Because >1Gbps on 1.6GHz means <1.6 cycles per transmitted/received bit, or <8 cycles/byte if you prefer to count bytes. That's not shabby for a language like

Because >1Gbps on 1.6GHz means <1.6 cycles per transmitted/received bit, or <8 cycles/byte if you prefer to count bytes. That's not shabby for a language like python.