Taiwans TWAREN Initiative

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Taiwans TWAREN Initiative
Fay Sheu c00yzs00_at_nchc.gov.tw National
Center for High-performance Computing Science-base
d 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 US75 billion starting
  2003.
• Serves as the infrastructure that enables new
  possibilities in RD, 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 Todays 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 Taiwans 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 RD 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
Data Center
NOC
Penghu Island
Tier DWDM core equipment (40Gbps))
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Logical Map of TWAREN
Penghu
Tier DWDM core equipment (40Gbps) Tier
RNC equipment (10Gbps) Tier Campus (1
Gbps or more)
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Linking RE 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
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Peering and Transit via ITNs
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General Applications

• TWAREN will provide a high bandwidth,
  high-efficiency 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
  e-Learning
• Language education is especially emphasized.
  English is a major focus.

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Linking up Grids
International
Domestic
Specialty Grid
Grid
Specialty Grid
Grid
Generic Grid
High-energy Physics Grid, EU
High-energy Physics Grid
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Promoting Grids
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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
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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
Pacific Rim Application Grid Middleware Assembly
SDSC
NCSA
Osaka
NCHC
TFRI NEON, ILTER _at_ SDSC NCHC 10 m volt EM _at_
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.
Education Network

Commodity Network