Fruno,
Intel's recently unveiled Light Peak cable is the beginning of the transformation to all-optical computers and networks. You have to wonder if the optical chips used in the Light Peak cable will eventually be made with LWLG material. IMHO, this is a great place to start.
"At both ends of a Light Peak cable are chips that contain devices that produce light, encode data in it, and send it on its way. The chips can also amplify incoming signals and convert the light to an electrical signal that can be interpreted by gadgets. The first generation of Light Peak will use chips made with standard optical materials such as gallium arsenide. However, to truly make optical cables cheap enough to replace copper, future versions of Light Peak, which will handle 40-gigabits-per-second and 100-gigabits-per-second transfer rates, will most likely need to rely on silicon-based optical chips, a product of the maturing field of silicon photonics. Silicon photonics researchers hope to transform computing by making high-bandwidth connectors cheaper than ever before, not just in cables, but also eventually within electronic motherboards and microprocessors."
zikkir.com
The only problem is that this article states the next generation of Light Peak cables will employ silicon photonics. But I'm sure that could change real quick if a better, cheaper more robust technology became available. T.I.M.E will tell.
Good to hear from Mr. Gilder. Would love to hear his opinion on the potential of LWLG. Could you imagine if Mr. Gilder made a positive public statement regarding LWLG? What would that do to the PPS? Remember Turpin & Gilder know each other quite well. If Mr.Turpin thinks so highly of LWLG, I would think he would quickly enlighten Mr. Gilder as to the potential of LWLG. Dreams do come true...
By the way--I am hoping for some very good news by October 28th.
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