If anyone has heard the Vernor Vinge talk of non-singularity futures, please provide information in the comments here. He spoke in San Francisco Feb 15, 2007. Update: I guess a podcast or other recording of the talk will be up or is up on the longnow site Update: The text and slides from the speech …
It again reviews the uncertainty associated with whether it is quantum computing now and whether it will still quantum compute when it is scaled Here is link to my quantum computer article section This is my first of three articles related to the Feb 13 Dwave demo The second article has a picture taken by …
Infinera packs dozens of optical components onto photonic integrated circuits for ultrafast optical networks. fourteen 100-gigabit photonic integrated circuits sitting in a plastic carrier for performance testing The company has demonstrated a 400-gigabit chip and is well along in the development of what it describes as the fastest optical chip in the world–a 1.6-terabit version …