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Data Transfer Has A Speed Limit

Posted by simoniker on from the quite-a-high-one dept.

ChrisHanel writes "Yahoo News is reporting that despite the infinite climb data speeds seem to be making, scientists at Stanford say we'll eventually hit a barrier due to the inability to keep the data stable after a certain transfer speed. But no worries just yet; the watermark they've set is still 1,000 times faster than what we have now." Apparently: "The scientists confirmed this problem by firing up the particle accelerator at Stanford University and blasting electrons at a piece of the magnetic material used to store computer data."

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  1. Uber connection by teklob · · Score: 1, Redundant

    you mean we won't get realtime streaming HDTV pr0n anytime soon?

  2. What do we have now? by Jugalator · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "1,000 times faster than what we have now"

    What do we have now, according to the article? :-)

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