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Silicon photonics technology has the potential to greatly reduce the size and price of optical components, all while lowering power consumption and making the little buggers easier to manufacture. The technology hasn't hit the telecom market squarely yet, but, as we found at OFC/NFOEC 2008, silicon photonics has the potential to fundamentally change the economics of how telecom components are produced
It's not too soon to start talking about 100 Gig networks, but Verizon's director of backbone network design says it's only worth using where it actually reduces the cost per bit
