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Single-chip microprocessor that communicates directly using light

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  • Chen Sun

    (University of California, Berkeley
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Mark T. Wade

    (University of Colorado, Boulder)

  • Yunsup Lee

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Jason S. Orcutt

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    † Present addresses: IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, USA (J.S.O.); National Institute for Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA (J.M.S.).)

  • 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
    † Present addresses: IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, USA (J.S.O.); National Institute for Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA (J.M.S.).)

  • 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)

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.

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  • 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, 2015. "Single-chip microprocessor that communicates directly using light," Nature, Nature, vol. 528(7583), pages 534-538, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:528:y:2015:i:7583:d:10.1038_nature16454
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16454
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