Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Infrared links could simplify data center communications

02/07/2017 02:17 PM EST

an infrared laser beam is going into the receiver of the signaling system

Data centers are the central point of many, if not most, information systems today, but the masses of wires interconnecting the servers and piled high on racks begins to resemble last year's tangled Christmas-tree lights disaster. Now a team of engineers is proposing to eliminate most of the wires and substitute infrared free-space optics for communications.


Full story at http://news.psu.edu/story/447946/2017/01/31/infrared-links-could-simplify-data-center-communications

Source
The Pennsylvania State University


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