Mechanical switches might be the most common, but optical and magnetic switches also have their place on the market, offering unique advantages to gamers and professionals alike.

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Curious about optical keyboard switches? Learn how they work, what makes them different from mechanical switches, and why gamers love them.

Photonics: First all-optical nanowire switch Date: September 10, 2012 Source: University of Pennsylvania Summary: Computers may be getting faster every year, but those advances in computer speed ...

Gigabyte aren't the only ones tempted by lightspeed switches, however, as Razer have been supposedly toying with the idea of an optical design with their Razer Purple switch.

The Optical switch keyboards are fitted with switches guaranteed for 150 million keystrokes and a detachable USB Type-C cable, and offers 8,000 Hz hyper-polling.

The device can switch data in as little as 10 nanoseconds (billionths of a second), which is comparable to the speed of optical-electrical switches, and future versions will switch even faster.

Not really computer related but I figured a lot of computer gear heads would know this.Any one know of an HDMI switch that has an optical out? I would like to run several HDMI devices into it ...

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They're the first keyboards to use Razer's Low-Profile Optical Switches. Optical mechanical switches actuate when the switch's stem interacts with an infrared light beam within the switch's housing.