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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[lasers make everything better.<br><br>Pew Pew!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nintendo fanboy hater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[@a dark day <br><br>Cyborg laser cats with optical CPUs pew pew<br><br><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/one-megajoule-laser-brings-nuclear-fusion-closer-to-reality/" rel="nofollow">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/one-megajoule-laser-brings-nuclear-fusion-closer-to-reality/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TriXsteR]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[@a dark day Luke, I am your father!  Pew Pew!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pavel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[@a dark day <a href="http://9gag.com/photo/7082_full.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://9gag.com/photo/7082_full.jpg</a> Pew Pew! Or Moo Moo!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pavel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[@a dark day especially German ones. <br><br>das uber pew!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ducman69]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 9:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can't wait till I have this stuff in my computer. Betcha someone will make a transparent CPU, so you can see it glow as you work :-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[montymintypie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would imagine seeing it glow would be the last thing you want. Any light reflected to your eyes would be lost information. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[J2the4son]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[...and burnt retinas]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 9:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[Does this mean that we can potentially make a CPU by installing billions of mirrors in a sealed building such that the mirrors flip when a gigawatt laser strikes them?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[onlymyrailgun]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[@onlymyrailgun <br><br>That reads more like a recipe for building a superlaser for the death star.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[danny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[@onlymyrailgun <br><br>As long as it leads to the tanning invitational, I'm down.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler England]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[Germanium? Now that was random.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[danny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[@horchata <br>I read "geranium" and had a brief moment of total floral confusion.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[thunderbollock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 9:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[And who said the Germans never did anything for computing!<br><br>JK.<br><br>But didn't they just say the FCC is worried about bandwidth? Hu-WHAT?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler England]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[HAHAHAHAHAHA RAY! Geddit? Ray... like light... like lasa- nevermind.<br><br>=D]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gingerninja]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's all very well but where are we going to grow all these germaniums?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Toph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 8:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[@toph101 I am pretty sure that they grow best on German soil. German weather is also an important factor, not to mention the caring hands of Germans.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pavel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 9:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[The digital age is a thing of the past ladies and gens. Bring on the photonic age!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howdy Doody]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 9:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[So am I still nuts??? I remember talking about the future of computing while I was stoned out of my mind.... quite a few years back now (I don't do that stuff anymore, I promise), probably close to 10 years ago. In my inebriated state, I claimed 'optical computing' was the future. My friends all looked at me like I was nuts... didn't have a clue what I was talking about.<br><br>Finally, it's coming closer to being more of a reality and less of a weed-induced fairytale.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kloan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 9:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[IDK what the freaking hold up on optical is. TOLINK has been out since 1983. I seriously can't believe the hardware industry didn't come up with a Optical Data interconnect sooner, and think it is donkey tard that they are still dill 'ing around. Another thing, Intel has know how to Litho a solid state later into their IC's for a long time, so WTF. I am anxious for an interconnect that smashes on SATA and USB3. Onward with LightPipe or whatever they are working on..... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 11:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[@cosmicinglewood No, this isn't an optical connection interface, it is transforming the actual electronic components into an optical state, i.e. your CPU would be made from lights (simplified heaps, but you get the idea)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[montymintypie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 7:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[That pun at the end is absolutely terrible. I wholeheartedly approve of the "bit" pun you're making, but dang, that is stealth incarnate.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vwampage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 12:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Germans always make good stuff right?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cheesus Crust (Steam=AliShaikh94)(XBL=AliShaikh)(PSN=Cheesus00Crust)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 1:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Germanium lasers offer ray of hope for optical computing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/germanium-lasers-offer-ray-of-hope-for-optical-computing/</guid><description><![CDATA[So, we're about to have optical chips go mainstream? Will they be isolinear?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2010 2:03PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
