Google’s moonshot factory X, researchers have developed a chip that they believe should enable us to deliver high-speed internet access via beams of light, opening up the possibility of making all those underground cables we currently rely on a thing of the past. The new Taara chip is a “silicon photonic chip” that can steer, track, and correct beams of light used to transmit data through the air without the use of cables.
Google’s moonshot factory X, researchers have developed a chip that they believe should enable us to deliver high-speed internet access via beams of light, opening up the possibility of making all those underground cables we currently rely on a thing of the past. The new Taara chip is a “silicon photonic chip” that can steer, track, and correct beams of light used to transmit data through the air without the use of cables.