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I find claims of such to be somewhat questionable. Even if we could enable Terabit speeds over wireless it does not good if the hardware receiving it is incapab

I find claims of such to be somewhat questionable. Even if we could enable Terabit speeds over wireless it does not good if the hardware receiving it is incapable of handling that much data in that short of time. I mean we get max hard drive write speeds of 3.0 GB/s for the average user. Ram and CPU are still on the order of Ghz. We may be able to cram that much in the air but it does no good if the computers can't handle it.

joe_the_user 14y ago
It may be that kind of rate would wind-up only being useful within a chip or between closely spaced chips.
- hosh 14y ago
  Yeah. But that is already incredibly useful. When assembling electronic components from a number of suppliers, you would not have to wire them up into a circuit board. You only need to physically put them close to each other and then configure them to talk to each other.
  - joe_the_user 14y ago
    Yes, I didn't mean to imply this use would be unimportant. This could be huge.
ktsmith 14y ago
So should these researchers sit on their hands until such time as hardware capable of utilizing those transfer rates exist? The mathematical modeling here is at the very least useful in determining this is a path worth exploring with prototypes.
freehunter 14y ago
It's a fair point. It's the same bottlenecking issue that plagues mobile devices. We can make multi-core and multi-ghz processors with giant, bright, high resolution displays, but we're having a hard time getting battery technology to keep up with this immense power draw. The good news is, with these restraints being placed on improvements in technology, it gives incentive to further invest in research to making better batteries or faster storage devices.
- solistice 14y ago
  There's a graphene for that too. Or rather graphene supercapacitors, which for their size and thickness are remarkable. They'll likely be a tease for a couple of years, move into specialized products like pacemakers and then slowly flow into the consumer market, just like Li-Ion batteries did, Light Emitting Diodes and Transistors. R&D, why do you torture me so, showing me powerful technology I could design sexy things with, due in a couple of years?
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InclinedPlane 14y ago
I was typing up a serious response about multiple devices and wireless interconnects, instead I'll just go with: "640k of memory should be enough for anybody"

joe_the_user 14y ago

It may be that kind of rate would wind-up only being useful within a chip or between closely spaced chips.

hosh 14y ago
Yeah. But that is already incredibly useful. When assembling electronic components from a number of suppliers, you would not have to wire them up into a circuit board. You only need to physically put them close to each other and then configure them to talk to each other.
- joe_the_user 14y ago
  Yes, I didn't mean to imply this use would be unimportant. This could be huge.

ktsmith 14y ago

So should these researchers sit on their hands until such time as hardware capable of utilizing those transfer rates exist? The mathematical modeling here is at the very least useful in determining this is a path worth exploring with prototypes.

freehunter 14y ago

It's a fair point. It's the same bottlenecking issue that plagues mobile devices. We can make multi-core and multi-ghz processors with giant, bright, high resolution displays, but we're having a hard time getting battery technology to keep up with this immense power draw. The good news is, with these restraints being placed on improvements in technology, it gives incentive to further invest in research to making better batteries or faster storage devices.

solistice 14y ago
There's a graphene for that too. Or rather graphene supercapacitors, which for their size and thickness are remarkable. They'll likely be a tease for a couple of years, move into specialized products like pacemakers and then slowly flow into the consumer market, just like Li-Ion batteries did, Light Emitting Diodes and Transistors. R&D, why do you torture me so, showing me powerful technology I could design sexy things with, due in a couple of years?
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InclinedPlane 14y ago

I was typing up a serious response about multiple devices and wireless interconnects, instead I'll just go with: "640k of memory should be enough for anybody"