He adds that it will be a while before Intel is selling optical transceivers, checks find that Cisco and other players are likely to launch silicon photonics-based transceivers for 100G applications in the data center in 2013 and 2014.
Elements of the technology, sometimes called silicon photonics, are already beginning to be used for high-speed connections between servers and in scientific systems known as supercomputers.
As we build the next generations of servers and connect them together, we need a technology like Silicon Photonics to leverage that same infrastructure to meet the incredible demand for high-speed data throughput at an acceptable cost.