'Sticky' Silicon Could Speed Data

BBC News, 18 Sep 2006 Intel researchers have solved a manufacturing problem that has delayed the creation of devices that can both generate and route light. The breakthrough, which revolves around the fusing of the two materials commonly used in computer chips and high-speed optical networks (silicon and indium phosphide), could mean cheaper and higher speed computer networks and help to speed up the transfer of data inside computers. Intel said commercial versions of the hybrid chip may not appear until 2010. Read more