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The following technologies are currently under development:
High Density Interconnects/Photonics communication

High Density Interconnects/Photonics communication

  • Optical interconnects and switching are believed to be the key enabling technologies to achieve Terabit per second processing speed in a volume of a few cubic inches
  • Irvine Sensors is a Member, University of California at San Diego (UCSD)-led consortium developing a massively parallel, optically switched processor core for computers - a marriage of the electronic densities available with Irvine Sensors' proprietary chip-stacking processes and the speeds which can be realized by optically switching parallel interconnections between such dense structures - expected to permit a breakthrough in processing speed for classes of applications that are presently limited by computer bus architectures. Potential to be a powerful adjunct to
    3DANN
  • Core technology for:
    - Silicon Brain
    - High speed Data Communications and Telecom Switches
    - A wide range of applications including servers, portable computer systems, cable TV, and fiber optics-to-the- home

EE Times      "Stacked-chip Interconnect Makes Board-level Debut"

Super Router

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Super Router

  • Serial data rates to 160 GHz
  • Ultra low reconfiguration latency for ATMs
  • Super computing via the Internet
  • Unique ISC and TRW technologies
  • Product potential as an Internet2 enabler

Irvine Sensors Forms High-Speed Router Subsidiary

Irvine Sensors Receives $1M R&D Contract for "Super Switch"

  • Unifying principle is to emulate the human central nervous system
  • 3D Field-Effect Transistor (3D-FET) interconnect technology is a key enabling development
  • Expected to eventually attain Petaflop performance, i.e., quadrillions of operations per second
  • Anticipated to achieve the same volumetric efficiency as the human brain in one-third of a cubic foot (about the size of a shoebox) and using less than ten watts of power

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"Chip Stack Aims for Brain-like Connectivity"

Silicon Brain
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