Terabit Ethernet Inches Closer To Reality

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers from Australia, Denmark, and China have combined efforts to show the feasibility of terabit-per-second Ethernet over fiber-optic cables. The solution involves a photonic chip that uses laser light for switching signals, and a form of the exotic material type, chalcogenide, or arsenic trisulfide."

Comments

Re:Too early?

[LoRdTAW]

I suppose you forgot about internet back bone links. Terabit Ethernet should hopefully enable Tier 1 ISP's to provide really fat pipes to ISP's so we can finally get more bandwidth. The bigger the backbones the faster our broadband can be. Well at least that's my fantasy. 100mbit boradband should be cake walk with tubes that fat.

Re:Still needs work

[eggboard]

Okay, I'm the author of the Ars Technica piece, and that make me laugh.

Talking to the researcher, Eggleton, made my head slightly explode, because he's looking 5 to 20 years into the future with the research he's on top of today.

But they have practical devices that show that the stuff can be hand-built, and that's what blows my mind.

The future isn't in plastics -- it's in glass!