From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sandelman.ca (relay.cooperix.net [IPv6:2a01:7e00:e000:2bb::1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1E133B29E for ; Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:58:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dyas.sandelman.ca (unknown [77.241.232.4]) by relay.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 54F381F479 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:58:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dyas.sandelman.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2545AA1A70; Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:58:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dyas (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dyas.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B75A1A60 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 2023 13:58:52 +0100 (CET) From: Michael Richardson To: Dave Taht via Starlink In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Dave Taht via Starlink message dated "Sat, 18 Mar 2023 15:19:49 -0700." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.6+git; nmh 1.7+dev; GNU Emacs 26.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 13:58:52 +0100 Message-ID: <2892973.1679230732@dyas> Subject: Re: [Starlink] mems optical switching X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:58:56 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Dave Taht via Starlink wrote: > I think, in general, we have gathered here quite a few folk that are > interested in new technology, and the list > does veer away from starlink issues more often than not. Today, this > about google's mems switching tech hit, > and I keep wondering where else it could be applied. > https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-apollo-the-3-billion-game An interesting read. Starlink content: could they avoid latency and power consumption by using optical switching in the satellites. I suspect it's irrelevant, because the satellites don't have more than about four lasers. (I think I heard four) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEERK+9HEcJHTJ9UqTMlUzhVv38QpAFAmQXBwsACgkQlUzhVv38 QpC5/QgAktpx7LkNws7u4U2Ekk7fNdnjjk6f2aUod7h8134gDpwIiNOgIUSRTHTC AECGKGfrCdcz8iSdPkrJsC2inxGA0Bw4cKuOeKpGJeGXkFKibTZ1Y7PzWGCxZ4q7 S1ByE8CrcLk5DkVJxAbk+iF59wmMhQVqivcUZymxheprgIuRl6LPc3fTAnXQBv4I MhltCNUyq4Qc4r6vn6psUQsdH5NbpEoFoiZvveJlhPkApFxjBSsxt2XkF81SnA1T KzpFBBDkZli2YZpp6ppI3PdJALT9Z3lQ7JT7So9KTydErEn6wFc9HD/JMeF1zcFN 3+PZa5j98Pbmo/03BIpxY72rvOe5EA== =3yN5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--