Yesterday Intel announced that it has created a breakthrough data-transfer technology using a combination of silicon chips and lasers to transfer data over a fiber optic cable at a speed of 50 gigabits per second. Copper wire’s top transfer speed is about 10GB a Second, Intel Silicon Photonics Link is fast enough to transfer an HD movie in one second, or transfer 1,000 high-resolution photos in a second, or a 100 hours of music in a second, or send 45 million Tweets. We thought that USB 3.0 is going to change the way we deal with data and that is only offering 4.8GB a second transfer speeds.
It will take Intel some time to perfect the manufacturing of the device. But it now has all of the necessary building blocks for hybrid silicon and laser components to commercialize silicon photonics. Want to see it in action? The video is below.
Via Venture Beat
