scientist work with supercomputer ( or auto like the Large Hadron Collider ) are generating vast amount of data . Trying to pass around terabytes of act using Dropbox can get a little slow , so researchers on the West Coast are arrest their own private fibre - eye web , dub the Pacific Research Platform .
The web will link a few West Coast science laboratory and supercomputers together , as part of a 5 - year , $ 5 million Duncan James Corrow Grant . amphetamine should unravel at 100Gbps , which my introductory back - of - the - envelope math puts at 100 times faster than Google Fiber ’s 1Gbps , and so much better than my 20Mbps home base net that I do n’t really require to think about it .
It will also provide built - in security measure — the dedicated internet will allow an ‘ air gap ’ between the scientific electronic computer and the Wild West of the cyberspace , hopefully spoil any hacking attempts .
Most of all , it ’s a payoff to the initial intent of the net , build originally as a political platform for sharing research , and now turned into a jumbo machine for trolling and Arabian tea GIFs .
[ New York Times ]
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