January 3, 2003
'Grids' May Be the Next Wave in High-Performance Computing
After Internet2, "grids" may be the next big thing in high-performance computing.
A grid is a network of computational research centers whose supercomputer clusters, databases, and specialized programs form a pool of resources that is more diverse than that of any single research center, or node, on the network. An example is North Carolina's BioGrid, a statewide infrastructure that scientists will use for conducting genomic research.
Universities that acquired supercomputing
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