Researchers have built a prototype that paves the way for enabling light-powered processor caches that can run at up to 60 GHz in the future, or roughly 20 times faster than some modern processor caches. The functional regenerative ” data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.isi.edu/news/81186/scientists-create-ultra-fast-memory-using-light/” data-url=”https://www.isi.edu/news/81186/scientists-create-ultra-fast-memory-using-light/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>photonic memory latch,” fabricated on the commercially available GlobalFoundries’ 300mm Fotonix photonics platform, is designed as an optical counterpart to a standard SRAM bit, and the team positions it as a missing component for fully photonic processors. However,…
