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Siemens Reaches 107 Gbps Data Transfer Record

Posted by samzenpus on from the greased-lightning dept.

prostoalex writes "Reuters is reporting on Siemens engineers reaching 107 Gbps data transmission record over a fiberoptic cable, and expects the technology to be on the market within a few years: "The test, 2.5 times faster than a previous maximum transmission performance per channel, was done in cooperation with Germany's Micram Microelectronic, the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications and Eindhoven Technical University of the Netherlands.""

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  1. Hooray! by PixieDust · · Score: 4, Funny

    And everywhere, lonely geeks rejoice at the decreased download time for the favorite pr0n!

    1. Re:Hooray! by poopdeville · · Score: 3, Funny

      107 Gb/s sounds like a lot. How much is that in Metallica discographies/s?

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    2. Re:Hooray! by 42Penguins · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not to be confused with MD/s, Megadeths per second, a much smaller unit.

  2. And Windows Still Takes... by sycodon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...fifteen looong seconds to list the contents of a folder.

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    1. Re:And Windows Still Takes... by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh like you could even find batteries for that flashlight in fifteen seconds...

  3. So, if Microsoft Zune uses this technology... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then Steve Ballmer can say something like "I can squirt Siemens"

  4. Re:Excellent, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If sun would shine and it wasn't cloudy, this could be a warm day. I bet you didn't know that. Now, mod me insightful.

  5. Tacky joke... by nick_davison · · Score: 5, Funny

    Record?

    Given the amount of information DNA encodes... that there's, what, a complete set in every single sperm?... I think my Siemen can squirt more than 107Gbps of data per second down "a series of interconnected pipes" than their Siemens can.

    Of course, that's of minimal practical use as a) Those are burst figures, I'm damned if I can sustain them and b) I read Slashdot which means my odds of finding a compatible interface are pretty minimal.

    1. Re:Tacky joke... by alanwj · · Score: 3, Funny

      Given the amount of information DNA encodes... that there's, what, a complete set in every single sperm?... I think my Siemen can squirt more than 107Gbps of data per second down "a series of interconnected pipes" than their Siemens can. The bandwidth of a penis is estimated at 15,600 tb/s.
  6. Re:Warning.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Do not... repeat DO NOT... try to shave your balls with a "Gillette Fusion" razor (the one with five blades.)
    Why? Not like anybody on /. has any use for them.
    The balls or the razor blades?
  7. Re:The problem is... by bdonalds · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yeah, but this is getting up there with your frontside bus bandwidth.

    Aren't you listening? This technology allow you to download more porn, which increases the width of your frontside bus!
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