Intel Predicts Death Of WWW

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday September 12, 2004 @11:19PM from the any-time-now dept.

LostCluster writes "Forbes is running a report saying that Intel's CTO claims that the WWW is 'running up on some architectural limitations' that will eventually cause its downfall. He's pushing a project called PlanetLab that has Princeton, Cambridge, Hewlett-Packard and AT&T on board, but Cisco is notably absent from that team."

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Well... by spieters · 2004-09-12 23:23 · Score: 5, Informative

Don't bother to RTFA this time, the article's about as low on info as the summary.

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1. Re:Well... by Ranx · 2004-09-13 01:19 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Intel's press release about the same speech has a little bit more information, although nothing technical.
  
  http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20 040909corp.htm
  
  Also interesting: a link to the open platform website:
  
  http://www.planet-lab.org/
  
  Interesting quotes:
  
  "Applications run on PlanetLab are decentralized, with pieces running on many machines spread across the global Internet. They can also self-organize to form their own networks, and include some form of application processing inside the network (instead of at the edges), adding new intelligence and capabilities to the Internet."
  
  "It would provide a platform on which Web services can run and a way to connect grid computing sites and utility data centers. It sits above the new physical infrastructure supplied by Internet 2 and above the networking layer where IPv6 functions, adding a new stratum of higher-level functionality to the Internet."
  
  Why it has to replace the current TCP/IP-infrastructure is still unclear (apart from selling more hardware).
  
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2. Re:Well... by Skjellifetti · 2004-09-13 01:56 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  Forbes once wrote an article about 64 bit computing where they defined a 64 bit machine as one that could address 64! bytes of memory. There writers and editors really don't have much of a clue about technology.
  
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Swamped in dupes by BenjyD · 2004-09-12 23:23 · Score: 4, Informative

Dupes
"InterWeb" by Scoria · 2004-09-12 23:35 · Score: 4, Informative

Article summary: FUD.

However, it is somewhat humorous that the writer often substitutes "World Wide Web" for "Internet." Considering that the number of estimated Internet users increased from 38,000,000 at the end of 1994 to 604,000,000 in 2004, I am somewhat incredulous to the belief that our current architecture is incapable of accommodating expansion. It may not be inexpensive, but it is possible.

Aside from that, the article contains no other information. A substantial percentage of the article body is actually dedicated to FinancialWire and StreetSignals.

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Re:Dupe by 808140 · 2004-09-13 00:28 · Score: 4, Informative

No, I think it's meant to be to the tune of "Duke of Earl", which is much funnier, imho.
Planetlab connection by FU_Fish · 2004-09-13 02:12 · Score: 4, Informative

As a user of both the WWW and Planetlab I can say that they are totally unrelated. The WWW is a source for finding/exchanging existing data. Planetlab is a testbed for new networking/computing technologies. Planetlab produces data, the WWW distributes data.