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Signal propagation times still put a size limit, then you have optical attenuation to deal with in tiny fibres, requiring amplification. Edit: apparently heater too for tuning stability. Not especially power saving then.

The main gain is that you can put components further away if latency is not a concern and can use parallel buses due to no interference. So the tech is most suited to replace long range busses like PCIe.




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