美国加州大学伯克利分校Chen Sun团队发明了一种微处理芯片,它由光路和电路构成,可以用光而不是电流与其他芯片直接通讯。相关成果近日发表于《自然》杂志。该方法能够更便捷地集成到现有微芯片的制造过程中,为新的速度更快的低功耗计算机铺路。现代信息处理过程中,在计算机系统芯片和数据中心的芯片间快速传输数据是一个瓶颈。一种解决方案是用光而不是常规电气连接 The Chen Sun team at the University of California, Berkeley, invented a microprocessor chip that consists of optical circuits and circuits that communicate directly with other chips using light rather than current. Related results recently published in “Nature” magazine. The method can be more easily integrated into the existing microchip manufacturing process, paving the way for a new, faster, low-power computer. In modern information processing, it is a bottleneck to quickly transfer data between the chips of the computer system and the data center. One solution is to use light rather than a conventional electrical connection