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To: Greg h2o who wrote (41644)	11/6/2003 3:26:19 PM
From: mahler_one	Respond to of 42804

Hi Greg...From a trade publication...I believe that MRV works with Corning, and we know that MRV does "something" with IBM...Obviously I do not know if MRV is involved with this project, but interesting nevertheless. m1 Online staff -- Electronic News, 11/4/2003 IBM Corp. and Corning Inc. today announced that they will team with the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on a $20 million project to develop high-speed, optically switched interconnects for supercomputers. The program will forward the development of high-speed optical technology aimed at increasing network bandwidth by 50 times while reducing the cost of supercomputers, all of which are attributes required to surpass electronic interconnect technologies, IBM said. When optically switched interconnects are achieved, Big Blue continued, it is estimated that supercomputer systems could reach thousands of nodes with interconnect bandwidth of tens of gigabytes per second per node. Under the 2.5-year contract, Corning's science and technology division will develop a prototype of an optically switched interconnect, aiming to replace traditional copper cables and electronic switches. Meanwhile, IBM Research Labs in the U.S. and Switzerland will provide the system's electronic control and monitoring circuitry and will assist with the integration of the optical interconnect modules provided by Corning, delivering a prototype system incorporating the optically switched interconnect within 30 months. "IBM researchers have been at the forefront of technology development for switches," said Tilak Agerwala, VP of systems at IBM Research, in a statement. "Driving to exceed one petaflop, or one quadrillion operations per second, will enable researchers to break down new barriers in life sciences, weather prediction and defense."