http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/ Engadget Comments for Intel's 50Gbps Silicon Photonics Link shines a light on future computers (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
was thinking about that too. how is this different from lighPeak?]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
This is about internal data transfers. Like the link between memory and processor, or similar applications. For external data transfers, we always have USB 3.0 and LightPeak...

Seriously Intel, where is LightPeak...?]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=965

That write goes into more details about how it works and explains how this announcement will change things in the future.]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Wow, it's nice to see an article where the writer actually does their homework and explains exactly what it is they are writing about...Compare your link to this crappy engadget post...enough said, lol. BTW thanks for the link.]]>Jul 27th 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
Engadget, you seriously need to ban users like this guy!

And people, turn on your downranking machine!]]>Jul 27th 2010 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
On to the topic at hand, I hope it can come out of the theoretical stages by 2015.]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Unfortunately, our computers will eventually reach a limit once we start using light to transfer data, since we will only be able to send data as fast as the speed of light. ]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/That's not true. The distance between nodes and the speed of light will determine the lag, or time between starting a data transfer, but the speed at which the data is being transferred is determined by the number of data streams and the frequency at which the light pulses. As far as I know, there is no physical limit to the frequency at which we can pulse the light, so the main bottlenecks in this technology are the electrical components and the (de)multiplexers.]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/yeah, right. we're doomed. we've already reached the speed limit of electrical signals, because we can't send electrical signals faster than the speed of electrical signals. we're doomed.]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Or why is the iMac line getting updated breaking news and this isn't?]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
Engadget is owned by Time-Warner. If Apple pays Time-Warner for advertising, then yes, Engadget is obliged by its parent company to pimp for Apple.]]>Jul 28th 2010 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
i guess i wont be plugging in my esata dongle much longer]]>Jul 27th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
Jeez, take it easy man. ]]>Jul 27th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
missed a word]]>Jul 27th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/to be downranked into oblivion...]]>Jul 27th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
Your post blew my mind...It not only changed my perspective on the topic in the article, but my perspective in life altogether. It was like double rainbow all the way across the sky.]]>Jul 27th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
This is about internal data transfers. Like the link between memory and processor, or similar applications. For external data transfers, we always have USB 3.0 and LightPeak...

Seriously Intel, where is LightPeak...?]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
Totally agree. This is great technology to have - interconnects are important, but their success is ultimately going to depend on the devices we put at the ends of them. ]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/
http://www.techeye.net/internet/scientists-create-terabit-per-second-optical-chip
]]>Jul 27th 2010 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/yea the limit is at 50 meters but couldnt they just come up with a booster or just have it turned back into digital then back into light then you get another 50 meters. i know its kind of a work around but still better than nothing. and who uses more than 50 meters anyway??]]>Jul 29th 2010 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/sony-tohoku-university-develop-blue-violet-laser-with-100-watt/ in 20 seconds or eventually in 1 second. :D ]]>Jul 27th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/Jul 27th 2010 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/intels-50gbps-silicon-photonics-link-shines-a-light-on-future-c/The graphics cards could be added on just like hard drives, but instead of the front of the case it uses the back of the case.

You could also use it to add CPU. Take an Intel ion motherboard and remove everything not needed and you are left with a CPU, ram, a Intel's 50Gbps Silicon Photonics Link and power connector. Make the boards small enough to fit a 5'25 inch bay or even 3.5 inch bay and you can add cpus just like you add hard drives.]]>Jul 28th 2010 7:13AM