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Nanotubes shed new light on fibre optics

...emit light, a breakthrough that might one day lead to advances in fibre-optic technology. At the University of Toronto, meanwhile, researchers have managed to... Read more

2 May, 2003 by Michael Kanellos
Intel aims to make fibre optics mainstream

Intel aims to make fibre optics mainstream

...glass strands straight into your computer. At September's IDF, Intel demonstrated fibre-optic technology called Light Peak for connecting many devices to PCs with... Read more

29 September, 2009 by Stephen Shankland

Fibre-optic firm H2O changes its name to i3

...with networks that promise100Mbps broadband. H2O Networks provides business networks using another fibre-optic technology, Darc (derestricted access route connections). The Innovation Centre and World... Read more

29 January, 2009 by Colin Barker

US Energy Dept hands out $20m for tech research

...which typically use copper wires and electronic switches. Computing powerhouse IBM and fibre-optic technology maker Corning plan to have a working prototype by the... Read more

4 November, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Government ups nanotech funding

...carbon nanotubes to emit light, which could eventually lead to advances in fibre-optic technology. Hewlett-Packard is trying to develop molecular circuits for chips... Read more

13 October, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

The atoms went marching in one by one

...out of carbon nanotubes, a technique that could benefit the development of fibre-optic technology. And high-tech researchers in February convened in San Francisco... Read more

16 May, 2003 by Paul Festa

US plans huge spend on nanotechnology

...carbon nanotubes to emit light, which could eventually lead to advances in fibre-optic technology. Hewlett-Packard is trying to develop molecular circuits for chips... Read more

8 May, 2003 by Declan McCullagh
Storage Consolidation Made Simple With FibreCAT SX

Storage Consolidation Made Simple With FibreCAT SX

...subsystems to multiple hosts (servers). This storage network is primarily based on fibre optic technology and allows for very high transfer rates (up to 400... Read more

1 December, 2008

Legal Eye: Where are Europe's next-gen nets?

...years to deploy next generation access networks in Europe. Large investments in fibre optic technology made in the US and Asia during recent years have... Read more

29 October, 2008 by Purvi Parekh

Walsall in frame for fibre revolution

...houses and offices would be built that could be equipped with the fibre optic technology, which could deliver symmetrical speeds of 1Gbps. David Brown, chairman... Read more

23 January, 2007 by Jo Best

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