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Need for Speed: Optical Chip to Boost Network Speeds by 100 Times

Posted 07/15/08 at 07:34:53 PM  by Pulkit Chandna

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Electronic chips that currently process data transmitted through optic fibers are actually a disability as they bring data speeds down to a crawl. Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have developed an alternative to electronic chips. Their chalcogenide glass photonic chip is more congruous to optic fibers as it allows optical data processing.

The new chip will help push internet speeds to an astounding 640 Gbps or 80 GBps – about 100 times faster than today’s networks. And this prodigious boost in internet speeds isn’t supposed to add any extra financial burden on users. Scientists expect the first of these optical chips to see action in about five years from now.

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TAGS: Internet, hardware, chalcogenide glass photonic, cudos, australia, sydney university, data speed
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avatarWow! Pair this with the

Submitted by borisdblade on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 4:45am

Wow! Pair this with the Grid network and it's optic internet all the way! I think this needs to be kept out of telcom company hands. They would completely crooken it. I'm gonna keep a copy of the story and keep an eye out down the road to see if it really does not increase our home cost for internet when it heads the consumers way.

Hypothetically speaking if comcast and time warner are so concerened with p2p clogging up their bandwidth now, they should have caps removed if they get their hands on this, there is no reason to bitch and complain with so much bandwidth. And most likely they'll jack up their prices while they still claim p2p robs them of money everyday. Sure, jump on the p2p blame bandwagon, you toot your horn, I'll ring the freedom bell. 

But that's hypothetical in all terms, but this news is super exciting! Wonder if video phones will really be possible and if someone ever invented a seg1 broadcast system like in japan, that'd be huge! 

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avatarIt's about time

Submitted by Talcum X on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 4:40am

 I have wondered for many years when someone will come out with a fiber-optic chip/CPU.  Faster without the heat.  Intel/AMD, are you listening?

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avatarIt'll be interesting to see

Submitted by Syntax on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 8:28pm

It'll be interesting to see what can be done in the way of thin-clients with this technology....

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avatar80 GBps.... hmmmmm

Submitted by dcrail on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 5:06pm

Comic Book Guy: 

Oh, Captain Janeway. Lace: The Final Brassiere. 
       Oh hurry up, I'm a busy man. Ugh, this high-speed 
       modem is intolerably slow. (The download is interrupted 
       by a banner advertisement) Hey, what the? Huh, the 
       Internet King. I wonder if he can provide faster nudity...

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