WCA July 2010

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Data communication cables

T he mission of the International Space Station — at $100 billion the world’s most expensive created object ever — is the collection and transmission of information that will contribute to the betterment of life on Earth. The work of the scientists and other experts on board the orbiting laboratory is heavily dependent on data communications, currently being upgraded to a rate approaching 3.125 gigabytes (GB) per second per channel. Fortunately for those involved in such large endeavours, makers of data communications cable have a lofty aim of their own: uninterrupted connectivity. These cable specialists, and their suppliers, need no warnings about the insupportable results of poor or unreliable or broken transmission; nor any instruction in refractory materials, high speeds, workplace constraints. The products and services reviewed in this section are offered by industry professionals who see no objection to the cliché of a connected-up world. They are working to keep it that way.

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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2010