The OptIPuter, so named for its use of Opt ical networking, I nternet P rotocol, comp uter storage, processing and visualization technologies, is an envisioned infrastructure that will tightly couple computational resources over parallel optical networks using the IP communication mechanism. The OptIPuter exploits a new world in which the central architectural element is optical networking, not computers - creating "supernetworks". This paradigm shift requires large-scale applications-driven, system experim
The OptIPuter's broad multidisciplinary team is conducting large-scale, application-driven system experiments with two data-intensive e-science efforts to ensure a useful and usable OptIPuter design: EarthScope, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These images are provided by organizing members of these projects, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Center for Microscopy and
© 2003. The OptIPuter receives major funding from the National Science Foundation, cooperative agreement ANI-0225642 to UCSD. For further information, contact info @ optiputer.net