Holey Optochip transfers a terabit per second

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IBM scientists have produced a prototype optical chipset that can transfer a whacking terabit of data per second - the equivalent of downloading 500 high definition movies.


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Unlikely as it seems, the speed breakthrough was produced by drilling 48 minuscule holes in a standard quarter-inch silicon CMOS chip.


"Reaching the one trillion bit per second mark with the Holey Optochip marks IBM
 
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