Thread: High Speed Laser Chip, Intel

Originally Posted by iamjohnnyrico

I beg to differ. AT&T, Verizon, Commcast, & Time Warner have conducted studies regarding your statement. The tests results display no difference with running fiber completely to the consumer vs. running fiber up to the last 3/4 mile to the consumer. The studies were conducted to see if a provider could increase bandwith to the user without the costly expense of ripping walls, streets, and powerlines up to achieve the same consistency of bandwidth.

And if fiber lines were located 3/4 of a mile from everywhere, and there were routers and network switches designed for those speeds, this might mean something. Unfortunately, businesses worldwide would need a complete infrastructure redesign, and I don't see this happening anytime soon. You can be optimistic, but I don't think we will see much of this within the next 20 years.

Originally Posted by flame

10 years ago people said the same thing... We wont see it in our lifetime. Now look! tech has come a long long way in my life and I am still young. I think in 10 years we will be much further than we think.

Sure, we have come a long way... but Fiber existed 10 years ago. Having an infrastructure in place to support this level of data transmission is going to take decades to put into place. It may become available in SOME cities... eventually, but you need to consider the fact that many ISPs are NOT going to transition to fiber for quite some time. They have invested capital and resources into non-fiber systems and they will run them as long as they can until they are completely obsolete and forced to transition to newer technology.

Companies like Verizon have invested billions into the FIOS fiber lines in many locations throughout the country, but this coverage is limited. Lots of people are still using Coax/Cable internet and will continue to do so until something else is offered (which may take years or even decades).

All I am saying is that, yes, this technology is groundbreaking and is a step in the right direction, but no, it is not going to "revolutionize the way we live". It is like having a fast car but nowhere to drive it for the next 15-20 years until the roads are redesigned. If you think the infrastructure will change any sooner than that, you are greatly mistaken.

Geez heavy G, I'd like to hear your comments 10 years ago when cell phones were 500 - 1000 dollars. You'd probably be saying the infrastructure, how much the phones cost, etc. You probably thought there would be no way to get internet anywhere within range of a cell tower too.

You can either be negative about the information, or stop to marvel at its endless possibilities. I don't know, but someone's always got to bring the hatorade to the party. It's too bad the supposed innovative minds at AMD didn't think of this.

Still I cannot deny your statement about that it will take time. How much time you and I don't know. But to put a time constraint on technology everyone will want, even those who don't want computers is quite foolish.

I am not constraining anything. I am merely pointing out the facts that if this technology takes off, it is going to take decades for a transition. I am not hating, but I am simply disagreeing. I also don't see the need to transfer an HD movie in one second. There might be "some" use for this, but I don't see it being that important. If I am streaming HD content that is 2:30 long, I just need to get it within 2:29 for me to be happy.

I thing data storage for businesses would use this technology more than consumers. Then again, the testing in that video was from one box to another box in a small room. There would need to be a lot of capital invested to wire say... all of New York City.

Also, cellular phones have been out since the 70s. There were expensive cellular phones back then and there are expensive cellular phones today. Sure, they have evolved into texting devices, smart phones, and even hand held computers, but the actual phone part hasn't change much... just everything around it.

In addition, I am usually an optimist on stuff like this, but I am also a realist. I don't see this happening until around 2025 or later.

Originally Posted by Gumby

forget moving a full HDD movie in one second. Do you know what this could do for my SANs at work that are mirrored in real time to multiple sites? My life would be so much easier.

Be careful... this might mean they need less of you...