New silicon chips, built using lasers instead of copper wires, could push the speed up to 50 gigs a second, and that's 'just the beginning'. The article implies that a terabit per second speed is possible with this technology. (And it also mentions a petabit ... what the hell is a petabit?)
Two years, Intel says, to perfect the technology and manufacturing of the chips. That's perfect for me, I'll be done with grad school, and about ready for a new computer in 2-4 years.
Two years, Intel says, to perfect the technology and manufacturing of the chips. That's perfect for me, I'll be done with grad school, and about ready for a new computer in 2-4 years.
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Exchanging information at 50 gigs a second.
- 29/07/2010 10:51:46 PM
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oooo i wonder what my dad knows about this
- 30/07/2010 01:31:16 AM
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*NM*
peta = 1000 x tera or 10^15 *NM*
- 30/07/2010 02:02:31 AM
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Interesting. It doesn't sound like it has any application in long-distance data transfer though...
- 30/07/2010 05:40:58 PM
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