HPCwire's "Breaking News" Log onto HPCwire.com at the beginning and the end of your day for up to the minute news and information in the HPC industry. www.hpcwire.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** June 06, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 22 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 273 Pages of Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article retrieval instructions at end of this file more@hpcwire.tgc.com For subscription information, email sub@hpcwire.tgc.com For a free 4-week trial subscription, e-mail trial@hpcwire.tgc.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74559 ) ALTIX(TM) FAMILY OF SERVERS AND SUPERCLUSTERS SGI Combines the Industry Leading Performance Of the Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) 2 Processor With a Production-Class Linux(TM) Solution ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 107765 ) FEATURES: REVITALIZING HECRTF - A PLAN FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING | | [ ] 107771 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: TERRASCALE TECH ANNOUNCES OEM PARTNERSHIP | | [ ] 107778 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: HLRS, CRAY EXTEND RELATIONSHIP W/ HPC ORDER | | [ ] 107799 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NSF AWARDS LAB $5.5M TO STUDY CLIMATE DYNAMICS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74573 ) FREE CASE STUDY Orbital Sciences Deploys Evolocity CFD Cluster Faster Simulations = $130,000 ROI Linux Networx P r o v e n FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 107765 ) REVITALIZING HECRTF: A FOCUSED PLAN FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING..27.6K Commentary from the High-End Crusader The High-End Crusader praises parts of the HECRTF report but finds it lacking in financial commitment, a sense of urgency, and a focused research agenda. Contrasting HECRTF blandness with the clarity and vision in two previous reports, and focusing on the concept of balanced high-bandwidth system, he offers some suggestions for improvement. [ ] 107766 ) PRODUCTIVITY - A TRUE MEASURE OF SUPERCOMPUTING...............13K by Christopher Lazou Seventy five experts, from thirteen mostly European countries, attended the NEC User Group to discuss how they manage their own computing facilities to support their core business. [ ] 107767 ) NCAR BREAKTHROUGHS FOCUS ON SOLAR HALOS, SUNSPOT CYCLES......9.1K A new instrument developed at NCAR has captured landmark imagery of fast-evolving magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere. In addition, scientists have begun work on a groundbreaking forecast of the next cycle of sunspots using a new computer model of the sun. [ ] 107768 ) THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS - METHODS TO STRENGTHEN INFERENCE....5.7K James Granato and Frank Scioli, of the National Science Foundation, write in the newly published June issue of Perspectives on Politics that the separation of theory and real-world tests often sharply limit the usefulness of each. [ ] 74584 ) Intel Delivers Next-Generation Processors For Embedded Market Segments CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 107769 ) INTEL ITANIUM 2-BASED HP SERVERS TO BOOST VOLVO IT.............3K Intel Corporation and HP announced that Volvo IT will deploy a cluster of Intel Itanium 2 processor-based HP Integrity servers to help increase business and cost efficiencies across its operations. [ ] 107770 ) QUADRICS LINKS CLUSTERING, AFFORDABILITY W/ QsNetII E-SERIES.4.5K Quadrics, an interconnect technology provider, is to release a number of standalone switch chassis based on its QsNetII technology in the range of 8- 128 way cluster configurations, the E-Series (Enterprise). [ ] 107771 ) TERRASCALE TECH ANNOUNCES FIRST OEM PARTNERSHIP..............2.6K Terrascale Technologies, a developer of next generation input/output (I/O) software, announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership with TeamHPC, a provider of Linux-based turnkey cluster solutions. [ ] 107772 ) EMIC APP CLUSTER ENABLES CONSOLIDATION OF APACHE AND MySQL...3.3K Emic Networks announces the availability of version 2.0 of Emic Application Cluster (EAC) for Apache. EAC enables consolidation of servers for better control, improving the excellent total cost of ownership characteristics already provided by these platforms. [ ] 74585 ) HP in HPTC: A History of Computing Innovation _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74562 ) Our Cluster Works. Will Yours? [ ] 74587 ) Hella Autotechnik s.r.o. Invests in Virtual Product Development With SimDesigner From MSC.Software ============================================================================== [ ] 74581 ) Sun Microsystems Helps Found The Enterprise Grid Alliance As Blue-Chip Technology Companies Drive Adoption Of Grid Computing VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 107773 ) SUN BREAKS RECORDS W/ ULTRASPARC IV, AMD-OPTERON SYSTEMS.....5.2K Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced that the new Solaris Operating System and UltraSPARC IV-based midrange and high-end systems has set a world- record or benchmark, bringing the total to 37 world-records to date. [ ] 107774 ) HP TO CERTIFY, INTEGRATE