IBM Develops Optical Bus; "computer systems 100 times as fast"

Re:IBM Develops Optical Bus; "computer systems 100 times as ... by whatusername on Friday September 10, 2010 @12:07AM (#1677857)

sounds impressive. Who wants to guess at how long before we see this actually available in anything? (Even a mainframe/big pSeries box) 5 years? 10?

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Re:IBM Develops Optical Bus; "computer systems 100 times as ... by CamperBob on Friday September 10, 2010 @02:06AM (#1678052)

Considering this same article has basically been appearing like clockwork about every year for the last 25 or so years, I wouldn't hold my breath.

Optical interconnects have been the Next Big Thing for a long time now.

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Re:IBM Develops Optical Bus; "computer systems 100 times as ... by mechanical_fish on Friday September 10, 2010 @02:20AM (#1678076)

This is true. Though, I assure you, as someone who worked on the generation of optical interconnects before this one: The invention of the VCSEL really has changed the game, as has the invention of cheap planar arrays of microlenses. These are not the lasers of 1990.

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