The Chrystal Chip was designed as an optical balanced ternary chip. Check the link below.
IBM and Apple had this design almost 30 years ago. What goes on in the research labs of these respective companies is a mystery to almost everyone, except me. I have made it my life's work to both try to understand and stay at least one step ahead. And I am as the hottest topic in the tech sector is this.
He calls it Convergence X