Have your heard of proximity computing? It promises to dramatically increase data transaction speeds between computer chips while greatly reducing power consumption. What is more, is that the technology seems to be able to work like magic, allowing computer chips to communicate with each other without actually making physical contact. So instead of being connected to each other, the chips interconnect, communicate and function by just being in close proximity, hence the new technology name. Proximity computing is currently being developed by Sun Microsystems. Last Thursday, the company debuted a prototype chip that they call the “Sedna,” during Sun Lab’s … Continue reading →