p2pnet.net News:- The first high definition uncompressed interactive video interaction across the Pacific at 1.4 gigabits per second in each direction has been demonstrated by AARNet (Australia’s Academic and Research Network) and ResearchChannel.

Using two Intel PCI-Xpress computers and AJA Video Systems’ Xena-HD HDSDI capture cards, it was the first to show HD interactive systems over Windows XP platforms, say AARNet and ResearchChannel.

The transmission was between AARNet’s head office in Canberra and the exhibition floor of the Supercomputing Conference SC2004 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

“The unprecedented high-quality, low-latency interactive video was the first use of the Southern Cross Trans-Pacific Optical Research Testbed (or SXTransPORT), a dual 10Gbps trans-Pacific initiative of Southern Cross Cable Networks and AARNet and acquired with assistance from the Australian Government,” says a statement, going on:

“The network path also involved the Pacific Northwest Gigapop and the US National LambdaRail (NLR) 10 gigabit network fabric. The network path also makes use of US National Institutes of Health-funded networks through the University of Hawaii. Future expansion of the network is planned to offer these and additional resources to other continents, and bring scientists and researchers together by exploiting new Internet technologies.”

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