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Researchers Set Internet Speed Record

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Australian researchers create an internet connection with speeds reaching up to 44.2 terabits pers second, a record achieved over 75km of glass fibre using a single optical chip.

MicrocombHailing from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities, the researchers managed to create such a connection using a "micro-comb." According to the paper detailing the experiment, the micro-comb “generates very sharp and equidistant frequency lines in a tiny microphotonic chip.” In a few words, the micro-comb loops light around a ring to produce 80 beams at various infrared wavelengths. Each beam carries a stream of data, and since all the wavelengths of light are all correlated, the data streams could be "packed" tightly together using nearly all the available light spectrum.

HTC Co-Founder Takes on VR With XRspace

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The next project of former HTC CEO and co-founder Peter Chou involves virtual reality-- with the venture, dubbed XRSpace, planning to launch a standalone headset and virtual space for users to explore.

XRSpace

"Our mission is to bring people together through the power of 5G XR (mixed reality), surpassing the limited experience of smartphones today," Chou says. "The singular goal of XRSpace, is to take XR to the masses by redefining how people connect, socialise, and collaborate by simplifying the hardware and user experience. When XRspace started 3 years ago, we have been laser-focused at putting regular customers in everything we do. Today we are here to announce a new platform which will take human interaction to a new level through 5G XR."

Arm Powers Future Smartphones With Cortex-A78 CPU

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Arm announces a next generation of smartphone chips-- the Cortex-A78 CPU and Mali-G78 GPU, both aimed to power the flagship smartphones of 2021 and beyond by building on the successes of previous chip designs from the company.

ARM A78

The Cortex-A78 CPU promise a 20% increase in performance over the previous Cortex-A77 while using the same 1W power budget. It also claims more efficient compute workload management, as well as greater on-device Machine Learning (ML) performance. The result, Arm says, is smartphones capable of pushing multi-day, immersive 5G experiences, as well as the hardware to run the foldable devices machines of the future.

300Hz Display for Razer Blade Pro 17

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The 2020 refresh of the Razer Blade Pro 17 laptop offers a number of upgrade aimed primarily at gamers, including the choice of an either 4K 120Hz or HD 300Hz display, together with Intel- and Nvidia-powered internals.

Razer Blade Pro 2020

The 300Hz display handles 1920 x 1080 resolution, covers 100% of SRGB space and is custom-calibrated for colour accuracy. It also includes a glare-reducing matte finish to ensure gamers are not bothered by reflection. As for the 4K display option, Razer claims is good enough for designers and other creative professionals. It is touch-capable, and custom-calibrated to cover 100% of the Adobe RGB space while running at 120Hz.

Audio Control Through Cable Presses?

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Google fabric cableGoogle looks into turning the headphone cable into a control interface through the experimental I/O smart braid, a fabric cord allowing users to control a connected smartphone through pinch, squeeze and swipe gestures.

A Google blogpost describes a "helical sensing matrix" (HSM) consisting of a series of capacitive and conductive yarns woven into the braid. The yarns can detect gestures from any angle or part of the cables, with an experimental setup involving single taps for play/pause, a double-top for skip track and a twist for volume adjustments. The fabric also includes fibre optic strings, providing useful visual feedback.

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