Overheard in the tech blogosphere » optical computer http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard: Computing at the speed of light http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-computing-at-the-speed-of-light/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-computing-at-the-speed-of-light/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:08:26 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-computing-at-the-speed-of-light/ lightening_006.jpg “Computers that operate at the speed of light have come a step closer. Researchers have devised a light-based transistor made of semiconducting nanowires that could be a key building block of machines that are hundreds of times faster than today’s supercomputers.”

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