Hold the Fiber! Intel does Copper!

[Geek-9pm]

Hold the Fiber! Intel does Copper!
Don't switch to fiber optics
- until you first look at Intel's news release of Dec 13
Intel Light Peak Connector Tech to Eschew Fiber Optics for Copper in Initial Release


This video is from earlier this year:
Intel Light Peak To Arrive In 2011

[JoshM]

*censored* 10 gigabits/sec. That's insane.

[michaewlewis]

forget sata 3, hook up your ssd with one of those.....

[Geek-9pm]

Given that :
The print collections of the U.S. Library of Congress are  10 terabytes,
At 10 gaga bits per second how long would it take?

[patio]

They're not gagabits

[BC_Programmer]

Given that :
The print collections of the U.S. Library of Congress are  10 terabytes,
At 10 gaga bits per second how long would it take?

First, Let's define a gaga bit; I'm going to assume that this is the length of Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" in pure WAV format at standard CD quality:

this comes to 60,588,032 bytes, or 484,704,256 bits, which we multiply by ten (for ten gagabits) to get 4,847,042,560 bps.

10 terabytes = 10*1024*1024*1024*1024*8 = 87,960,930,222,080 bits

so at 10 gagabits, it would take 87,960,930,222,080/4,847,042,560, or

18,147.3 seconds. or about 5 hours 5 minutes or so.

Note, other studies have been done using other values for the "gagabit" generally revolving around calculations involving contemporary artist "Lady gaga" however, I chose to go with a band/singer combination that doesn't sound like a zombie monkey trying to scratch it's way out of a closed toilet tank.

[rthompson80819]

At 10 gaga bits per second

That sounds more like a measurement of some one losing their lunch.

[JJ 3000]

Note, other studies have been done using other values for the "gagabit" generally revolving around calculations involving contemporary artist "Lady gaga" however, I chose to go with a band/singer combination that doesn't sound like a zombie monkey trying to scratch it's way out of a closed toilet tank.

Many people get gaga bits confused with gagabits. They look similar, but are pronounced differently. The gagabit is pronounced "gag a bit". These are the units of measure commonly chosen for the studies that relate to Lady Gaga.

The most common reaction people have upon seeing or hearing Lady Gaga is to gag a bit, choking back the surge of bile that that hideous creature induces. The more gagabits per second, the greater the feeling of disgust/revulsion. The typical Lady Gaga concert produces up to 1.3 x 10^5 gagabits per second.