Even if these high transfer speeds will not arrive to our homes any time soon, researchers continue to advance and push the limits so a team from USA and Netherlands, succeeded to surpass the old record of transfer via fiber optic reaching a rather incredible transfer speed of 255Tbps.

To achieve this new record, they used the same type of fiber that was used by the former holders of record, set at 43Tbps by the Technical University of Denmark, which is a single fiber optical cable consisting of seven cores.

Each of these cores has been equipped with a carrier capable of sending 5,1Tbps by using spatial multiplexing. Once everything was set in place, they were able to circulate 255Tbps of data on 0.6 mile (965 m), which translates to 31,8TBps.

Despite the fact that our current infrastructures are far from being able to support such a charge, this transfer speed record, or the setup is capable of supporting the global flow of worldwide Internet.

This sounds like a heaven for download fans and freaks.




Source: nature.com via Le Comptoir du Hardware.