1.02 Petabits/sec = 1,020,000 Gbps = 125 Terabytes/sec 😱

Yes, it's real. And it fits inside a standard fiber optic cable!

Who Did It and How?🔬

📍 Where: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan 🇯🇵

🧠 In Collaboration With: Sumitomo Electric + European partners

📏 Distance: 1,808 kilometers

🧵 Tech Used

• 19-core optical fiber
• Same 0.125 mm diameter as regular cables
• No bigger cables, just smarter light paths!

How It Works💡

• Signals looped through 86.1 km fiber segments × 21 times
• Special amplifiers boosted data across C and L bands
• Used 180 wavelengths & 16QAM modulation
• At the end, all signals decoded using MIMO digital signal processing

What You Can Do With 1.02 Petabits/Second⚡

• 🎥 Stream 10 million+ 4K videos simultaneously
• 📦 Download the entire Netflix or Steam library in under a second
• 📁 Move 1 petabyte of data (1000 TB!) in about 8 seconds
• 🧠 Train and sync massive AI models in real-time across continents

• 📡 Power ultra-low latency 6G networks, edge computing, and global cloud ops

📉 Real-World Comparison

📶 US Average Internet Speed (2025): 290 Mbps

💥 Japan's Record Speed: 1,020,000,000 Mbps

👉 That's over 3.5 million times faster 😳

🛠 Challenges Ahead

• 🌊 Submarine cable damage risk (like the Finland incident caused by ship anchors)
• 🔐 Cybersecurity risks rise with faster data transfer
• 🔌 Amplifiers and processors still need optimization for energy-efficient real-world use

🌍 Why This Matters

💡 The breakthrough shows we don't need new bulky infrastructure.

With smarter fiber like this, we can scale up to petabit-level internet using existing cable sizes.

🔮 This could revolutionize:

• 📶 Global internet backbones
• ☁️ Cloud services
• 🎮 Gaming and streaming
• 🧠 AI and big data movement
• 📲 Future 6G mobile networks

📅 What's Next?

NICT now focuses on:

• 🔋 Making amplifiers more energy efficient
• 🧠 Smarter digital signal processing
• 🌐 Real-world deployment across countries and industries

🚀 Petabit Era Begins — The Future of the Internet is Now!

Are we ready for a world where buffering is a thing of the past? 😎🌐💥

@iQOO Connect