Machines on this network can reach most research networks worldwide. The University of Toronto has a direct connection to the Internet. Outside of the Computer Engineering Group there are many other computing facilities available. Each full-time graduate student is assigned a study desk, and there are numerous workbenches available for hardware projects. The Computer Engineering Group operates a number of well-equipped graduate laboratories.
Facilities are available for doing both hardware and software research.
A permanent staff of a technologist and a technician and a software support person are available to support these facilities. There is easy access to computer terminals and workstations. The Computer Engineering Group runs its own cluster of machines that is centered around a number of file servers. There is currenlty more than 130 workstations in the group. The available facilities also include a large number of MC68000 boards for applications such as real-time control.