Many Ars readers love to argue the details of different computer architectures. Cache implementations, pipelines, and other minutiae are all put under the microscope and declared wanting by someone ...

Fiber-optic services are becoming more popular, and networks are expanding to cover more areas for faster data transfer speeds. Fiber-optic data transfer differs from traditional methods like ...

Damage to fiber optic lines operated by AT&T was to blame for the statewide outages, which lasted more than two hours on Thursday, officials said. By Alexandra E. Petri They’ve been a mainstay in ...

Teknovus, a Petaluma startup that makes computer chips and software for fiber optic communications, has accepted a $123 million takeover offer from Broadcom Corp., the two companies said Wednesday.

Gigahertz clock speeds are now common on most desktop computers, and as long as computer chips remain electronic, GHz appears to be the PC's domain. To make the jump to a many-terahertz microprocessor ...

A new light control system created at CU Boulder could increase the capacity for fiber optic technologies, enable thinner medical endoscopes and allow for stronger industrial lasers. Many current ...

A paper by CU Boulder Professor Rafael Piestun and PhD candidate Haiyan Wang on diffractive optics was recently published in Optica, the most prestigious journal published by The Optical Society of ...

Last year, fiber-optic drones emerged as a game-changing technology in the Russia-Ukraine War. By transmitting data through fiber-optic cables, these drones are immune to the electronic warfare ...

Selecting the right business internet type and plan is a crucial decision. You may consider various service types, including cable, DSL, and satellite, but a fiber-optic internet connection may be an ...

The following terms were defined with the assistance of Panduit Corporation, a leading manufacturer of wiring and network cabling products and Jeff Hecht, noted optical networking consultant and ...

I love how I can feel like I am reasonably smart and educated, then visit Ars and read something like this and realize that no, on the scale of humanity, I am still pretty dumb. So much more too learn ...