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University of Washington, Backed by Intel and U.S. Military, Sets Up Center to Merge Electronics, Photonics

February 1, 2011 /

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Carver Mead and Lynn Conway pioneered a government/university/industry collaboration in the ’70s and ’80s that helped train a generation of engineers to design the chips inside the electronic devices we use today. Now the University of Washington is hoping to spark a new kind of alliance, inspired by Mead and Conway, to help scientists experiment with designs for faster, more energy-efficient optoelectronic chips that compute using both electrical impulses and photons of light.

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Full Story: http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2011/02/01/uw-backed-by-intel-and-u-s-military-sets-up-center-to-merge-electronics-photonics/

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