10Gb/s Transfer Speeds Achieved via Light
By Josh Stump on Sep 23rd, 2009 at 5:25PM
Intel has announced plans today at the Intel Developer Forum for a new technology called “Light Peak” which is capable of transfer speeds of 10Gb per second via extremely high speed optical cable. At the moment, the current speed is 10Gb per second, but is projected to be able to transfer data at over 100Gb per second within 10 years. Intel has high hopes to have this new technology implemented in consumer electronics next year. Join us after the break for a quote from Intel.
Existing electrical cable technology in mainstream computing devices is approaching practical limits for speed and length, due to electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and other issues. However, optical technology, used extensively in data centers and telecom communications, does not have these limitations since it transmits data using light instead of electricity. Light Peak brings this optical technology to mainstream computing and consumer electronic devices in a cost-effective manner.”
