Intel on Tuesday declare it have developed a model prototype that make use of light to speed up data transmission within PC at the rate of 50 gigabits per second. Intel researchers said that the optical technology could eventually reinstate the use of copper wires and electrons to take data within or around PC. A whole high- definition movie is able to be transmitted every second through the prototype. The technology will as well be capable to hold data over longer distance than copper wires.

Intel's head technology officers Justin Rattner differentiate the research prototype as a come through in research as copper wires were getting their limit. There is a capital of data that desires to be moved and transferring data at 10G bps or more over copper wires is becoming a challenge. Yet if the data might be transferred over copper wires at that speed, there are distance trade-offs. Optical interconnects resolve that trouble by permit data transfers at much faster rates, and over longer distances, Rattner said on a conference call to discuss the technology.