almightySapling t1_itr8pp0 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:40 PM

Reply to comment by RockItGuyDC in A single chip has managed to transfer the entire internet's traffic in a single second by DangerStranger138

By no means do I understand the details, but I have to imagine they are only sending a very small amount of data, such that the chip itself is able to locally store the information and release it at a speed the next layer of hardware is capable of handling.

RockItGuyDC t1_itraqv5 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:53 PM

Thanks for your insight. That would make sense to me, and perhaps then they simply sent that data many multiples of times in that short span to add up to the petabytes they're quoting. Or maybe they simply sent a tone over each of the channels and used that as a proof of concept that they could have sent those petabytes.

In any case, I'm still curious about what information actually was transmitted.