Paint-on Laser Brings Optical Computing Closer

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist has a story about a laser made by painting a solution of semiconductor crystals onto glass. It could be used to break the interconnect barrier by having optical interconnects, the interconnect barrier threatens Moore's law unless a faster way of connecting chips is found."

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[LiquidCoooled]

Is there any chance this paint is waterproof.

Sincerely,

Dr Evil.

But will we have...

[hkgroove]

But, will we have 5 megawatts by mid-May?

Re:But will we have...

[sharkey]

Hope so. I'll bring the popcorn!

Re:Interconnect barrier?

[peragrin]

this is what you get for NRFA

Well in this case they have developed a way to create an infrared laser small enough to go inside a CPU.

Optical computers Here we come. BSOD's will really turn your computer Blue.

Re:Interconnect barrier?

[EvolveFuzzy]

Mom?

Re:Dang !

[geekoid]

You already did, look in the drawer.