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'..2020 .. exascale speed-of-light optical computer on your desk..'

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<blockquote>'Optalysys says that its technology is already at NASA Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4, meaning it’s ready for full-scale testing in a laboratory environment. By January 2015, Optalysys says it will have a 340-gigaflop prototype ready to go. By 2017, the company wants to have two commercial systems in place: A big data analysis system that will add 1.32 petaflops of grunt to an existing, conventional supercomputer — and a standalone Optical Solver supercomputer, which will start at 9 petaflops. Optalysys thinks its Optical Solver could scale up to 17.1 exaflops by 2020. This seems like a very bold statement for an entirely novel and untested method of computing..'

- Sebastian Anthony, By 2020, you could have an exascale speed-of-light optical computer on your desk, August 8, 2014</blockquote>


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<blockquote>Optalysys technology FAQS

.. all-optical transistor .. new designs for both classical and quantum computers

Intel Says Chip Speed Breakthrough Will Alter Cyberworld


(Earth Defence) - '..NASA establish a lunar base sooner [2020] - [Lunar Orbital Station 2018]..'</blockquote>