permacomputing

commit 58de7f16d0e44aa802bd400ba213449e0c4dd4e8
parent 30722213b4d03e6d148a905fab5fe2bc4ffe2e22
Author: Ville-Matias Heikkila <viznut@low.fi>
Date:   Sat Aug 13 11:42:14 +0300

mention optical computing

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@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ parts. These structures could probably be printed with rather rudimantary
 etching techniques or 3D printing, unlike semiconductor manufacturing that
 requires extreme purity of the material and the etching process.
 
+**Optical computing** is also quite mature. It has often been envisioned as
+a way to stick to the [[Moore's law]] after the limits of silicon microchips
+have been reached. The material constraints are different to those of
+semiconductors, which may also make it an interesting option from the DIY
+point of view.
+
 Many unconventional computing technologies such as DNA computing are still
 at a very early stage of development (as in "the addition of two small
 numbers was succesfully demonstrated"). And even those who aren't are often