Intel and LightPeak - Race towards the Sun

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!
You cataracts and hurricanes, spoutTill you have drench’d our steeples
Shakespeare, King Lear, II, 2
Like a supernova burning brighter than a exploding star of 100 Solar masses, coalescing into a rapidly spinning X-Ray pulsar, history has been made with Intel’s sudden announcement of its intention to purchase