“A Visualization Study of Networking” by University of Illinois

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Conference:


Title:


    A Visualization Study of Networking

Length:


    1:10

Company / Institution / Agency:


  • University of Illinois
  • National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)

Description:


    This high-definition computer animation educates general audiences about the exponential growth of networking in the US and the world. A data visualization spanning a two-year period represents rapid traffic growth that exceeds tens of billions of bytes per day. Networking is particularly relevant to SIGGRAPH ’92 which is connected to the NSFNET.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: Silicon Graphics 360VGX
    Silicon Graphics 240GPX
    240 Server

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Wavefront Technologies
    In-house sortware

Additional Contributors:


    Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, Robin Bargar, Keishi Kandori, Mark Bajuk, Amy Swanson, William Sherman, Mike McNeill, Fred Daab
    NSF, Merit Network, NCAR, NASA, JPL