Fastest optical chipset
p2pnet.net news:- An optical transceiver chipset fast enough to slash the download time for a typical high definition feature-length film to a single second has been developed by IBM.
The ability to move information at a blazing 160 Gigs a second offers the potential to dramatically improve data transfer rates by speeding the flow of data using light pulses, instead of sending electrons over wires, says the company.
“The explosion in the amount of data being transferred, when downloading movies, TV shows, music or photos, is creating demand for greater bandwidth and higher speeds in connectivity,” says IBM Research’s Dr T.C. Chen.
Company researchers built an optical transceiver with driver and receiver integrated circuits in current CMOS technology, the same standard, high-volume, low-cost technology used for most chips today.
“They then coupled it with other necessary optical components made in more exotic materials, such as indium phosphide (InP) and gallium arsenide (GaAs), into one, integrated package only 3.25 by 5.25 millimeters in size,” it says.
The work was partly funded by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency).
Also See:
IBM – IBM Researchers Demonstrate World’s Fastest Optical Chipset, March 26, 2007
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