Google的新光電子Taara芯片可以用10Gbps無線梁代替纖維

Google的X Moonshot實驗室的TAARA項目引入了一種光子芯片，能夠使用光束以每秒10吉比的速度傳輸數據，為傳統的光纖電纜提供了替代方案。

新技術是

Google母公司字母的分區多年來一直在嘗試使用光學無線技術。 One of its most significant real-world deployments occurred in Africa, where the system was used in 2021 to transmit 20Gbps over the Congo River without laying fiber-optic cables.

This success set the stage for the creation of a more compact version of the technology—one that fits on a fingernail-sized chip, designed for scalability in commercial and residential use.

From Large Systems to a Fingernail-Sized Chip

Previously, the Taara system required bulky, traffic-light-sized hardware to align and maintain light beams.

These components were essential for ensuring the precise alignment necessary for stable data transmission over long distances. However, with the new chip, much of that functionality has been integrated into a silicon-based solution.

The photonic chip uses an optical phased array to electronically steer the beams, removing the need for any mechanical parts.

“We’ve taken most of the core functionality of the Taara Lightbridge—which is the size of a traffic light—and shrunk it down to the size of a fingernail,”said Mahesh Krishnaswamy, General Manager of Taara. “This chip makes the entire system more compact and scalable.”

This advancement is a major leap forward in reducing the cost and complexity of optical wireless networks, which could eventually replace or complement fiber infrastructure.

In lab tests conducted at Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory, the new Taara chip successfully transmitted data at speeds of 10Gbps over a distance of one kilometer.

Why the World Needs a New Solution for Broadband

The demand for faster internet is at an all-time high, driven by factors like cloud computing, streaming media, and AI applications.

Fiber-optic cables, while offering the fastest speeds, come with high deployment costs and logistical challenges, particularly in remote or rural regions.

Taara’s chip offers a solution that could bypass these barriers.它的技術旨在通過空氣進行數據射擊，而無需任何物理電纜，從而減少了安裝時間和成本。

與傳統的衛星互聯網系統相比，

像Starlink這樣的衛星互聯網系統遇到了較大的距離信號所致的延遲問題，Taara的技術必須延遲延遲和更大的穩定性。

taara的芯片使用固態轉向。軟件控制芯片的發射器如何轉向，跟踪和校正光束光束。 （來源:X/Google）

該系統還避免了影響傳統移動寬帶網絡的擁塞問題。通過光學溝通，幾乎沒有帶寬的競爭，與射頻頻率（RF）通信不同，頻譜越來越飽和。

這使得塔拉的解決方案特別吸引了人們對高速互聯網的密集需求，在這種需求中，頻譜的數據越來越快。強>

雖然Taara專注於提供無線的光學互聯網，但來自IBM的另一種創新的光纖技術最近一直在製作新聞。

他們的新光纖模塊旨在通過介紹co-pack optics（cp）來提高數據中心的AI模型培訓Inder高性能工作負載如AI模型培訓。

從項目loon的早期嘗試中，通過項目SkyBender進行SkyBender的項目SkyBender與Solar Powered Realores的Project SkyBender一起，以實現Fiber網絡的投資，以實現該創建的創建。

新的光子芯片可以作為滿足對更快，更可靠的互聯網連接需求不斷增長的重要工具，尤其是在傳統基礎架構不可行的地區。

隨著Taara團隊繼續完善其技術，它旨在推動無線網絡的界限，以推動無線網絡的界限，從而實現更具連接的世界。該技術向服務不足的社區提供快速，負擔得起的互聯網的潛力是巨大的。

通過克服部署和可擴展性的挑戰，Taara可能是全球寬帶連接的未來主要參與者，尤其是對於仍然存在數字鴻溝錯誤的地區。

根據X，Taara的芯片將在我們2026年發布的下一個產品中提供。