[+/-] Scientists set Internet2 speed record
Scientists at Caltech and CERN have set a new land-speed record for Internet2.
The team, which included folks from AMD, Cisco, Microsoft, Newisys, and S2io, transferred 859 gigabytes of data in less than 17 minutes. It did so at a rate of 6.63 gigabits per second between the CERN facility in Geneva, Switzerland, and Caltech in Pasadena, California -- a distance of more than 15,766 kilometers (approximately 9,800 miles).
This record speed of 6.63Gbps is equivalent to transferring a full-length DVD movie in four seconds. There are uses in astronomy, bioinformatics, global climate modeling and seismology, as well as commercial applications such as entertainment, and oil and gas exploration.
The team, which included folks from AMD, Cisco, Microsoft, Newisys, and S2io, transferred 859 gigabytes of data in less than 17 minutes. It did so at a rate of 6.63 gigabits per second between the CERN facility in Geneva, Switzerland, and Caltech in Pasadena, California -- a distance of more than 15,766 kilometers (approximately 9,800 miles).
This record speed of 6.63Gbps is equivalent to transferring a full-length DVD movie in four seconds. There are uses in astronomy, bioinformatics, global climate modeling and seismology, as well as commercial applications such as entertainment, and oil and gas exploration.
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