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All-optical switch device paves way for faster fiber-optic communication (phys.org)
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[โ€“] kurwa@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think this article is talking about a network switch, I think it's talking about a logic gate switch.

[โ€“] Womble@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It is, it confused me too. It is refering to an optical only on/off switch which can also be used as an xor gate. Many levels down from a network switch.