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<p>[QUOTE="InfleXion, post: 1432365, member: 29012"]Photonic microprocessing is definitely the future of computing, and Intel does have some prototypes already that are incredibly fast by replacing the speed of electricity with the speed of light (an electron). This is akin to comparing the microchips we use today vs. the old tube systems of legacy computing that would take up an entire warehouse for one dinosaur processor. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, electrons can be spun in 4 different directions, creating a base 4 system at the machine language level (0, 1, 2, and 3 before needing a new digit) as opposed to the current base 2 binary system (power on = 1, power off = 0, and after 1 you need a new digit to count any higher). So not only would it be light speed fast, but it would carry magnitudes more data per bit. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example using 10000 as being displayed:</p><p>- In a base 10 system the value is 10000 (one 10000, zero 1000's, zero 100's, zero 10's, and zero 1's).</p><p>- In a base 4 system the value is 256. (one 256, zero 64's, zero 16's, zero 4's, and zero 1's)</p><p>- In a binary system the value is 16. (one 16, zero 8's, zero 4's, zero 2's, and zero 1's) </p><p><br /></p><p>Each new digit is the next magnitude of the base system being used. So base 4 uses less throughput and increases efficiency exponentially. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is this extremely powerful technology (35 DVDs of data/sec at the CPU level - link below) really going to be available for public consumption anytime soon? They usually only release each new processor with the most incremental improvements possible so as to maximize sales of each new model. It will happen eventually, but time is always the question. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://download.intel.com/pressroom/pdf/photonics/SiliconPhotonics_Backgrounder.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://download.intel.com/pressroom/pdf/photonics/SiliconPhotonics_Backgrounder.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://download.intel.com/pressroom/pdf/photonics/SiliconPhotonics_Backgrounder.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="InfleXion, post: 1432365, member: 29012"]Photonic microprocessing is definitely the future of computing, and Intel does have some prototypes already that are incredibly fast by replacing the speed of electricity with the speed of light (an electron). This is akin to comparing the microchips we use today vs. the old tube systems of legacy computing that would take up an entire warehouse for one dinosaur processor. Also, electrons can be spun in 4 different directions, creating a base 4 system at the machine language level (0, 1, 2, and 3 before needing a new digit) as opposed to the current base 2 binary system (power on = 1, power off = 0, and after 1 you need a new digit to count any higher). So not only would it be light speed fast, but it would carry magnitudes more data per bit. For example using 10000 as being displayed: - In a base 10 system the value is 10000 (one 10000, zero 1000's, zero 100's, zero 10's, and zero 1's). - In a base 4 system the value is 256. (one 256, zero 64's, zero 16's, zero 4's, and zero 1's) - In a binary system the value is 16. (one 16, zero 8's, zero 4's, zero 2's, and zero 1's) Each new digit is the next magnitude of the base system being used. So base 4 uses less throughput and increases efficiency exponentially. Is this extremely powerful technology (35 DVDs of data/sec at the CPU level - link below) really going to be available for public consumption anytime soon? They usually only release each new processor with the most incremental improvements possible so as to maximize sales of each new model. It will happen eventually, but time is always the question. [url]http://download.intel.com/pressroom/pdf/photonics/SiliconPhotonics_Backgrounder.pdf[/url][/QUOTE]
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