Israeli Processor Computes At Speed Of Light

[clocker]

Sheesh.
You dredged up a two and a half year old post to correct VB?

That sir, is dedication.

Weird though.

[Virtualbody1234]

Electricity travels at the speed of light so don't our current CPU compute at the speed of light?

Yeah but I did post it as a question. See the punctuation?

[Seedler]

Originally posted by ZaZu@23 November 2003 - 22:01
Israeli processor computes at speed of light


An Israeli start-up has developed a processor that uses optics instead of silicon, enabling it to compute at the speed of light, the company said.

“Optical processing is a strategic competitive advantage for nations and companies,” said Avner Halperin, vice president for business development at Lenslet.

The processor performs 8 trillion operations per second, equivalent to a super-computer and 1,000 times faster than standard processors, with 256 lasers performing computations at light speed.

The company’s prototype is fairly large and bulky but when Lenslet begins to supply the processor in a few months it will be shrunk to 15 x 15 cm with a height of 1.7 cm, roughly the size of a Palm Pilot.

“In five years we plan to shrink it to a single chip,” project manager Asaf Schlezinger said.

Tully said one issue is whether this technology can be produced in volume the way silicon chips are made. Sariel is negotiating joint projects with companies and/or government agencies in the United States, Europe and Japan to produce the processor for specific applications. It already has projects signed with Israel’s Defence Ministry. —Reuters


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what clock speed does it run in GHz?

In comparison with a Pentium 4 @3.0 ghz, the new CPU is supposed to run at 3.0 ghz X 1000=3000GHZ? wtf? whoa...

[lynx]

In comparison with a Pentium 4 @3.0 ghz, the new CPU is supposed to run at 3.0 ghz X 1000=3000GHZ? wtf? whoa...

Meh.

AMD will make one which does more work at only 2000GHz.

[Damnatory]

In comparison with a Pentium 4 @3.0 ghz, the new CPU is supposed to run at 3.0 ghz X 1000=3000GHZ? wtf? whoa...

Meh.

AMD will make one which does more work at only 2000GHz.

The funny thing is, you're probably right.

[Virtualbody1234]

Light is pretty quick.

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

if this post is 2 1/2 years old and this technology was supposed to be so cool, then where the hell is it? I want a damn laser cpu damnit!!

[suprafreak6]

Who me?

I don't consider my rig to be overclocked.

I perfer to think that I've just helped it "be all that it can be"...

thats a nice response clocker, best thing i heard today

[Tempestv]

you know that two months after releasing these things, they will be talking about making them dual core or doubling the laser count or something, and suddenly we are all lusting after 6000ghz cpus