-3822
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