Bouncing signals off ceiling can rev up data centers
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 06:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have a startlingly upbeat idea for data center managers coping with packed rooms, Internet traffic bursts, and high costs looming in having to reconfigure data center designs. The researchers find that data centers can use ceilings to bounce off data signals. Doing so enhances data transmission speeds by 30 percent.