Lasers may Revolution the way data is passed on Computers, replacing wires completely.

Sun has begun research on a new computing technology that may or may not even be possible.

Currently, there are thousands of small wires that run along the motherboard and other cards that are used in computers.

Those wires are a lot of what causes a computer to run slow, and need time to think.

Sun is researching a method of using lasers instead of wires, this could theoretically speed up computers by 10000x after all what’s faster than the speed of light?
Moore’s law states in laymen’s terms that technology basically doubles every two years, (in technical terms, it states that the # of transistors that can be inexpensively put on a circuit board doubles every 2 years)…

The reason I bring that up is that with this new technology, which they say has a 50% chance of failing altogether – they are boasting that it would destroy Moore’s law.

I personally think it’s pretty cool, probably wouldn’t show up in personal computers for 5-10 years, if it’s possible, but the speed would be pretty amazing.

Related Links:
 

• Sun Microsystems: Breakin’ the law, Breakin’ the law? 
• Replacing Wire With Laser, Sun Tries to Speed Up Data – New York Times
• Sun aims to speed up data by swapping wires for frickin’ laser beams

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