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by SmooL 1709 days ago
We already transmit data optically, that's what fiber optics is.
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WithinReason 1709 days ago
I'm talking about between chips and RAM of course because that's where the data/compute ratio is shrinking, not between Tokyo and New York.
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adgjlsfhk1 1709 days ago
the hard part is that currently electrical to optical conversions take a fair amount of space which would make them hard to do on CPU. it might be practical for storage to ram though, which would be really cool.
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