AND SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE....6.1K HP achieved an industry first in its Linux and open source initiative by signing agreements with MySQL AB and JBoss to certify, support and jointly sell their open source software solutions on HP's standards- based servers. [ ] 107775 ) IBM EXTENDS LIFE SCIENCE ENDEAVORS...........................4.7K Despite a slow start, IBM is hoping to enhance its role in the life sciences sector by contributing to biotech innovations and participating in the potential transformation of health care. [ ] 107776 ) MSC ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF MSC.ROBUST DESIGN 2004 r2...........4.6K MSC.Software Corp., a global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products, including simulation software and services, announced the availability of MSC.Robust Design 2004 r2. [ ] 107777 ) SGI ALTIX BREAKS RECORDS IN SPEC OMP TESTS...................4.4K Silicon Graphics announced that its SGI Altix server has achieved new world records in SPEComp L2001 tests for 64-processor and 128-processor systems. [ ] 107778 ) HLRS, CRAY EXTEND RELATIONSHIP W/ ORDER FOR HPC SYSTEM.......2.7K HLRS -- the Stuttgart High Performance Computing Center -- extended its long-term relationship with Cray Inc. by awarding Cray an order to replace its existing Cray T3E-900/512 system with an Opteron-based high performance computing system and related services. [ ] 74586 ) SGI Altix Crushes Previous Records in SPEComp Tests QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 107800 ) "Observations of extrasolar planets as precise and compelling as those of Venus will not happen in my lifetime or that of my children. What we can see on Venus today previews what will be seen on far distant planets long after I'm gone. You could say it's cheating on time." -- Timothy Brown, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74565 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! GRID CREATES 'VIRTUAL' POOL OF IBM RESOURCES ROBERT MARCUS NAMED DIRECTOR OF COLORADO GRID INITIATIVE http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 107779 ) GE Fanuc Expands Intel Processor w/ VMIVME-7851 Computer.....2.1K [ ] 107780 ) Virtex-II Modules Boost Performance On VMEbus, PCI Boards....2.5K [ ] 107781 ) AMD Launches Four New Processors In Athlon 64 Family.........4.3K [ ] 107782 ) Supermicro Unveils Its Server Solutions For HPC................2K [ ] 107783 ) NVIDIA's MCPs Adopted By Leading Motherboard Manufacturers...3.1K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 107784 ) SGI, VizEveryWhere Enter Into U.S. Reseller Agreement........2.9K [ ] 107785 ) AMD Intros Geode GX Thin Client Reference Design Kit.........3.8K [ ] 107786 ) Discreet's Effects Systems Used For 'The Day After Tomorrow'.6.4K [ ] 107787 ) Xilinx Ships System Generator For DSP Development Tool.......2.8K [ ] 107788 ) Ascential Extends Relationship w/ IBM For DB2 Migration......2.6K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 107789 ) TVA, ORNL Partner To Help Link Valley Universities...........3.8K [ ] 107790 ) National LambdaRail Membership Grows.........................3.9K [ ] 107791 ) ECMWF Deploys Force10 E-Series To Predict Forecasts............3K [ ] 107792 ) BBN Tech Unveils World's First Quantum Cryptography Network....3K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 107793 ) Silicon Image Multiplies SATA Storage For RAID And JBOD Apps.6.7K [ ] 107794 ) PMC-Sierra Announces SAS Expander Family For Storage Apps....3.6K [ ] 107795 ) Dot Hill Announces SANnet II SATA Storage Solutions............4K [ ] 107796 ) Silverback Combines w/ Intel XScale On iSCSI Platform........1.3K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 107797 ) Universe Partners, SGI To Develop Stephen Hawkings Film........4K [ ] 107798 ) Sun Canada Helps Upgrade U Of Manitoba's Research Facility...2.5K [ ] 107799 ) NSF Awards Tree-Ring Lab $5.5M To Study Climate Dynamics.....3.4K [ ] 107800 ) NCAR Scientist To View Venus's Atmosphere During Transit.....5.2K [ ] 107801 ) Supercharging Innovation, Competitiveness: HPC Conference....2.6K [ ] 107802 ) Mathematician Discovers Largest Prime Number With PC...........1K [ ] 107803 ) QuBits Provides Largest Digital Dome In North America..........3K [ ] 74568 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 107804 ) Product Watch: LSI Unveils DDR-2 SDRAM Memory Interface......4.5K Xilinx, AMIRIX Announce MultiBERT Ref Design. NVIDIA Announces New nForce3 Ultra MCP. [ ] 107805 ) Financial Update: HP Leads In Server Shipments For 8th Qtr...5.2K Raytheon Receives DARPA Funding. MS Ordered To Pay Lindows 944 Euros. [ ] 107806 ) Corporate Liaisons: Fujitsu, Sun Expand Partnership..........5.5K SIS Licenses Huespace. Ansys, Autodesk Expand Tech Partnership. [ ] 107807 ) People and Position: Matsushima Named President Of PTKK......4.1K Hardison Joins SAIC Life Sciences Practice. [ ] 74567 ) Myrinet/PCI-X Interfaces High Performance Low Prices JOB BANK ===================================================================== *denotes a new listing [ ] 667 ) Accenture, Adaptec, C-DAC, Center for Deep Earth Exploration, ClearSpeed Technology, Computer Assets, *Cray Inc., D.E. 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