Terabit - per - second speed chip

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2012-03-09, 01:04 AM

FrozNlite Wrote:How do they use light instead of electrons for computer processing? I'm completely illiterate when it comes to these components of computer science, so please bear with me.

Not processing. Data transfer between processors.
It's a parallelism tactic, since multiple CPUs have to be able to communicate effectively with each other coordinate who's doing what and distribute and consolidate units of work.

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Terabit - per - second speed chip - by DrRusty - 2012-03-08, 10:27 PM

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Terabit - per - second speed chip - by Alley - 2012-03-08, 10:46 PM

Terabit - per - second speed chip - by Eos - 2012-03-09, 12:04 AM

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