In a new study published in Nature, researchers from the United States and China showed a brand-new, 6G chip that has demonstrated how the upcoming sixth-generation of wireless networks will operate across an expansive frequency range to support connectivity at unprecedented speeds and with “diverse application scenarios.” This relatively tiny chip was able to support top-end speeds 10 times that of the theoretical (yet not practically achievable) speed of current 5G technology—and 500 times its average speed.
The authors wrote that allowing wireless networks to operate across microwave, millimeter wave, and terahertz bands for continual connectivity no matter the scenario gives the new chip a frequency range spanning over 100 GHz.
“This necessitates a one-size-fits-all hardware solution that can be adaptively reconfigured within the wide spectrum to support full-band coverage and dynamic spectrum management,” the study authors wrote.
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