University at Buffalo
The State University of  New York
CCR
Center for Computational Research
Grids Form the Basis of a National Information Infrastructure
nTeraGrid will
provide in
aggregate
•13.6 trillion calculations per second
•Over 600 trillion bytes of immediately accessible data
•40 gigabit per second network speed
•Provide a new paradigm for data-oriented computing
•Critical for disaster response, genomics, environmental modeling, etc.
August 9, 2001:  NSF Awarded $53,000,000 to SDSC/NPACI
and NCSA/Alliance for TeraGrid