Prof. Dave Farber on Where the Internet is Headed

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Prof. Dave Farber on Where the Internet is Headed

By CircleID Reporter
January 31, 2012, 8:19 pm PST Views: 15,356 Add Comment

“Internet protocols simply aren’t adequate for the changes in hardware and network use that will come up in a decade or so,” says Professor Dave Farber who was recently interviewed by Andy Oram.

“Dave predicts that computers will be equipped with optical connections instead of pins for networking, and the volume of data transmitted will overwhelm routers, which at best have mixed optical/electrical switching,” writes Oram. “Sensor networks, smart electrical grids, and medical applications with genetic information could all increase network loads to terabits per second. When routers evolve to handle terabit-per-second rates, packet-switching protocols will become obsolete. The speed of light is constant, so we’ll have to rethink the fundamentals of digital networking.”

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