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Cerns Big Bang project uses grid computing to crunch the data, but how big is the grid?

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Cerns Big Bang project uses grid computing to crunch the data, but how big is the grid?

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The IT department at Cern is creating the world’s largest computing grid – known as the LHC Computing Grid – for the Big Bang project. The LHC Computing Grid (LCG) went live in June 2008, pooling the processing power of around 100,000 CPUs worldwide. It will process information at a rate of 1gbps, to cope with the massive outpouring of data that will come from the LHC particle accelerator.