CERN set to release crazy-fast Internet
Written by admin on April 8th, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
The Internet as you know it is set to become a lot faster. The Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire, more commonly known as CERN, is widely recognized as world’s largest particle physics laboratory. And while these atom smashers are better known for creating anti-matter and breaking apart the building blocks of the universe, they have also been hard at work improving the performance of Internet.
CERN’s ambitious Internet project is called, “The Grid” and uses dedicated fiber along with modern routing centers to create a new faster Internet. Just how fast? According to CERN, the new Internet will be 10,000 times faster than existing broadband connections and would permit high-definition live video communications and the transmission of holographic images.
CERN plans to start using “The Grid” on the day the world’s largest particle accelerator a.k.a. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is activated later this year. While the new “Grid” Internet will be limited to only eleven data centers around the world, it is eventually expected to replace the existing Internet backbone.
Read more at Engadget.
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