M’sian Students Can Now Enjoy Up to 100Gbps High-Speed Internet at These 24 Unis!

Remember how slow the internet connectivity was back in our uni days where loading journals seemed like they were taking forever? More like 5-ever! 

Well, that will soon be a thing of the past because over 150 institutions nationwide can now enjoy high-speed internet of up to 100Gbps! 

Das right guys, under the newly-rebranded Malaysian Research & Education Network (MYREN-X) project, institutions such as universities, colleges, hospitals and government agencies that have subscribed to MYREN-X can enjoy a dedicated high-speed network, according to The Star.

Here’s the list of universities involved.

• Universiti Malaya (UM)
• Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
• Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
• Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
• Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
• Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
• Multimedia University (MMU)
• Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)
• Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)
• Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
• Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
• Islamic International University Malaysia (IIUM)
• Universiti Teknikal Melaka Malaysia (UTeM)
• Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
• Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
• Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
• Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)
• Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
• Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
• Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI)
• Universiti Pertahanan National Malaysia (UPNM)
• Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
• Monash University

Source: edu spiral

Besides universities, 31 polytechnics, 85 college communities, 5 hospitals and 6 government agencies have also subscribed to this project.

With such high-speed connectivity, scientists and researchers will be able to carry out high-impact projects at their respective institutions. Plus, it can also boost the collaboration between local and foreign scientists.

“With MYREN-X, we hope to further boost capacity to 3,200Gbps, which will really improve big-data processing and high-performance computing,” our Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Razak said. 

“In medical research of cancer, it is required to have high-performance computing system that can process up to 26 billion character codes per second, with the aim of reducing the fatality rate among patients,” he added. 

Source: the sun daily

Let’s hope that with fast internet connectivity, more high-impact research can be done and our universities can place better in the world university rankings next year.

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