Digital systems are notorious for bottlenecks. It’s no good having a blazing, overclocked PC and an internet connection like a firehose if the USB cable between them is like a straw. It’s even worse when the distance between PC and modem is more than a few feet away, so the cable can’t reach. With the aim of eliminating these bottlenecks, Corning Cable Systems LLC is unveiling its Optical Cable by Corning at CES in Las Vegas. These cables replace copper wires with fiber optics to produce cables up to 100 meters (328 ft) long, that are much more durable and achieve speeds of 10 gigabytes per second, which is enough to load a full-length HD video in 30 seconds... Continue Reading Corning introduces laser fiber optic USB cable
Section: Electronics
Tags: CES 2013, Corning, Data Transfer, Fiber Optic, Thunderbolt, USB
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