Grid of 100,000 computers heralds new internet dawn

Times Online, UK ^ | 9/29/08 | Murad Ahmed

[xtinct]

A network of 100,000 computers providing the greatest data processing capacity yet unleashed has been created to cope with information pouring from the world’s largest machine.

The Grid is the latest evolution of the internet and the world wide web and computer scientists will announce on Friday that it is ready to be connected to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

It is designed for schemes where huge quantities of data need crunching, such as large research and engineering projects. The Grid has the kind of power required to download movies in seconds, and the ability to make high-definition video phone calls for the same price as a local call. More importantly, it should help to narrow the search for cures for diseases. However, it is unlikely to be directly available to most internet users until telecoms providers build the fibre-optic network required to use it.

[xtinct]

[norraad]

..can you hear me now?

[relictele]

It’s nothing compared to the botnet comprised of 1,000,000 spyware-infected computers owned by AOL users.

[ClearCase_guy]

Skynet

[The Louiswu]

Finally...faster downloads of Brazilian Fart Porn!!!

(and about time too.)

[DonaldC]

Something like this is probably needed to run the next OS from MS. hehe

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

can it detect transformers about to blow?

[norraad]

Yes, they modeled the neuropaths in the brain that tells you your about to fart, (grab a lighter).

[Mr. Jazzy]

All they all TRS-80’s with 300 BAUD modems?

[DocRock]

"A network of 100,000 computers providing the greatest data processing capacity yet unleashed has been created to cope with information pouring from the world’s largest machine."

100,000? Not even close to the world's largest. FreeRepublic has a "folding" team working on cures for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and forms of cancer. There are over 240,000 CPUs working together to find these cures. The FreeRepublic team is ranked #56 out of all the teams in the world.

Click Here to see our latest thread where Folding@home - F@H Distributed Supercomputer Hits 1 PetaFLOP!

[ShadowAce]

[papasmurf]

Can we get a Folding *ping* for this, TB?

[NormsRevenge]

Got Grid?

Computing Wowzer! ping

[thefactor]

“Me and my fellow nerds will retire to the nerdery. We should have something for you by the end of the day.”

[dayglored]

WOW, can you imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these???

Oh, wait...

[papasmurf]

LOL!