We're in for an information revolution.Engineers in Japan just shattered the world record for the fastest internet speed, achieving a data transmission rate of 319 Terabits per second (Tb/s), according to a paper presented at the International Conference on Optical Fiber Communications in June. From...
Awesome potential. Meanwhile, in the US, people struggle to get broadband speeds at home..
Yeah, but like... what are they connecting from/to? And how?Tying 300000 1Gbs cables together and saying "look, it's 300 Tbs!" isn't really meaningful.
Optic cables in a bundle?
Yeah, but like... what are they connecting from/to? And how?Tying 300000 1Gbs cables together and saying "look, it's 300 Tbs!" isn't really meaningful.
https://interestingengineering.com/japan-shattered-internet-speed-record-319-terabits
Couldn’t access the paper itself, but apparently the used just four cores and multiplexing out of this world.
I can't find it now, but they managed to get 1Gb/s on a barbed wire fence with multiplexing decades ago. Did find this though, which is cooler
these are the big cables you put under oceans and between major cities