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Made in IBM Labs: Scientists Set New Speed Record for Big Data

By Guest PostFebruary 13, 2014Technologyadc technology, big data, circuits conference, epfl, gigabits per second, ibm labs, isscc, lukas kull, made in, martin schmatz, new speed record, san francisco, scientists, semtech corp, solid-state, thomas toifl, yusuf leblebici

Ultra-high definition 4K movie or 40,000 songs from the Cloud could be downloaded in a few seconds

SAN FRANCISCO – 13 Feb 2014: IBM today announced that it has achieved a new technological advancement that will helpimprove Internet speeds to 200 – 400 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) at extremely low power.

The speed boost is based on a device that can be used to improve transferring Big Data between clouds and data centers four times faster than current technology. At this speed 160 Gigabytes, the equivalent of a two-hour, 4K ultra-high definition movie or 40,000 songs, could be downloaded in only a few seconds. The device was presented at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco. (more…)

Most Powerful Millimeter-Scale Energy Harvester Generates Electricity from Vibrations

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Electrical engineers at the University of Michigan have built a device that can harness energy from vibrations and convert it to electricity with five to 10 times greater efficiency and power than other devices in its class. And it’s smaller than a penny.

“In a tiny amount of space, we’ve been able to make a device that generates more power for a given input than anything else out there on the market,” said Khalil Najafi, one of the system’s developers and chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering. (more…)

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Made in IBM Labs: Scientists Set New Speed Record for Big Data

Most Powerful Millimeter-Scale Energy Harvester Generates Electricity from Vibrations