In Reply to: signal is cleaned up by the cable posted by fmak on July 10, 2012 at 08:07:15:
Sources within the telecom industry told ArsTechnica that active cables are usually used at data rates in excess of 5Gbps. Chips at either end are calibrated to the attenuation and dispersion properties of the wire in order to "greatly [improve] the signal-to-noise ratio."
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- RE: signal is cleaned up by the cable - Mercman 09:40:11 07/10/12 (4)
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- RE: signal is cleaned up by the cable - Tony Lauck 11:41:50 07/10/12 (1)
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