400gbps! IBM breaks speed record for big data

The IBM lab says it has broken a speed record for big data, saying its latest signal-switching chip can raise the Internet's speed to 200-400gbps at "very low power".

At a recent San Francisco International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), IBM researchers submitted a prototype signal converter device containing the chip.

The device uses analog-digital converter (ADC) technology to improve the http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/14294.html ">" Large data transfer between the cloud and data center, four times times faster than existing technology.

IBM says its devices are fast enough, 160Gbps-equivalent to a two-hour 4K Super HD (UHD) movie or 40,000 music track-and can be downloaded in seconds.

IBM researchers have been working with Swiss Research institute Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) to develop the technique to address the growing demand for global data flows.

"As large data and Internet traffic continue to multiply, the future network standards must support higher data rates," the IBM researchers explained, with the amount of data being transmitted daily to 2EB, about 20 million times times the daily rate of 1992 100GB.

"In order to support increased traffic, ultra fast and efficient energy-saving analog-digital converter (ADC) technology will allow complex digital equalization across long Fibre Channel." ”

An ADC device converts analog signals into digital signals, expressed in a correct combination of 0 and 1, so that data can be stored on a computer and used for model and predictive analysis.

"For example, scientists will use hundreds of ADC to convert analog radio signals from the Big Bang 13 billion years ago to numbers," IBM said.

The ADC technology has developed into a part of an international project called DOME, which is planned by the Netherlands Radio Astronomy Institute (ASTRON), dome-South Africa and IBM, to establish a "square Kilometer Array (SKA)", which will be the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope.

"Ska's radio data collected from outer space is expected to generate 10 times times the global Internet traffic, ADC prototypes will be an ideal choice for fast transmission signals, and with very low power consumption-a key requirement for thousands of antennas that will spread over 1,900 miles," IBM explained. "

"Our ADC supports the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) data communication standards and brings together speed and energy efficiency in 32 nm, enabling us to start to solve the largest large data applications," said Dr. Martin Schmatz, IBM Research Center System Manager. ”

IBM is developing the technology for its own family of products, from fiber optics and fixed-wire communications to advanced radar systems.

"After the first development and testing, our earlier generation of ADC is expected to be listed within 12 months," Schmatz added, noting that the company will develop the technology in communications systems, such as 400Gbps fiber and advanced radar.