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MIT Brings Future of Lasers to Computing
Physicists at MIT have broken new ground in the exciting field of lasers. They have successfully shown that germanium laser technology can be extended to use in personal computing, sometime in the near future. This will have vast implications in the world of hardware.
Many hardware analysts are noticing that we appear to be reaching a sort of limit for data transfer speed. The solution thus far has been reducing and optimizing the semiconductors that transfer the electrical signals. MIT’s new potential solution: germanium lasers.
Germanium lasers operate at a frequency capable of transmitting data through optical signals as opposed to the traditional route of electrical signals. This manages to save energy, because there is no need for additional power to send data faster. This also removes traditional lasers from computers which have undesirable materials, like gallium arsenide.
So far this is more of a proof of concept than a market prototype. The cost of implementing this will likely be highly expensive, as it requires intricate patterns to be etched onto silicon chips. Nevertheless, we can always wait for the promise of the glamorous future and its germanium lasers.
Via DailyTech
