If you know your history of Internet, you probably know about CERN. If yo do not, for a low down on functioning of CERN, there is a fiction version in "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown. I find this source to be more readable than scientific mumbo-jumbo about Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Right, the new phenomenon designed by those folks at CERN is called "The Grid" and it could revolutionize Internet as we know it. At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds. Now that is fast!
The power of the grid will become apparent this summer after what scientists at CERN have termed their “red button” day - the switching-on of the LHC, the new particle accelerator built to probe the origin of the universe. The grid will be activated at the same time to capture the data it generates. CERN, based near Geneva, started the grid computing project seven years ago when researchers realised the LHC would generate annual data equivalent to 56m CDs - enough to make a stack 40 miles high.
The Grid has been built with dedicated fibre optic cables and modern routing centres, unlike hotch potch of cables in case of Internet, meaning there are no outdated components to slow the deluge of data. The 55,000 servers already installed are expected to rise to 200,000 within the next two years. What this means is that this summer, most of students in US and UK will also be riding the fibre optic band wagon. How long you and I have to wait?
Right, the new phenomenon designed by those folks at CERN is called "The Grid" and it could revolutionize Internet as we know it. At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds. Now that is fast!
The power of the grid will become apparent this summer after what scientists at CERN have termed their “red button” day - the switching-on of the LHC, the new particle accelerator built to probe the origin of the universe. The grid will be activated at the same time to capture the data it generates. CERN, based near Geneva, started the grid computing project seven years ago when researchers realised the LHC would generate annual data equivalent to 56m CDs - enough to make a stack 40 miles high.
The Grid has been built with dedicated fibre optic cables and modern routing centres, unlike hotch potch of cables in case of Internet, meaning there are no outdated components to slow the deluge of data. The 55,000 servers already installed are expected to rise to 200,000 within the next two years. What this means is that this summer, most of students in US and UK will also be riding the fibre optic band wagon. How long you and I have to wait?
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