I don’t know why the articles about this always say “Internet speed”. Actually, the original research paper didn’t. Sure, they did this over the same type of fiber used in Internet backhaul links, so it was a proof of concept for increasing capacity between data centers, etc. But I don’t think they had this hooked up to “the Internet”, and they certainly weren’t delivering 40 terabit Internet to anybody’s house.
But I guess just reporting a breakthrough in optical transmission technology doesn’t mean anything to Joe Sixpack unless you can put it in terms of how many movies he can watch. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 1:44 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Australian Researchers Record World's Fastest Internet Speed from Single Optical Chip For those familar with xWDM, they're doing 80 wavelengths out of a single chip, not 80 sets of chips. ----- Mike Hammett <http://www.ics-il.com/> Intelligent Computing Solutions <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> Midwest Internet Exchange <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> The Brothers WISP <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> _____ From: "Mike Davis" <wispali...@allianceinternet.net <mailto:wispali...@allianceinternet.net> > To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 1:42:22 PM Subject: [AFMUG] Australian Researchers Record World's Fastest Internet Speed from Single Optical Chip Australian Researchers Record World's Fastest Internet Speed from Single Optical Chip Monash University May 22, 2020 Researchers at Monash and Swinburne universities and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia recorded the world's fastest Internet data speed from a single optical chip: 44.2 terabits per second. At this speed, users can download 1,000 high-definition movies in less than a second. The new system relies on a micro-comb, a single piece of hardware that replaces 80 lasers. The team demonstrated the impact of optical micro-combs by installing 76.6 kilometers of "dark" optical fibers between RMIT's Melbourne City Campus and Monash University's Clayton Campus, then using a micro-comb to send maximum data down each channel, simulating peak Internet usage across four terahertz of bandwidth. https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/australian-researchers-record-worlds-fastest-internet-speed-from-a-single-optical-chip -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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