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front of a painted blackboard"src=https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/07/circuits-of-the-future/_jcr_content/imageBig.imageformat.topstory_fullwidth.1778348633.jpg></figure><p><a class=linkedarea href=https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/07/circuits-of-the-future.html> The more connected the world becomes, the greater the demands that data traffic places on communications infrastructure. 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