Ashok Nahata, an Indian American scientist is developing a computer that will work about 1000 times faster than the fastest supercomputer we have at present. Nahata, who belongs from the University of Utah, is employing infrared wavelengths rather instead of electric wires for creating the supercomputer of the future.

 

Ashok Nahata, along with his other team members has made the equivalent of wires, which can carry as well as bend this form of infrared light or terahertz radiation. Infrared light remains the least exploited segment of electromagnetic spectrum. Scientists have long wanted to make use of this spectrum as loads of communication congests the existing spectrum.

 

If Nahata and his team succeed in their mission, this breakthrough will also assist in designing scanners and sensors able to spot biological, chemical or other weapons. The young scientist said that their long-term aim was to develop capabilities to create circuits that run faster than modern-day electronic circuits. The super-fast computers thus created would enable faster data transfer via the Internet.