Wednesday, April 09, 2008
The Grid
10,000 times faster. Holy Cow, Batman!...
TimesOnLine's Science Editor, Jonathan Leake reports:
"Although the grid itself is unlikely to be directly available to domestic internet users, many telecoms providers and businesses are already introducing its pioneering technologies. One of the most potent is so-called dynamic switching, which creates a dedicated channel for internet users trying to download large volumes of data such as films. In theory this would give a standard desktop computer the ability to download a movie in five seconds rather than the current three hours or so."
