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New Technique to Attach Silicon Photonic Chips Directly Onto Processors

The computing and telecommunications industries have ambitious plans for the future: Systems that will store information in the cloud, analyze enormous amounts of data, and think more like a brain than a standard computer. Such systems are already being developed, and scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated what may be an important step toward commercializing this next generation of computing technology. They established a method to integrate silicon photonic chips with the processor in the same package, avoiding the need for transceiver assemblies.

17 Mar 2015

Solar Wind Sherpas to Use 14 Specially Adapted Cameras to Study Sun's Atmosphere During the Eclipse

Scientists from Aberystwyth University will be heading to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard later this week to study the total eclipse of the sun on Friday 20 March.

13 Mar 2015

OFC 2015: Novel Largest-Scale Silicon Photonic Switch with Lowest-Energy Loss to be Presented by UC Berkeley

Today's explosion of video and Internet data is driving unprecedented traffic demand within datacenters. With data transfer rates exceeding 100 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s), communication between servers requires optical switches with faster switching time (micro-to nano-second level), broader band operation, larger capacity for switching elements and lower energy consumption.

12 Mar 2015

Ophir Photonics Debuts PD300RM Irradiance and Energy Density Sensor for Measuring Narrowband LED, Laser Sources

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation company, today announced the PD300RM Irradiance and Energy Density Sensor. The PD300RM is a calibrated irradiance and dosage sensor that measures narrowband LED and laser sources between 200 and 850nm.

From Ophir Photonics Group 12 Mar 2015