The Fastest Network Connecting the Fastest
Computers
SC17 will host the most powerful and advanced networks in the
world – SCinet. Created each year for the conference,
SCinet brings to life a very high-capacity network that
supports the revolutionary applications and experiments that
are a hallmark of the SC conference. SCinet will link the
convention center to research and commercial networks around
the world. In doing so, SCinet serves as the platform for
exhibitors to demonstrate the advanced computing resources of
their home institutions and elsewhere by supporting a wide
variety of bandwidth-driven applications including
supercomputing and cloud computing.
Volunteers from academia, government and industry work together to design and deliver the SCinet infrastructure. Industry vendors and carriers donate millions of dollars in equipment and services needed to build and support the local and wide area networks. Planning begins more than a year in advance of each SC conference and culminates in a high-intensity installation in the days leading up to the conference.