Bryan Pope wrote:
If we somehow
develop technology that uses light instead of electrons to run
computing I would think the tools of the new generation will not be able to
be used on the older obsolete tech.
Why couldn't you then use some sort of photosensor to turn the light
pulses into an electronic signal?
It would be more likely that you would need to go the other direction.
If newer test equipment is using optical technology, you would need to
have a device that probes electronically and then translates the signals
into optical ones for the new test equipment.
Sounds like a round-about way of doing things.
Peace... Sridhar