I just would like to point out that fiberoptic computers and connectors have been in the works for quite some time now, and are atleast in the development stages (while already on the maket as audio connectors).
Most of us know about transistors in chips and how they carry data within a pc, and this is what is being used in chips made my intel, amd and the sort as we keep on hearing 'oo this chip has x amount of transistors, or this chip has this amount of transistors', but something that i havent seen much on these forums is talk about fiber optics and how it can help us in the development of faster, more secure and cost effective computers. I wont lie to you and say that i know much about this, but i have just entered university and will be studying and focusing on the development of fiber optics over the next few years, so just take what i say with a grain of salt as i am no expert.
There is this technology which is being developed called plasmonics, and it is attempting to incorporate the best of both worlds (transistors and fiber optics). You can read a bit about it
HERE and a more detailed description of plasmonics can be found
HERE .
As i do not have much time atm and have to leave, I would just like to say to all of the skeptics out there, do not always dismiss new radical technologies and claims. Yes, you do have a right to be skeptic about certain things as we have been fooled in the past, but I encourage all of you to, at the very least, google a certain topic up and see if there have been any published articles about these claims that people, websites, and/or companies are making.
But all and all, after taking a quick glance at the pictures on Atom's site, they do look somewhat photochoped, but maybe there is a reason or an explanation for that. Just let time run its course and we shall eventually discover the truth about all of this.
Raven
Here is a link to wikipedia on plasmons.
