Intel's 50Gbps Laser Light Beams Are the Future

[jrharbort]

A whopping 6.25GB/s according to a calculator I used.

http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/

Need to transfer a DVD in just a hair over a second? Done.

Problem is... hard drives don't even come close to this speed in terms of write performance. This technology is the most future proof I've seen.

 

[babybeluga]

What happens if I shine it in my eyes?

 

[Marcus Yam]

[citation][nom]Bolbi[/nom]quiky87 and Computerrock1 were on the right trail. At 50 Gigabits/second, a dual-layer Bluray movie would take 8 seconds to transfer. Marcus, did you mean 50 Gigabytes/second?[/citation]
Intel was probably referring to one of the for-download HD (read: 720p) movies that you can get on Xbox Live or PSN. Even dual layer Blu-rays aren't packed to the brim with a 50GB video file. They're often also packed with featurettes and commentaries. The movies themselves are around half the disc. But yes, I do agree that Intel's boasting is a bit... well, optimistic.

 

[zodiacfml]

I just hope we get this ASAP. Imagine one standard cable across almost all possible devices that does not need replacing/upgrading and of course the almost limitless bandwidth that does not attenuate/degrade so easily.

 

[jeffdeath48]

[citation][nom]Bolbi[/nom]quiky87 and Computerrock1 were on the right trail. At 50 Gigabits/second, a dual-layer Bluray movie would take 8 seconds to transfer. Marcus, did you mean 50 Gigabytes/second?[/citation]

no transfer speeds are done in bits while size is done in bytes idk y thats just the way it is

 

[dEAne]

Then it was cooper layer then cooling, then lasers then we will have cpu running at 8Ghz on a desktop pc.

 

[hardcore_gamer]

[citation][nom]Pyroflea[/nom]Who needs electrons when you have photons[/citation]

these photons are produced by the transition of electrons from a higher energy state to a lower energy state 😛

 

[CTPAHHIK]

[citation][nom]Computerrock1[/nom]A gigabit is 1/8 of a gigaByte[/citation]

I think you forgot to account for error correction. More like gigabit = 1/10 of gigabyte.

 

[CTPAHHIK]

[citation][nom]frye[/nom]"Someday in the future, we may look back on the technology we're using today and laugh that we were using electrons to carry data in and around computers."And then we'll laugh again when we switch back to using electrons. Except this time, we'll be using individual electrons to carry binary data. Up spin can equal 0 and down spin can equal 1.[/citation]

Electrons cannot carry information fast enough. You should not have been sleeping in your physics courses. Google speed on electron in electric current.

 

[blackpanther26]

this kind of connection means no more lag while playing CoD4 multiplayer.

 

[dragunover]

[citation][nom]Greg_77[/nom]I want freakin' laser beams on my shark, not my PC. How hard is this Intel?[/citation]
Best not to use high-intensity lasers underwater.. they tend on refracting and hitting the wrong targets 😛

 

[dragunover]

[citation][nom]blackpanther26[/nom]this kind of connection means no more lag while playing CoD4 multiplayer.[/citation]
Call of Duty 4 is one of the least demanding for your internet..

 

[techguy911]

Actually it would be hd 1-1080p divx,mkv average size movie would fit in 6gb space.

 

[Guest]

Photons? heh. Now connecting my devices using quantum entanglement... That's impressive. No more wires or fibers.

 

[thearm]

Let me know in 20 years when it's affordable and I can get it on my desktop. Until then, it's just gossip to me.

 

[thearm]

Sorry for the multi post

 

[Regulas]

This will be great for ISP and internet providers not so much so for the home computer but we will benefit greatly as a end user.

 

[zak_mckraken]

I cam crying right now. But these are tears of joy.

 

[bildo123]

[citation][nom]babybeluga[/nom]What happens if I shine it in my eyes?[/citation]

Depending on the information that is being transmitted, you may learn every fighting form known to man in a couple seconds, just like in the matrix...Then your eye explodes.

 

[shaun_shaun]

finally we can play CRYSIS !!!!

 

[Dkz]

I hope the development goes as fast as the data in those cables travels.

 

[theuerkorn]

Look for the 10 Gb version next year, but I wouldn't hold my breath for peripherals and systems to actually fully embrace this just yet. Nor will they be affordable.(Besides, with 50 Gb you'll have to go massively parallel anyway since a single CPU doesn't keep up.)

 

[theuerkorn]

[citation][nom]decrypted[/nom]Wow, in the third vid it says that the link is scalable up to 1 Terabit. I wonder if this is why Intel has been holding off on supporting USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps. I really hope that this will be coming out sooner than later.[/citation]
Uhm, some may refer to it as USB4. ;-)

 

[enzo matrix]

How is this different from optical cables?

 

[joebob2000]

[citation][nom]quiky87[/nom]I might be off but 50Gbits per second is 5GB per second an HD movie is (for a single layer BD-Rom 25GB so it would be every 5 seconds or 10 seconds for a 50GB BD.[/citation]

They meant a HD movie from TPB (usually 4GB for a high fidelity 720p encode). What else would apply here, it's not like the MPAA would ever allow such an unprotected system like this laser to handle their precious movies. If the light leaks even a little, you could totally just make a 1:1 copy of it!!!