3.2 Petabits per second real-time optical fiber transfer speed world record claimed by Chinese team

Tom's Hardware 2026-10-26

Summary:

A Chinese team has claimed a new world record for real-time transfer speeds across a 24-core optical fiber cable.

Link:

https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/3-2-pb-s-real-time-optical-fiber-transfer-speed-world-record-claimed-by-chinese-team-speed-fast-enough-to-download-more-than-20-000-4k-movies-in-one-second

From feeds:

Cybersecurity by kevin ยป Tom's Hardware

Tags:

networking

Authors:

Mark Tyson

Date tagged:

10/26/2026, 11:53

Date published:

10/26/2026, 10:43