TechWorld scientists set new data transfer speed record at 402 Tbps

World scientists set new data transfer speed record at 402 Tbps

An international team of scientists has broken the data transfer speed record. They achieved a speed of 402 terabits per second, which is 100 million times faster than what's needed for comfortable content streaming.

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2 July 2024 09:51

A team of scientists from various parts of the world, led by experts from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Japan, has achieved remarkable success in internet data transfer speed. This group of researchers shattered their record, reaching a speed of 402 terabits per second, a significant step forward compared to their previous record of 301 terabits per second.

At the beginning of this year, the same researchers set a data transfer speed record, achieving 301 terabits per second using a single optical fibre. Now, using a single commercially available optical fibre, they have reached a speed of 402 terabits per second.

100 million times faster than we need daily

Scientists emphasize that this speed is incredibly impressive, especially when compared to Netflix's recommended speed for watching high-definition videos, which is a minimum of 3 Mbps. The speed achieved by the scientists is 100 million times faster.

The researchers achieved such a high data transfer speed by employing various innovative solutions, including expanding the frequency of data transmission from four to six.

The aim of the research is to improve the internet's performance to meet the growing demands of businesses and individual users.

Ian Philips, from Aston University in the United Kingdom, one of the research team members, emphasizes that the team's results will help increase the bandwidth of single optical fibres, contributing to the creation of a faster system. Philips hopes that the new technology will significantly enhance data transmission capabilities in the optical infrastructure, especially in the face of rapidly increasing demand.

Professor Wladek Forysiak, also from Aston University, adds that this groundbreaking experiment was made possible through the efforts of the international team and the latest technical achievements available in telecommunications research laboratories worldwide.

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