•HENP
– current driver
•Data
intensive science:
–Astrophysics,
Global weather, Fusion, sesimology
•Industries
such as aerospace, medicine, security …
•Future:
–Media
distribution
•Gbits/s=2
full length DVD movies/minute
•2.36Gbits/s
is equivalent to
–Transferring
a full CD in 2.3 seconds (i.e. 1565
CDs/hour)
–Transferring 200 full length DVD movies in one hour
(i.e. 1 DVD in 18 seconds)
•Will
sharing movies be like sharing music today?