Avalanche photodetector breaks speed record

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists today unveiled a significant step towards replacing electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with tiny silicon circuits that communicate using pulses of light. As reported in the recent issue of the scientific journal Nature, this is an important advancement in changing the way computer chips talk to each other.

Avalanche photodetector breaks speed record

New design could lead to optical computers

Thu 4 Mar 10 from Nanotechweb

Avalanche photodetector breaks speed record, Mon 8 Mar 10 from optics.org

IBM Scientists Create Ultra-Fast Device Which Uses Light for Communication between Computer Chips

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists today unveiled a significant step towards replacing electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with tiny silicon circuits that ...

Wed 3 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

IBM Scientists Create Ultra-Fast Device Which Uses Light for Communication Between Computer Chips, Wed 3 Mar 10 from RedOrbit

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