Terabit - per - second speed chip

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DrRusty

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2012-03-08, 10:27 PM

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/201...-speed.ars

I thought this was really cool. IBM is currently developing a new optical chip (using light instead of electrons) which has the power to

Quote:The Holey Optochip uses 4.7 watts in delivering nearly one trillion bits per second, enough to download 500 HD movies. At 5.2 mm by 5.8 mm, it's about one-eighth the size of a dime.

500 HD movies? holy hell lol

Maybe I should hold off on buying a new laptop until these babies are installed in a consumer use one.

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Terabit - per - second speed chip - by DrRusty - 2012-03-08, 10:27 PM

Terabit - per - second speed chip - by MuscleWizard - 2012-03-08, 10:33 PM

Terabit - per - second speed chip - by JoeTang - 2012-03-08, 10:37 PM

Terabit - per - second speed chip - by Alley - 2012-03-08, 10:46 PM

Terabit - per - second speed chip - by Eos - 2012-03-09, 12:04 AM

Terabit - per - second speed chip - by MuscleWizard - 2012-03-09, 12:22 AM

Terabit - per - second speed chip - by FrozNlite - 2012-03-09, 12:39 AM

Terabit - per - second speed chip - by Kalovale - 2012-03-09, 12:57 AM