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To: ~digs who wrote (739)	11/25/2003 12:48:21 PM
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Tenn. Lab to Design High-Speed Network Nov 25, 10:28 AM (ET) OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been awarded $4.5 million to design a high-speed computer network capable of carrying massive amounts of science data, the lab announced Monday. The prototype system, funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science, will be called Science UltraNet. The network is expected to operate at 10 gigabits to 40 gigabits, which is about 200,000 to 800,000 times faster than the fastest dial-up connection of 56,000 bits per second, ORNL said. "We're not trying to develop a new Internet," said Nageswara Rao, who with ORNL colleagues Bill Wing and Tom Dunigan is heading the three-year project. "We're developing a high-speed network that uses routers and switches somewhat akin to phone companies to provide dedicated connections to accelerate scientific discoveries," he said. "In this case, however, the people using the network will be scientists who generate or use data or guide calculations remotely." The aim is to link scientists at ORNL and other research institutions who increasingly rely on supercomputers capable of trillions of calculations per second for studies once considered unthinkable. A number of disciplines, including high-energy physics, fusion energy, climate modeling, genetics and nanotechnology, are expected to benefit. The plan is to set up an experimental network linking the Oak Ridge lab to Atlanta, Chicago and Sunnyvale, Calif. apnews.myway.com