Consumes 1/3 the power of optical, but costs 1/3 more than optical

  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.social
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    8 days ago

    Start-up plans to attempt using a different band of the EM spectrum for a communications medium, news at 11?

    Lasers are already terahertz frequency (~200ish Thz), just higher than the radio portion (~30 Thz).

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    8 days ago

    They are reinventing physical multiplexing with waveguide…

    One of their cables has 8 waveguides inside. Sounds like mpo based QSFP.