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To: tinkershaw who wrote (36950)	12/23/2000 9:10:04 AM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

<<In such a network every connection is a point to point connection.>> I have read descriptions of such a network and been left with the impression that the need for switches, especially intelligent switches, will be eliminated. However, if I have a dedicated connection with a unique wavelength and you have a dedicated connection with a unique (and therefore different) wavelength there still has to be a device that converts my wavelength to yours and knows not to convert it to someone else's. Wouldn't we call that device a . . . switch? Or do I misunderstand the underlying premise here? <<Xerox, of all companies, has just announced development of an all optical switch that they claim to have achieved 100% manufacturing yields using MEMS technology .>> Xerox's claim of an all optical switch using MEMS technology is an oxymoron. Light can pass through the switch without conversion to electricity but it cannot be switched to another path without information somehow being converted to electricity to make the switch. And, being a sceptic, I would question their claim of 100% manufacturing yield, especially when it is based on production of a prototype in a lab. lightreading.com