LHC - ATLAS bandwidth

[bekdik]

http://www.physorg.com/news189959693.html

The ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter's existing optical link system, delivered by SMU physicists, has a data bandwidth of 2.4 terabits per second over 1,524 fibers, or 1.6 billion bits per second per fiber, more than 1,000 times faster than a T1 line of 1.544 megabits per second.

The next generation of this optical link system will be based on the new SMU LOC serializer, and it will reach 152.4 terabits per second for the whole system.

Now THAT's really travelling!

 

[SeanH]

I makes me so proud whenever i think about the LHC and what they are achieving over there

 

[Balstrome]

The ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter's existing optical link system, delivered by SMU physicists, has a data bandwidth of 2.4 terabits per second over 1,524 fibers, or 1.6 billion bits per second per fiber, more than 1,000 times faster than a T1 line of 1.544 megabits per second.

The next generation of this optical link system will be based on the new SMU LOC serializer, and it will reach 152.4 terabits per second for the whole system.

Yeah, so... bw is cool but the really neat part is the content of the bw. Trajectories and such, I can see the point and where they are heading.

 

[Picard]

Think of the streaming High Definition porn you can watch with that bandwidth.