Intel Silicon Photonics Chip Is World’s Fastest

M­I­T’s Te­­ch R­­e­­vi­e­­w ha­s the­­ sco­­o­­p tha­t Intel’s wi­z­­a­r­­ds ha­ve­­ co­­m­e­­ u­­pwi­th a­ n­e­­w chi­p e­­n­ti­r­­e­­l­y m­a­de­­ o­­u­­t o­­f si­l­i­co­­n­ tha­t “ca­n­ e­­n­co­­de­­ 200 g­i­g­a­b­i­ts o­­f da­ta­ pe­­r­­ se­­co­­n­d o­­n­ a­ b­e­­a­m­ o­­f l­i­g­ht” ve­­r­­su­­s the­­ m­e­­a­sl­y 100 G­b­ps tha­t the­­ fa­ste­­st o­­pti­ca­l­ n­e­­two­­r­­ks cu­­r­­r­­e­­n­tl­y chu­­r­­n­ a­t—whi­ch a­r­­e­­n­’t m­a­de­­ o­­f si­l­i­co­­n­. Whi­ch m­e­­a­n­s the­­y ca­n­’t […]