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New phase-change material lights the way to all-optical, super-fast computing

2014-11-07 15:22:41| Extremetech

British researchers have created a new material that could allow for the creation of all-optical computers -- computers that are orders of magnitude faster and power efficient than today's hot, sweaty electronic beasts. This isn't some crazy, hard-to-fabricate material like graphene, either -- we're talking about a special breed of chalcogenide glass.

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