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Fiber Memory

Proposed optical memory architecture that would stream LLM weights through a recirculating fiber loop instead of storing them in HBM or DRAM.

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Jul 11, 2026
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Delay-Line Memory Returns: A Swedish Team Proposes Trading HBM for 14,000 Kilometers of Glass

Uppsala researchers propose streaming LLM weights through spooled fiber instead of HBM. The design is a sketch; the DRAM market that provoked it is very real.

Jul 11, 2026 · By SCN Staff · 11 min read