What is the Future of Electronics? (Video)

Can silicon photonics replace copper interconnects for device-to-device and wide-area networking connections? Intel Corporation has demonstrated a stable 50 Gps fiber optic link capable of connecting two devices by fabricating a hybrid silicon laser by binding indium phosphide to silicon. Can the electronic transistors on either end of the fiber optic connections handle higher data rates? Is adoption of the demonstrated technology more likely in LAN or supercomputer interconnect applications? When could the technology go mainstream?

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