Optical technology could also be used to improve signaling performance. Christoph Berger, a Zurich specialist in this area, demonstrated the theories and practice of optical devices.
This is a four-way, optical interconnect unit. Mountings for two processors are shown, with space for two more.
The processors sit on the mounts. If you attach a microprocessor to a mounting and optical cables to both the input and an output, it's possible to look down one cable and see through the other.
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