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From: Jan Panteltje on 11 Jan 2010 07:04
More on Intel's LightPeak (c):
http://techresearch.intel.com/articles/None/1813.htm
The movie is nice.

They are ready to go into production now it seems,
and the LightPeak optical interface is simply an optional part of the new USB-3 connectors.

More on that in German, with pictures of the USB-3 connectors with the optical interface visible:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Optisches-Highspeed-Netzwerk-Light-Peak-in-Aktion-900284.html

To me this seems ideal for cheap industrial long distance data transmission too.
From: miso on 12 Jan 2010 03:02
On Jan 11, 4:04 am, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> More on Intel's LightPeak (c):
>  http://techresearch.intel.com/articles/None/1813.htm
> The movie is nice.
>
> They are ready to go into production now it seems,
> and the LightPeak optical interface is simply an optional part of the new USB-3 connectors.
>
> More on that in German, with pictures of the USB-3 connectors with the optical interface visible:
>  http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Optisches-Highspeed-Netzwerk-L....
>
> To me this seems ideal for cheap industrial long distance data transmission too.

This would be a been-there done-that project EXCEPT that they
integrated the laser diodes on the chip. [You can see a simple eye
pattern on the scope.] Still it seems to me they have a forest of
patents to get through to bring this to market.

For long distances, this sounds good. But why did FDDI flop, and other
than a very high level of integration, why would this succeed for
simple interconnections between boards.
From: Hal Murray on 12 Jan 2010 06:38
In article <ebb69dd1-7896-4056-983a-670c5cba8ada(a)21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
"miso(a)sushi.com" <miso(a)sushi.com> writes:

>For long distances, this sounds good. But why did FDDI flop, and other
>than a very high level of integration, why would this succeed for
>simple interconnections between boards.

FDDI started out as a ring. Ethernet started out as a cable with taps.
Both migrated to the current star shape. (box in the phone closet)

Ethernet won the market share.

--
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From: Jan Panteltje on 12 Jan 2010 07:39
On a sunny day (Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:02:05 -0800 (PST)) it happened
"miso(a)sushi.com" <miso(a)sushi.com> wrote in
<ebb69dd1-7896-4056-983a-670c5cba8ada(a)21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>:

>On Jan 11, 4:04�am, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> More on Intel's LightPeak (c):
>> �http://techresearch.intel.com/articles/None/1813.htm
>> The movie is nice.
>>
>> They are ready to go into production now it seems,
>> and the LightPeak optical interface is simply an optional part of the new=
> USB-3 connectors.
>>
>> More on that in German, with pictures of the USB-3 connectors with the op=
>tical interface visible:
>> �http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Optisches-Highspeed-Netzwerk-L.=
>..
>>
>> To me this seems ideal for cheap industrial long distance data transmissi=
>on too.
>
>This would be a been-there done-that project EXCEPT that they
>integrated the laser diodes on the chip. [You can see a simple eye
>pattern on the scope.] Still it seems to me they have a forest of
>patents to get through to bring this to market.
>
>For long distances, this sounds good. But why did FDDI flop,

Speed, cost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_Distributed_Data_Interface

>and other
>than a very high level of integration, why would this succeed for
>simple interconnections between boards.

USB-3 connectors will be in every PC in a few years.
Hollywood will like this ,as they use serial protocols at huge speeds to
'encrypt' data between consumer stuff, like HDMI,..
This can carry any protocol, and use one type connecter, and is very
hard to 'tap' by the average person to make a copy.

Rumour goes that the idea is from Apple, and they asked Intel to make it, and
it will be the connector in the future Apples, maybe a smaller connector...
IE it could be Apple is Intel's first and biggest customer for LightPeak.

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