Photonic router vendor exits stealth-mode, sparks hypegasm

Integrated photonics comes of age?

Without the obligatory hype from the "every great business starts with venture capital" press, it is an interesting proposition: that turning integrated electro-optical chips into the basis of a router yields a faster device that's smaller, uses less power, and generates less heat.…

via The Register - Networks

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