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Folks,
The internets OVER! HERE comes the grid!! (From inventors of the web) 10000 faster..
The internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
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.
The latest spin-off from Cern, the particle physics centre that created the web, the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.
David Britton, professor of physics at Glasgow University and a leading figure in the grid project, believes grid technologies could “revolutionise” society. “With this kind of computing power, future generations will have the ability to collaborate and communicate in ways older people like me cannot even imagine,” he said.
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 Large Hadron Collider (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.
This meant that scientists at Cern - where Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the web in 1989 - would no longer be able to use his creation for fear of causing a global collapse.
This is because the internet has evolved by linking together a hotchpotch of cables and routing equipment, much of which was originally designed for telephone calls and therefore lacks the capacity for high-speed data transmission.
By contrast, the grid has been built with dedicated fibre optic cables and modern routing centres, meaning there are no outdated components to slow the deluge of data.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.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/[....]/uk/science/article3689881.ece
http://www.gridtoday.com/03/0210/101052.html
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk[....]comes-the-grid-89520-20375178/
Bring it!
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Posted: 2008-04-07 19:06:45
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read that in the newspaper
it seems interesting
nice piece of news reg
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Posted: 2008-04-07 19:12:42
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Ahh now you've got me all excited over something that's just waaaaaay far off.
Grr.
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Posted: 2008-04-07 19:14:59
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Spam at the speed of light, eh?
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Posted: 2008-04-07 19:17:34
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On 2008-04-07 19:17:34, Cycovision wrote:
Spam at the speed of light, eh?
Not so excited anymore.
Oh.. virus downloads at the speed of light an' all!
I'm starting to already not like the idea.
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Posted: 2008-04-07 19:20:21
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On 2008-04-07 19:20:21, arien617 wrote:
Not so excited anymore.
Oh.. virus downloads at the speed of light an' all!
anti-virus updates at speed of light too lol
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Posted: 2008-04-07 19:42:02
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bet usage will still be capped at 5gb a month!
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Posted: 2008-04-07 21:56:36
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I'm having to suffer that now!
Fudge the internet!!!
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Posted: 2008-04-07 22:05:04
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OMG i was wondering when this would happen!!
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Posted: 2008-04-08 00:51:43
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so, its 30 seconds to download ms vista, 30 hours to install it!
they'll prob limit your upload speed but!!
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Posted: 2008-04-08 02:14:30
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