Alphabet announced a new Taara technology development This could lead to low -cost and high -speed Internet connectivity, even in remote locations. Taara director general, Mahesh Krishnaswamy, presented the Taara chip, a silicon photonic chip that uses light to transmit high -speed data in the air. The Taara chip is the size of a nail, much smaller than the technology that the alphabet division uses. Taara Lightbridge, which is its first generation technology is called, is the size of a traffic light and uses a system of mirrors and sensors to physically orient the light to where it should go. The new chip uses software instead.
Taara is a project under X, the Moshot factory of alphabet. The high-speed wireless optical link technology that underpins the project was initially developed for Internet Internet broadcasting balls. Alphabet pulled the cap in 2021 and focused on Taara instead, using its technology to scratch the wide strip through the Congo river and the streets of Nairobi. Even years before Loon’s closure, the alphabet X was already playing with the idea of using light to scratch the internet and tested technology in India.
Taara technology works using a "Very narrow and invisible light beam to transmit data at speeds up to 20 gigabits per second, up to distances of 20 kilometers (12.1 miles)." It is like traditional fiber, in the sense that it uses light to transport data, except that light does not travel through cables. Instead, Taara’s material emits beams of light. The beams of two units must be aligned with each other to be able to form a secure link that can transmit data, which is why Lightbridge has been equipped with the necessary parts to be able to physically control the light. The new Taara chip does not need these components: it contains hundreds of tiny light transmitters controlled by software with automatic direction
Krishnaswamy said that Taara’s light beam units will only take days to install instead of the months or years that he can take to deposit fibers. During laboratory tests, the TAARA team was able to transmit data at speeds of 10 Gbit / s over a distance of one kilometer (0.62 miles) using two of the new fleas. They now seek to improve the capacity and range of the chip by creating a "iteration with thousands of [light] Emitters." The team expects the chip to be available in 2026.
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