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Able to recieve at 340 Gbps through the fiber. Until now those heights were reserved for expensive indium phosphide detectors. Needles to stress its importance for optical buses use. Say in Intel's forthcoming Larrabee chip.
Of course, we need beside silicon based laser for fast data sending.
“Silicon Photonics is a critical part of tera-Scale computing as we need the ability to move massive amounts of data on and off these very high performance chips”
- Justin Ratner, Intel Chief Technology Officer
Or, alternatively , the new device could be used to make highly sensitive infrared imaging systems and cameras.