Researchers in France announced this week that they have managed to optically transfer data at a record speed of 16.4Tbps (terabits per second). That’s the equivalent of 2.05TB - about 100 HD movies – being copied every single second.
It’s thought that the research could eventually lead to the creation of 100Gbps Ethernet connections.
The transfer didn’t happen over a few inches either – the 16.4Tbps transfers were recorded over a distance of 2,550km.
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