---
title: "Super-Fast Computers Are Closer To Reality With The Help Of Glass Manipulation"
description: "Researchers demonstrated how glass can be manipulated to create a material that will allow computers to transfer information using light, which could significantly increase computer processing speeds"
date: "2014-11-17"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Amber Raynolds"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/amber24"
url: "https://futurism.com/super-fast-computers-closer-reality-help-glass-manipulation"
categories:
  - "Computers"
  - "Computing"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "materials"
---

# Super-Fast Computers Are Closer To Reality With The Help Of Glass Manipulation

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/glass-manipulation.jpg>)

- Research has found that it is possible to change the electronic properties of amorphous chalcogenides, a glass material integral to data technologies such as CDs and DVDs
- By using a technique called ion doping, the team of researchers have discovered a material that could use light to bring together different computing functions into one component, leading to all-optical systems
- The researchers expect that the results of this research will be integrated into computers within ten years