Chinese scientists have introduced a new fiber optic communication technology that allows information to be transferred much faster than conventional cables. Due to an unusual design, signal delay at a distance of thousands of kilometers has been reduced by about 30%. The development could speed up the work of data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) systems in southern China, Morning Post reports. The main difference of new optical fibers is in its core. In traditional cables, light travels through glass at a speed of about 200,000 km per second. Chinese experts replaced the core of solid glass with a microscopic channel filled with air. As a result, light travels at a speed close to 300 thousand kilometers per second. China Telecom, Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable (YOFC) and ZTE participated in the trial. The researchers were able to organize the simultaneous transfer of information in two directions at a rate of 64 terabits per second in each.

Chinese scientists have introduced a new fiber optic communication technology that allows information to be transferred much faster than conventional cables. Due to an unusual design, signal delay at a distance of thousands of kilometers has been reduced by about 30%. The development could speed up the work of data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) systems in southern China, Morning Post reports. The main difference of new optical fibers is in its core. In traditional cables, light travels through glass at a speed of about 200,000 km per second. Chinese experts replaced the core of solid glass with a microscopic channel filled with air. As a result, light travels at a speed close to 300 thousand kilometers per second. China Telecom, Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable (YOFC) and ZTE participated in the trial. The researchers were able to organize the simultaneous transfer of information in two directions at a rate of 64 terabits per second in each.