Taiwan s TWAREN Initiative Fay Sheu c 00 yzs

Taiwan’s TWAREN Initiative Fay Sheu c 00 yzs 00@nchc. gov. tw National Center for High-performance Computing Science-based Industrial Park Hsinchu, Taiwan

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The TWAREN Initiative q A comprehensive, 6 -year national development plan formulated by the government to foster creativity and develop talents q Will cost an estimated US$75 billion starting 2003. q Serves as the infrastructure that enables new possibilities in R&D, global collaboration and learning, discoveries and innovation … q Serves as part of the mechanisms to train manpower, create jobs, spur economic growth and strengthen competitiveness. 3

Future Infrastructure Drives Today’s Research Agenda q The success story of the NSFnet is inspirational q TWAREN will be a new all-optical network with 10 Gigabit Ethernet and DWDM technology at its core q A backbone of 40 -100 Gbps will encircle 1000 km along Taiwan’s coastal areas q Connects universities and colleges as well as research institutions all throughout the island 4

Core Nodes in Science Parks q Four core nodes are strategically located at science parks to serve industrial R&D besides academic research q 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. 5

Functionality Assigned Computation 1 Data Center 1 1 Taipei Hsinchu Taichung NOC 1 Penghu Island Tainan Tier 1 DWDM & core equipment (40 Gbps)) 6

Logical Map of TWAREN 3 1 2 3 3 3 Tainan 2 3 7 3 Taichung 2 Penghu 1 Taipei Hsinchu 1 3 2 Tier 1 DWDM & core equipment (40 Gbps) 2 Tier 3 Tier RNC & equipment (10 Gbps) Campus (1 Gbps or more)

Linking R&E Community to the World q Three domestic networks invest heavily in international connectivity: q. TANet 2 – funded by the National Science Council, a research network ran by the NCHC. q. TANet – funded by the Ministry of Education, serves higher education and K-12 concerns q. ASnet – supported by various sources, services researchers in Academia Sinica and clientele outside the campus q International connectivity will be further expanded in a joint effort 8

International Connectivity (TANet 2) 9

Colocation at Pacific Wave Colocation in PAIX Seattle, WA TANet 2 PNW Giga. POP Seattle, WA Gig. E NCHC ATM Switch Taiwan Submarine Cable Local Loop In-house wiring Cross Connection IP Port Gig. E Cisco LS 1010 ATM Switch Cisco LS 1010 10 NCHC STM-1 Cisco 7507 Router US Domestic Private Line T 3 Chicago, IL USA NCHC (National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan) runs and services TANet 2, an advanced network for research. . *

Peering and Transit via ITNs Fastnet CA*net 4 Euro-Link ITN Abilene TANet 2 OC-3 OC-12 Pacific ITN Northwest Giga. POP Pacific STAR TAP Wave NGIX-Chicago 2 x OC-12 Trans. PAC - APAN 11 DS-3 ATM (15 Mb) AARNET OC-3 AADS NAP 2 x OC-3 ESnet AMPATH NISN DS-3 OC-12 Sing. AREN OC-3 ESnet v. BNS+

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General Applications q TWAREN will provide a high bandwidth, highefficiency network to support research and development q At home, it serves as a far-reaching platform for research and learning q Going overseas, we will enhance connectivity to allow collaborative research, in e-Science and e. Learning q Language education is especially emphasized. English is a major focus. 13

Linking up Grids International Domestic Grid Generic Grid 14 Grid Specialty Grid High-energy Physics Grid, EU

Promoting Grids Nano Med International collaboration Eco Bio Platform Management implementation Apy team secure 15 Harzard Grid Platform stable Userfriendly

Asthma Grid – A Pilot Project Sw Network Patients Wireless LAN Hospitals database ● Short-term pilot studies supported till production ● More than 2 million patients ● CGU, NCHC, NHI, 12 hospitals participating

International Collaborations q Biomedical science (with Japan, US) q ILTER (International Long-Term Ecological Research), with US q PRAGMA q APGrid (with Korea, Japan and Thailand) q Metacomputing (with US, Germany, Japan and Great Britain) 17

A Member of PRAGMA SDSC Osaka NCHC NCSA Pacific Rim Application Grid Middleware Assembly TFRI – NEON, ILTER @ SDSC NCHC – 10 m volt EM @ Osaka 18 18

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 Commodity Network Innovation HRD Wealth 19