FABRIC is a unique national research infrastructure to enable cutting-edge and exploratory research at-scale in networking, cybersecurity, distributed computing and storage systems, machine learning, and science applications. It is an everywhere-programmable nationwide instrument comprised of novel extensible network elements equipped with large amounts of compute and storage, interconnected by high speed, dedicated optical links. It will connect a number of specialized testbeds for cloud research (NSF Cloud testbeds CloudLab and Chameleon), for research beyond 5G technologies (Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research or PAWR), as well as production high-performance computing facilities and science instruments to create a rich fabric for a wide variety of experimental activities.

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FABRIC：国家级可编程实验网络基础设施

FABRIC 是一个独特的国家研究基础设施，可以在网络、网络安全、分布式计算和存储系统、机器学习和科学应用方面进行大规模的前沿和探索性研究。它是一种随处可编程的全国性仪器，由配备大量计算和存储的新型可扩展网络元素组成，通过高速专用光链路互连。它将连接许多用于云研究（NSF 云测试床 CloudLab 和 Chameleon）、用于 5G 技术以外的研究（用于高级无线研究或 PAWR 的平台）以及生产高性能计算设施和科学仪器的专用测试平台，以创建一个丰富的面料，适合各种实验活动。