"INTEL LONG-VIEW: reveals long-term goals for silicon photonics, sensors"
Intel Corp. chief technology officer Patrick Gelsinger will reveal several research breakthroughs that extend the reach of silicon devices in his keynote address Thursday (Feb. 28) at the Intel Developer Forum. They include wirelessCMOS-radio-based sensor networks, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and photonics chips that compute with photons instead of electrons.

Story in EE Times: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20020228S0033