[extropy-chat] NEWS: optical processors

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Alfio Puglisi <puglisi at arcetri.astro.it> wrote:
> Optical processors are finally making some steps out
> of the labs and
> commercial applications are expected in a short time
> frame. An Israeli
> startup has a 8,000 Gflop/sec prototype:
> 
> http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20011008S0024

Does anyone know if optical processors have the same
vulnerability to radiation in orbit as electronic
processors do?  I'm wondering if, now that these are
finally purchasable, they might be a simple swap-in
replacement for low-grade electronics.  (More
expensive than real electronics, of course, but
possibly a lot less expensive than custom-designed
harded electronics.)