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1 posted on 07/30/2010 12:19:53 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce

fyi


2 posted on 07/30/2010 12:20:27 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Anybody with Comcast Cable service will get this one:


3 posted on 07/30/2010 12:22:51 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: All; Marine_Uncle; NormsRevenge; blam
Key item:

What’s different about Intel’s demonstration is that the lasers themselves are hybrid silicon.

4 posted on 07/30/2010 12:25:51 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Yes, but when will there be something worth watching on my TV? Sorry, just not upbeat today. Fast junk is still just junk.


6 posted on 07/30/2010 12:33:25 PM PDT by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Such a fat pipe that everything else in your system becomes the bottleneck. For reference, that’s a thousand maximum-quality Blu-ray movies going simultaneously. Or, rather, an entire max-quality 2-hour Blu-ray movie transferred in about seven seconds.


7 posted on 07/30/2010 12:37:12 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I want one.

No, make that three.


8 posted on 07/30/2010 12:48:13 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: All
Youtube:

Intel Light Peak Demo @ IDF 2009

10 posted on 07/30/2010 1:00:02 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Fascinating stuff. I’ve been a software geek for years, and remain amazed at what some of the hardware guys can develop.


11 posted on 07/30/2010 1:01:53 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

...and the problem moves down the line, but this is the future and the lessor pieces of the hardware will catch....So, COOL!


14 posted on 07/30/2010 1:19:42 PM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

DANG...beam me up Scotty.


16 posted on 07/30/2010 1:52:50 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

It faster than a GM Volt.


28 posted on 07/31/2010 7:19:57 AM PDT by bmwcyle (It is Satan's fault)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

BFLR


35 posted on 07/31/2010 1:43:53 PM PDT by Captain Beyond (The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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To: All
Bit of perspective on this ...another thread:

Intel demos chips that can transfer an HD movie in 1 second

36 posted on 07/31/2010 11:07:11 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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