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New technology enables 1GB movie downloaded in 3 seconds

New technology enables 1GB movie downloaded in 3 seconds

Posted October. 19, 2016 07:36,   

Updated October. 19, 2016 07:46

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A technology that allows large gigabyte data to be easily transmitted within a distance of 10 centimeters has been developed. This means that 1GB movie can be transmitted in just three seconds by connecting a laptop and smartphone via cable.

The state-run Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute has developed "Zing," an ultra-high speed near-field communication technology that enables transmission of 3.5GB data within a 10-centimeter distance.

Zing technology is faster by 8,000 times than the near-field communication technology as it uses super-high frequency in the broadband width of 60GHZ. The institute developed the super-high frequency transmitter receiver, exclusive antenna and reader device and chip technology.

By applying Zing, one can send and receive large volume of data without having to connect lines or plug USB. Since data is delivered within a 10 cm distance, there is low hacking risk compared with other wireless communication such as WiFi.

It can be used in consumer electronics such as TVs and refrigerators, car monitors, shopping malls and subway kiosks. Currently, it is uncomfortable when trying to get data through kiosks as an external device is needed.

The institute plans to develop medical equipment embedded with Zing technology in collaboration with dental equipment manufacturer Good Doctors. This is a device used in dental clinics when X-ray photos are sent to doctors' computers. In addition, Corp, the private company which participated as a joint research institution in Zing development, will additionally develop chips and modules to be applied on various business models.

"The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is in its final stage of meeting, and there is high possibility that Zing will be selected as a standard," said Kim Yeong-jin, a research director at the institute. "If it is adopted as international standard, it will be applied to all electronics devices that use ultra-high speed near-field communications, laying a foundation for commercialization."



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