After 50 Years of Effort, Researchers Made Silicon Emit Light

We’re approaching the speed limit for electronic computer chips. If we want to go faster, we’ll need data-carrying photons—and some tiny lasers.

After 50 Years of Effort, Researchers Made Silicon Emit Light
We’re approaching the speed limit for electronic computer chips. If we want to go faster, we’ll need data-carrying photons—and some tiny lasers.