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All-optical switch device paves way for faster fiber-optic communication (phys.org)

submitted 1 month ago by AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Ironically, page won't load for me.

How is it a switch if there's no data processing? There needs to be a MAC table and the switch needs to send non-broadcast frames only to the right port. I don't see how it can have that intelligence without converting light to electricity and processing it.

And I'd take it that would mean no SFPs, which means not a very flexible device if all the ports are LC with a fixed wavelength and signal.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 month ago

Its smart light, it knows where it needs to go.

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