Bridging Photonics and Computing
Aνέβηκε στις 31 Οκτ 2011
Speaker/Performer: Mario Paniccia, Director of Photonics Technology Lab, Intel
Sponsor:
CITRIS (Ctr for Information Technology Research in the Interest of
Society), UC Berkeley (Headquarters), Research Exchange seminar
Abstract:
The
silicon chip has been the mainstay of the electronics industry for the
last 40 years and has revolutionized the way the world operates. Today a
silicon chip the size of a fingernail contains over one billion
transistors and has the computing power that only a decade ago would
take up an entire room of servers. Recently silicon photonics has
attracted a great deal of attention since it offers an opportunity for
low cost opto-electronic solutions for applications ranging from
telecommunications down to chip-to-chip interconnects as well as
possible applications in new emerging areas such as optical sensing and
or bio-medical applications.
Recent advances and research
breakthroughs in silicon photonic device performance over the last few
years have shown that silicon can be considered as a material onto which
one can build future optical devices. While significant efforts are
needed to improve device performance and to "commercialize" these
technologies, progress is moving at a rapid rate. If successful, silicon
may similarly come to impact optical communications as it has impacted
the electronics industry.
Sponsor:
CITRIS (Ctr for Information Technology Research in the Interest of
Society), UC Berkeley (Headquarters), Research Exchange seminar
Abstract:
The
silicon chip has been the mainstay of the electronics industry for the
last 40 years and has revolutionized the way the world operates. Today a
silicon chip the size of a fingernail contains over one billion
transistors and has the computing power that only a decade ago would
take up an entire room of servers. Recently silicon photonics has
attracted a great deal of attention since it offers an opportunity for
low cost opto-electronic solutions for applications ranging from
telecommunications down to chip-to-chip interconnects as well as
possible applications in new emerging areas such as optical sensing and
or bio-medical applications.
Recent advances and research
breakthroughs in silicon photonic device performance over the last few
years have shown that silicon can be considered as a material onto which
one can build future optical devices. While significant efforts are
needed to improve device performance and to "commercialize" these
technologies, progress is moving at a rapid rate. If successful, silicon
may similarly come to impact optical communications as it has impacted
the electronics industry.
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