Eyal Cohen, co-founder and CEO of CogniFiber, in a PR response emailed to Lifewire.

This is something that resonates with smart devices expertSiji Sunny, Principal Architect atSugarBoxNetworks.

He believes the glass-based chips will help bring complex computational processing prowess to devices at the edge.

Digital communication, conceptual image. Fibre optics carrying data over electronic circuitry on a laptop computer.

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Dramatically increasing the processing power of connected devices… requires a well-thought-out security strategy.

Furthermore, the glass-based chips have low energy demands thatll help reduce their carbon footprint.

Instead, he suggested it should be a reason to consider security up front instead of as an afterthought.

Hand with fibre optic light trail.

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“Are we joining a chip shortage that’s already in progress?”