As a new chip technology, photonic chip has many advantages, such as high speed, low energy consumption, large bandwidth, anti-interference, etc., but there are still many limitations, can not completely replace the electronic chip. The main reasons are as follows:
1. High manufacturing cost: The manufacturing cost of photonic chips is higher than that of electronic chips, mainly because photonic chips need to use higher precision and more expensive equipment to manufacture.
2. Low integration: The current degree of integration of photonic chips is relatively low, and it is impossible to achieve a high degree of integration like electronic chips.
3. Need more equipment support: Because photonic chips need to use lasers, waveguides, fiber optic connectors and other special equipment to achieve, so need more equipment support, not as simple as electronic chips.
4. Vulnerable to light damage: photonic chips are vulnerable to light damage during use, resulting in reduced device performance and shortened service life.
Therefore, although the photonic chip has many advantages, it still cannot completely replace the electronic chip, and the two will play their respective advantages and characteristics in different application scenarios.
Photonic chips cannot completely replace electronic chips. The reason is that the manufacturing and integration technology of photonic chips is more complex than that of electronic chips, and has high research and development and manufacturing costs. In addition, there is still a certain gap between the reliability and stability of photonic chips and electronic chips. Although photonic chips have great advantages in terms of speed and energy consumption, the application prospect is not clear, and photonic chips can not completely replace the role of electronic chips.
Photonic chips are now mainly used in the field of communication, such as optical fiber communication, optical integration and other fields.
And electronic chips are used in computers, mobile phones and other computer fields.
In the future, with the continuous development of technology, the application field of photonic chips will continue to expand.