Physicists smash Internet speed record again!

Last Updated Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:17:53:78:94 | GENEVA

[ConservativeMan55]

GENEVA -

Researchers have more than doubled the world speed record for Internet data transfer.

Scientists at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Switzerland sent the equivalent of a full-length DVD movie in about seven seconds.

Colleagues at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received the data.

The land record was set on Oct. 1 by transferring 1.1 terabytes of data over a 7,000-kilometre link in less than 30 minutes, the team said.

The average transfer rate was 5.44 gigabits per second (Gbps), which broke the previous record of 2.38 Gbps – more than 20,000 times faster than a typical home broadband connection.

Researchers announced the record on Thursday at the Internet2 conference in Indianapolis.

Scientists want to transfer data more quickly for several experiments, such as simulations of the Big Bang.

"This new record marks another major milestone towards our final goal of abolishing distances and, in so doing, to enable more efficient worldwide scientific collaboration," said Oliver Martin in a release.

Martin is head of external networking at CERN.

To accomplish the feat, the team paid for a special transatlantic fibre optic link with a capacity of 10 Gbps.

Routers at both ends allowed the data to be sent more reliably.

[ConservativeMan55]

MMMMMMMM....Mushrooms.....

[jmc813]

Thanks for the ping. Very interesting article. Out of curiosity, how did you know I was into this sort of thing?

[4mycountry]

*drooooool*

[ConservativeMan55]

Notice post 12. You are the one that posted the old speed record.

[Clock King]

That's 24.44 Gbps

[Physicist]

IIRC, some of it has been devoted to mushroom farming....

No, that was the hole we dug. The hole they dug is getting its second bleeding-edge accelerator installed right now.

The U.S. is in the process of getting out of the business of high energy physics. Other countries are pressing onwards.

[Physicist]

(Sorry...I should have followed the thread better. Nevermind.)

[RightWingAtheist]

This is a bit late for me. I did a presentation on the grid yesterday, and I discussed LHC project. This would have been a nice addenum.

[JoeSchem]

Scientists at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Switzerland sent the equivalent of a full-length DVD movie in about seven seconds.

I can toss a DVD from one computer to another in about one second. Do I get a prize?

[oceanview]

across the atlantic ocean?

[Poohbah]

Actually, across the Atlantic Ocean AND across the continental United States.

If the guy can do that, the Cubbies need to sign him up, 'cause he's got one heck of an arm...

[oceanview]

i wonder who strung the OC192 for them?

[Poohbah]

Probably bought one left over from Global Crossing's implosion.

[Bogey78O]

What was the transfer medium? I'm guessing fiber. Big Whoop there. Fiber's limited by what on each end.

[Paradox]

Ah, yet faster PrOn!

[wita]

Always wondered what happened to that large underground race track. We are talking about the accelerator that was to be built in TX? If so, did we miss out on technological advancements by not building it.

[Physicist]

We are talking about the accelerator that was to be built in TX?

Yes, the Superconducting Supercollider.

If so, did we miss out on technological advancements by not building it.

Probably, but it's hard to say what. What we really missed out on is not so much the technology, but the science.

[tictoc]

Would you or anyone happen to know where I can go on the Web to find out about progress in research on nuclear fusion for power generation?

[RightWingAtheist]

Ah, but America's failure to take intiative will mean that Canada will TRIUMF!