"We already have a functional link running in the lab, and we are aggressively moving to higher bandwidths, " said Mario Paniccia, director of Intel's PhotonicsTechnology Lab.
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.
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.