stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 2 years agoJapanese Institute breaks optical fiber speed record with 22.9 petabits per second — 1,000 times faster than existing cableswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1554arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1551arrow-down1external-linkJapanese Institute breaks optical fiber speed record with 22.9 petabits per second — 1,000 times faster than existing cableswww.tomshardware.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIHeartBadCode@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up69arrow-down4·2 years agoFor those wanting a bit of a summary. transmitting up to 22.9 petabits per second (Pb/s) through a single optic cable composed of multiple fibers The breakthrough isn’t things moving faster but more fibers per cable. So you can transfer more bits in parallel. That’s still a good breakthrough because, for lots of reasons, packing more fibers in isn’t as straight forward as one would think.
For those wanting a bit of a summary.
The breakthrough isn’t things moving faster but more fibers per cable. So you can transfer more bits in parallel.
That’s still a good breakthrough because, for lots of reasons, packing more fibers in isn’t as straight forward as one would think.