Manage updates with the Download AppResearchers switch to photons in race for faster microchip
The University of Texas at Dallas has entered the race to produce a more powerful semiconductor using a $1.75 million grant from DARPA to develop a microchip that is "faster than anything" on the market today.
The new technology will still be silicon-based but will use photons rather than electrons to speed things up, according to a UT press release.
"This research is intended to produce a completely new class of components that could have a revolutionary impact on information engineering," Professor Duncan MacFarlane said. "The photonic integrated circuit (PIC) we're developing will … Read more
