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        <title><![CDATA[This could speed the use of spintronics...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[as a storage medium also.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:20:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm just guessing, but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would think this could improve bus speeds in circuits/motherboards too. Because the signals would not have to rely on the latency of copper/gold/silver connections. At the chip level, I'd have to understand more about this tech to make a better guess. However - unless some kind of fiber optic nano fiber were to carry the light signal - chip alinment would be critical, or the lazer/diode signal could miss its target.I'm sure I'm completely confused about how this is actually working. Power would still have to be supplied by conductors to power the light sources, unless they are talking about some kind of light activated energy, much like a reverse photo-diode.(edited) - Just looked at the white paper, and my points were correct. I suppose it is no more difficult to get fiber channels on a chip than the doped silicon, so alignment won't generally be a problem, unless engineers decide to skip certain areas by transmitting information through the air over the circuit board - much as the IBM diagram suggests. Looks like photo cells will act as receivers - seems like the reverse could transmit power too! This could make circuit design even more power efficient, and easier to plot on the plans.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:18:12 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Energy saving ?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Great about speed increase. Is not energy saving a feature of these nanophotonics chips ?MJ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:39:12 -0800</pubDate>
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