SAN FRANCISCO -- Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor maker, unveiled a breakthrough that may let computers share data faster by making some speed-sapping network equipment unnecessary.
The company said it has invented chips that can encode data onto light beams, enabling chips to transmit data directly onto fiber-optic cable. Intel has developed a semiconductor that sends data at 1 gigahertz, or a billion bits of data a second.
"It could help make the Internet run faster, build much faster high-performance computers and enable high-bandwidth applications like ultrahigh-definition displays or vision-recognition systems," Intel chief technology officer Patrick Gelsinger said in a statement.
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