Researchers say the new technology will show up first as a way to interconnect servers or supercomputers, since a board-level solution will take a couple of years more to commercialize. But the introduction of a working prototype is a key first step.
Elsewhere, other vendors made announcements that also could affect the storage industry, albeit in the long term:
At least one analyst sees these steps as part of a larger progression. "Optical is a great approach for boosting performance, lowering latency, and spanning distances, particularly when it's done in an energy-efficient manner," says Greg Schulz of the StorageIO Group. "In the case of IBM, if the technology can be applied down the road in a cost-effective manner to reduce power and cooling on a processor or computer or in chip-to-chip applications, to say that would be a benefit would be an understatement."
Other demos of faster data rate technologies herald better support for data protection and resiliency, as well as making the Internet generally faster to support more activity, Schulz says.Have a comment on this story? Please click "Discuss" below. If you'd like to contact Byte and Switch's editors directly, send us a message.
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