Record-breaking Aussie boffins send 44.2 terabits a second screaming down 75km of fiber from single chip
Australian scientists say they have broken data communications speed records by shifting 44.2 terabits per second over 75km of glass fiber from a single optical chip.
The five-by-nine millimetre prototype gizmo is described as a micro-comb in a paper detailing its workings, published in Nature Communications on Friday. Light shone into the micro-comb is looped around a ring to produce 80 beams at various infrared wavelengths. Each beam carries a stream of data.
BoJo buckles: UK govt to cut Huawei 5G kit use ‘to zero by 2023’ after pressure from Tory MPs, Uncle Sam
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly agreed to a plan that will entirely cut Huawei equipment from the nation’s 5G networks within the next three years.
