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IBM to Showcase Optical Chipset
Techtree News Staff, Mar 26, 2007 1741 hrs ISTIBM researchers will showcase a prototype optical transceiver chipset that they claim allows people to download movies, etc, 8 times faster than current technologies.
At the 2007 Optical Fiber Conference, IBM researchers will showcase a prototype optical transceiver chipset that they claim allows people to download movies or share online data eight times faster than what current technologies allow.
The researchers say that the technology will transform the way data is accessed, shared, and used across the Web for corporate and consumer networks. The transceiver is fast enough to reduce the download time for a typical high definition feature-length film from what usually takes 30 minutes or more, to just about a single second.
IBM researchers believe that the ability to move information at speeds of 160 Gigabits or 160 billion bits of information, in a single second, provides a glimpse into a new era of high-speed connectivity that will transform communications, computing, and entertainment.
In a statement, T C Chen, Vice President of Science and Technology, IBM Research, said, "The explosion in the amount of data being transferred, when downloading movies, TV shows, music, or photos, is creating demand for greater bandwidth and higher speeds in connectivity. Greater use of optical communications is needed to address this issue. We believe our optical transceiver technology may provide the answer."
To achieve this new level of integration in the chipset, IBM researchers built an optical transceiver with standard Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology, and then combined this with other necessary optical components crafted from exotic materials such as Indium Phosphide and Gallium Arsenide. The resulting package is just 3.25mm by 5.25mm in size, small enough to be integrated onto a printed circuit board.
Meanwhile, IBM is claiming its technology could pave the way for devices that almost instantly transmit a digital X-ray to a doctor's hand-held screen, a seismic analysis to an oil engineer's workstation, or movies around home networks.
The researchers say that the technology will transform the way data is accessed, shared, and used across the Web for corporate and consumer networks. The transceiver is fast enough to reduce the download time for a typical high definition feature-length film from what usually takes 30 minutes or more, to just about a single second.
IBM researchers believe that the ability to move information at speeds of 160 Gigabits or 160 billion bits of information, in a single second, provides a glimpse into a new era of high-speed connectivity that will transform communications, computing, and entertainment.
In a statement, T C Chen, Vice President of Science and Technology, IBM Research, said, "The explosion in the amount of data being transferred, when downloading movies, TV shows, music, or photos, is creating demand for greater bandwidth and higher speeds in connectivity. Greater use of optical communications is needed to address this issue. We believe our optical transceiver technology may provide the answer."
To achieve this new level of integration in the chipset, IBM researchers built an optical transceiver with standard Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology, and then combined this with other necessary optical components crafted from exotic materials such as Indium Phosphide and Gallium Arsenide. The resulting package is just 3.25mm by 5.25mm in size, small enough to be integrated onto a printed circuit board.
Meanwhile, IBM is claiming its technology could pave the way for devices that almost instantly transmit a digital X-ray to a doctor's hand-held screen, a seismic analysis to an oil engineer's workstation, or movies around home networks.
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