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They didn’t fool me this time!

27 March 2007

IBM demonstrates record-speed 160Gb/s optical chipset

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Okay, IBM. We get the idea. It looks small.

At this week’s 2007 Optical Fiber Conference in Anaheim, CA, USA, IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center of Yorktown Heights, NY, USA is presenting a prototype optical transceiver chipset capable of transmitting data at a record speeds (for a single, integrated transceiver chip) of 160Gbit/s. This is at least eight times faster than optical components currently available, claims the firm (‘160-Gb/s, 16-Channel Full-Duplex, Single-Chip CMOS Optical Transceiver’ by C.L. Schow et al).

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But I was able to find the uncropped photo.

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The green area is Augusta National Golf Club. The tan area at the
southeast corner is a packed parking lot.

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(Images) IBM; (Augusta) content-golf.live.advance.net via golfdigest.com

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Please find the entire article at Semi-Conductor Today.


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One Response to “They didn’t fool me this time!”

  1. David Barillari père » Blog Archive » I thought that I had proven these photographs to be frauds. Obviously, their trick photography still holds sway. Says:
    December 18th, 2007 at 5:20 pm

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