[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[ken21]

kewl!

[LiberConservative]

We need all the new bandwidth for all the “free” internet 0bama promised.

[GeronL]

right after I buy a laptop and everything

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And:

Video: Intel's Light Peak running an HD display while transferring files... on a hackintosh

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Intel just did a pretty impressive demo of its new Light Peak optical device interconnect, driving a greater-than-HD display while saturating an SSD RAID all over one cable, but we couldn't help but notice the monster Frankenstein test rig on stage was running OS X -- looks like someone's violating their EULA! Video after the break.

[Moltke]

Interesting, but what needs to catch up is mass storage media (i.e., hard disk) speed. In my real-world system the best I ever see is in the order of 100 Mbytes/s (disk-to-disk copy).

[Swordmaker]

Intel demonstrates a new connectivity technology... high speed video, file transfers, networking, over a single fiber cable... all suggested (ordered?) by Apple... PING!

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[SandwicheGuy]

Wow! I was stoked when I got SATA! Now light speed over everything, this is huge! Thanks for posting this.

[tacticalogic]

It was inevitable, IMHO. Every data trasfer technology has switched to optical when it starts to run into the bandwidth limitations of copper.

[Sawdring]

Great, I finished my basement with RG5.

[Ted]

Lightspeed = fiber = material handling challenges. Fiber can only bend so far before it is damaged.

Wonder how they will avoid damaged cables, etc? The video does not speak to that practical question.