North Carolina's Research Triangle is known for solving mysteries, in particular technical ones. That's what happens when three tier-one research universities -- North Carolina State University (NCSU) ...

Multi-tenant data centers (MTDCs) are uniquely positioned to take advantage of the shift to Edge-based distributed networking. Doing so will require supporting more fiber capacity in their data center ...

A thin, flat, multiconductor cable that is widely used for internal peripheral connections in electronic systems. In a PC, a 34-wire ribbon connects the floppy drive (if present) to the motherboard. A ...

Round cables don't officially meet the specification. In a standard 80-wire EIDE cable, there's a ground wire in between each data wire in part to minimize cross-talk and interference. Doing a round ...

Japanese cabling specialist Sumitomo Electric Industries has released new ribbon cables with fiber counts of 1152, 1728, and 3456 to meet the increasing demands for high fiber density in data centers.

CLEVELAND, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- PLP, a global leader in broadband connectivity solutions, and Lightera, a global innovator in optical fiber technology, today announced a new compatibility ...

I see and have owned a bunch of x16 risers that are fat ribbon cables. Is there something that bundles the fibers together so that it's a cable instead of a ribbon cable? I would like to thread it ...

Do you find yourself needing to strip many ribbon cables? Isn’t it frustrating? Well, if you happen to own a laser engraver, this cool guide one of our tipsters sent us might just be up your alley.

It sometimes seems as though computing power in your pocket is a relatively new phenomenon, but in fact there have been ultraportable computers since the 8-bit era. They started to become useful ...