Information Pipelines

摘要

Say "optical networks" in the right place, and venture capitalists will start throwing money at you. Makers of telecommunications equipment who have invested billions in their own optical research are spending billions more to buy startups that have their own optical technologies. What's so hot about this hitherto-obscure hardware? In part, it promises to slake the Internet's deep thirst for bandwidth. Telecommunications needs big information pipelines, and hair-thin optical fibers are as big as they come.