16-11-2010, 07:49 PM
Today, optical technology is being promoted for use in storage area networks (SANs), parallel processing, optical switches, all-optical data networks, holographic storage devices and biometric devices at airports to track potential terrorists.
Tomorrow
1.nonblocking optical packet switching, a new technology capable of forwarding almost 8 billion packets per second.(This is perhaps 1,000 times the capacity of conventional packet switching)
2.simple optical computer that is more than a billion times faster than today's supercomputers.
3.ultrafast data storage devices that uses laser pulse (electro-optical hybrids, a combination of conventional and optical computing)
Tomorrow
1.nonblocking optical packet switching, a new technology capable of forwarding almost 8 billion packets per second.(This is perhaps 1,000 times the capacity of conventional packet switching)
2.simple optical computer that is more than a billion times faster than today's supercomputers.
3.ultrafast data storage devices that uses laser pulse (electro-optical hybrids, a combination of conventional and optical computing)