Techniques for transferring uncompressed video faster than realtime

Techniques are now available to move uncompressed digital video data faster than realtime in packetized network environments. Using ANSI standard Fibre Channel serial interfaces on Silicon Graphics workstations and servers, computer-to-computer and computer-to-disk communications have been demonstrated to transfer digital image data at a sustained throughput up to 600 megabits/sec. With these interfaces, production, post-production and broadcast facilities are achieving order-of-magnitude improvements in response time when accessing and transferring large files.