Breakthrough in photonics could allow for faster and faster electronics
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 13:01
in Physics & Chemistry
A pair of breakthroughs in the field of silicon photonics could allow for the trajectory of exponential improvement in microprocessors that began nearly half a century ago -- known as Moore's Law -- to continue well into the future, allowing for increasingly faster electronics, from supercomputers to laptops to smartphones.