Immersive extended reality, holograms and self-driving cars promised as 6G chips are born

Speed: Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Osaka University in Japan have built the new chip using a concept called photonic topological insulators

Adrian Weckler

6G mobile will allow people to download 100 hours of Netflix video in a second thanks to new chips and networks being developed by researchers from tech giants and mobile operators.

Developers from Japan, Korea and Singapore have collaborated to start making the first early prototypes of 6G chips, which could pave the way for ubiquitous 'mixed reality' applications and faultless self-driving vehicles.