IBM to Unveil Fast Chip With Optical Connections

LSI間を光ネットワークでつなぐチップの話。既存のインタフェースよりも8倍高速。3年以内に登場という話だが，さて

International Business Machines Corp. scientists plan to unveil a prototype chip today that uses optical connections to increase the speed of moving data among chips to eight times that of previous technologies.