Cisco have announced a new router called the Cisco CRS-3 that can transfer a huge amount of data in the region of 322 terabits per second. Now, I personally don't have the hardware or software at home that could potentially stress test a router of this capacity, so we'll just have to trust at the moment that Cisco are indeed telling the truth.
If this is the case and the Cisco CRS-3 can transfer 322 terabits per second then we are potentially looking at a system that can transfer data at over a million times faster than your regular cable modem at home.
Silicon Valley Insider puts it, 'fast enough to allow every man, woman, and child in China to make a video call at the same time.
To help you understand a little more of what that could mean, it would allow you to download 4 Billion MP3 files in about a minute (assuming you have a datacentre on the end of the CRS-3 with enough servers for that information to be landed on. Also BusinessInsider say that every movie that has ever been made could be downloaded with in 4 minutes as well as being able to deal with all the image data Google Earth stores about our planet in just under 2 seconds.
Mightily impressive! 9to5Mac suggest AT&T use one to speed up their network.
Via: Wired