Transcript 20021028-ITF-Sheu

Taiwan’s TWAREN Initiative
Fay Sheu
[email protected]
National Center for High-performance Computing
Science-based Industrial Park
Hsinchu, Taiwan
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The TWAREN Initiative
A comprehensive, 6-year national development
plan formulated by the government to foster
creativity and develop talents
Will cost an estimated US$75 billion starting
2003.
Serves as the infrastructure that enables new
possibilities in R&D, global collaboration and
learning, discoveries and innovation …
Serves as part of the mechanisms to train
manpower, create jobs, spur economic growth
and strengthen competitiveness.
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Future Infrastructure Drives
Today’s Research Agenda
 The success story of the NSFnet is
inspirational
 TWAREN will be a new all-optical network with
10 Gigabit Ethernet and DWDM technology at
its core
 A backbone of 40-100 Gbps will encircle 1000
km along Taiwan’s coastal areas
 Connects universities and colleges as well as
research institutions all throughout the island
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Core Nodes in Science Parks
 Four core nodes are strategically located
at science parks to serve industrial R&D
besides academic research
 The NCHC, situated in Hsinchu, where
semiconductor and electronic industries
dominate the Park, already has a branch
office down south. Will set up one more
office in central Taiwan.
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Functionality Assigned
Computation 1
Data Center 1
1 Taipei
Hsinchu
Taichung
NOC 1
Penghu
Island
Tainan
Tier 1 DWDM & core equipment (40Gbps))
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Logical Map of TWAREN
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1 Taipei
Hsinchu
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3
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3
Taichung
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1
3
2
Tainan
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1
2
Penghu
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Tier 1 DWDM & core equipment (40Gbps)
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Tier 3
Tier
RNC & equipment (10Gbps)
Campus (1 Gbps or more)
Linking R&E Community
to the World
 Three domestic networks invest heavily in
international connectivity:
TANet2 – funded by the National Science Council,
a research network ran by the NCHC.
TANet – funded by the Ministry of Education,
serves higher education and K-12 concerns
ASnet – supported by various sources, services
researchers in Academia Sinica and clientele
outside the campus
 International connectivity will be further expanded
in a joint effort
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International Connectivity
(TANet2)
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Colocation at Pacific Wave
Colocation
in PAIX
Seattle, WA
TANet2
PNW GigaPOP
Seattle, WA
GigE
NCHC
ATM Switch
In-house wiring
Cross Connection
IP Port
Cisco 7507
Router
US Domestic
Private Line T3
Taiwan
Submarine Cable
Local Loop
GigE
Cisco LS1010
ATM Switch
Cisco LS1010
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NCHC
STM-1
Chicago, IL USA
NCHC (National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan)
runs and services TANet2, an advanced network for research..
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Peering and Transit via ITNs
Fastnet
CA*net4
Euro-Link
ITN
Abilene
TANet2
OC-3
OC-12
GigaPOP
Pacific
STAR TAP
Wave
NGIX-Chicago
DS-3 ATM
(15Mb)
NISN
DS-3
OC-12
SingAREN
OC-3
AARNET
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OC-3
AADS NAP
2 x OC-3
ESnet
AMPATH
ITN
Northwest
2 x OC-12
TransPAC
- APAN
Pacific
ESnet
vBNS+
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General Applications
 TWAREN will provide a high bandwidth, highefficiency network to support research and
development
 At home, it serves as a far-reaching platform for
research and learning
 Going overseas, we will enhance connectivity to
allow collaborative research, in e-Science and eLearning
 Language education is especially emphasized.
English is a major focus.
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Linking up Grids
International
Domestic
Grid
Generic Grid
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Grid
Specialty
Grid
High-energy Physics
Grid
Specialty
Grid
High-energy
Physics Grid, EU
Promoting Grids
Nano
Harzard
Med
Eco
International
collaboration
Platform
Management
implementation
Apy team
secure
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Bio
Grid Platform
stable
Userfriendly
Asthma Grid – A Pilot Project
Sw
Network
Patients
Wireless
LAN
Hospitals
database
● Short-term pilot studies supported
● More than 2 million patients
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till production
CGU, NCHC, NHI, 12 hospitals participating
International Collaborations
Biomedical science (with Japan, US)
ILTER (International Long-Term
Ecological Research), with US
PRAGMA
APGrid (with Korea, Japan and Thailand)
Metacomputing (with US, Germany, Japan
and Great Britain)
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A Member of PRAGMA
SDSC
Osaka
NCSA
Pacific
Rim
Application
NCHC
Grid
Middleware
Assembly
TFRI – NEON, ILTER @ SDSC
NCHC –10 m volt EM @ Osaka
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Impacts Anticipated
Expected to bring about innovation that otherwise
could not be accomplished; training of talents
needed for world economic competitiveness.
Research Network
Education Network
Innovation
HRD
Commodity Network
Wealth
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