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Optical interconnect is a way of communication by optical cables. Compared to traditional cables, optical fibers are capable of a much higher bandwidth, from 10 Gbit/s up to 100 Gbit/s. The technology is currently being introduced as a way to link computers to mobile devices, as well as on motherboards and devices within computers.〔 IBM has created a prototype optical interconnect using wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM). They suggest that if successful, this technology could lead to the first computer capable of exascale computing (a computer that can perform a billion billion computations per second).〔Ross, Valerie. April, 2011. "The Light-Driven Computer". ''Popular Science''. Volume 278, #4, Page 58.〕 A waveguide emits eight different colored beams into several different ports of a modulator, which allows eight signals to be transferred concurrently. This multi-wavelength beam travels through the chip, with optical switches controlling the direction.〔"Light-driven plasmonic nanoswitch may pave way for new computers, tech". http://www.physorg.com/news151345921.html. January 16, 2009. June 8, 2011.〕 == See also == *Optical communication *Optical Network on Chip *Parallel optical interface *Thunderbolt (interface) *Interconnect bottleneck *Optical fiber cable 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Optical interconnect」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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