IBM announces super
IBM has announced a milestone in the development of technology for future microprocessors. The technology means that small copper semiconductor installed on the core processors will soon be replaced with optical connections. So, instead of electrical impulses, it will use light signals to exchange data in the processor. This will make such devices are one hundred times faster, while power consumption is only 10% with respect to current models.
According to IBM, the technology will result in the production of embedded processors by tens of thousands of cores, which may provide the same processing power than current super computers. In the words of IBM, it will be "a kind of computer you use the same power a small lamp.
The idea is not new, but this is the first time that IBM researchers have created a prototype a small functional modulator that converts electrical signals into light and vice versa. The modulator has a size between 100 to 1000 times smaller than previous prototypes.
IBM will use its own processor Cell, PlayStation 3 as an example. The issue contains 15 processor cores on a single chip. Cell processors of the future will contain from 100 to 1000 kernels, while media have a capacity 100 times higher than today.
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