Single-chip microprocessor that communicates directly using light

Chen Sun, Mark T. Wade, Yunsup Lee, Jason S. Orcutt, Luca Alloatti, Michael S. Georgas, Andrew S. Waterman, Jeffrey M. Shainline, Rimas R. Avizienis, Sen Lin, Benjamin R. Moss, Rajesh Kumar, Fabio Pavanello, Amir H. Atabaki, Henry M. Cook, Albert J. Ou, Jonathan C. Leu, Yu-Hsin Chen, Krste Asanović (), Rajeev J. Ram (), Miloš A. Popović () and Vladimir M. Stojanović ()
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Chen Sun: University of California, Berkeley
Mark T. Wade: University of Colorado, Boulder
Yunsup Lee: University of California, Berkeley
Jason S. Orcutt: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Luca Alloatti: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael S. Georgas: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew S. Waterman: University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey M. Shainline: University of Colorado, Boulder
Rimas R. Avizienis: University of California, Berkeley
Sen Lin: University of California, Berkeley
Benjamin R. Moss: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rajesh Kumar: University of Colorado, Boulder
Fabio Pavanello: University of Colorado, Boulder
Amir H. Atabaki: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Henry M. Cook: University of California, Berkeley
Albert J. Ou: University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan C. Leu: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yu-Hsin Chen: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Krste Asanović: University of California, Berkeley
Rajeev J. Ram: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miloš A. Popović: University of Colorado, Boulder
Vladimir M. Stojanović: University of California, Berkeley

Nature, 2015, vol. 528, issue 7583, 534-538

Abstract: An electronic–photonic microprocessor chip manufactured using a conventional microelectronics foundry process is demonstrated; the chip contains 70 million transistors and 850 photonic components and directly uses light to communicate to other chips.

Date: 2015
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