# IBM Rules... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 27, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577 "2007-03-27T07:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/1 "2007-03-27T07:58:36Z")
[http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38511](http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38511) ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/2 "2007-03-27T08:02:24Z")
skynet ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/3 "2007-03-27T08:18:22Z")
Wow…imagine downloading a movie in a second…Would need 10TB hard drives. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/4 "2007-03-27T08:18:31Z")
yea i can only imaging what thats going to cost though ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/5 "2007-03-27T13:49:18Z")
More… [http://www.dailytech.com/IBM+to+Demonstrate+Worlds+Fastest+Optical+Chipset/article6643.htm](http://www.dailytech.com/IBM+to+Demonstrate+Worlds+Fastest+Optical+Chipset/article6643.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/6 "2007-03-27T13:51:28Z")
Man, think of all the instantaneous porn downloads. This could be like broadband was to 56k. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/7 "2007-03-27T14:05:32Z")
[quote=“FuzzyFish,post:6,topic:26577"”] Man, think of all the instantaneous porn downloads. This could be like broadband was to 56k. [/quote] True but internal data transfers don’t even go that fast. HD’s transfer files in MB/s, standard NIC’s are 1Gb/s, the only place where that kind of transfer is 20GB/s is the caching of data from CPU registers and L1 cache to L2 cache. Main memory doesn’t even get that fast, it’s only about 8GB/s on the AMD side and less on the Intel side. PC’s need to catch up!! :headbang: ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/8 "2007-03-27T14:35:30Z")
lol. we’d have epic long movies embedded into threads with _broadband, go make dinner_ warnings on the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/9 "2007-03-27T17:04:08Z")
[quote=“RuBiCaNT,post:7,topic:26577"”] True but internal data transfers don’t even go that fast. HD’s transfer files in MB/s, standard NIC’s are 1Gb/s, the only place where that kind of transfer is 20GB/s is the caching of data from CPU registers and L1 cache to L2 cache. Main memory doesn’t even get that fast, it’s only about 8GB/s on the AMD side and less on the Intel side. PC’s need to catch up!! :headbang: [/quote] 2009, a lot can happen in two years with the pace things are moving. Besides it almost appears like they plan on using this more for major connections such as backbones and such. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ibm-rules/26577/10 "2007-03-27T19:58:00Z")
Im intrested to know how verizon keeps up with bandwidth requirements if everyone is going to be able to run 10-50meg connections.