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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. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** June 28, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 25 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 308 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73141 ) Grid Computing, Applications & High End Visualization Sun High Performance Computing Consortium (SHPCC) Conference 19-20 July, 2002 Glasgow, Scotland http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 102984 ) FEATURES: CYBER-STRUCTURE STILL AT RISK | | [ ] 102985 ) SCIENCE NEWS: NCSA ANNOUNCES ACCESS GRID SEMINAR SERIES | | [ ] 102991 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: SUN SWITCHES GEARS ON ENCRYPTION | | [ ] 103004 ) NEWS BRIEFS: HP UNVEILS ENHANCED OPERATING SYSTEM | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73142 ) The New HP is The Market Leader in HPTC HP's HPTC Strengths Compaq's HPTC Strengths *high capacity servers and workstations *large capability systems *mechanical engineering *national laboratories *government defense *scientific research *electronic design simulation *life sciences *modeling *materials science The New HP *43% market share *The Best Technologies from HP and Compaq *Full-Range Product Set, From Desktops Through Multi-Teraflop Capability Systems FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 102982 ) THE EARTH SIMULATOR HERALDS "NEW AGE OF SIMULATION".........10.9K By Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants, Ltd. About 350 participants from 21 countries attended the ISC2002. This was of particular interest for many of us to see some real simulation results coming from the Earth Simulator. [ ] 102983 ) ICANN SET FOR LANDMARK VOTE THIS WEEK........................5.6K The organisation that oversees the Internet's vast domain-name system is looking to face down grass-roots protesters at its annual meeting in Bucharest this week as it tries to gain greater government-level acceptance. [ ] 102984 ) CYBER-STRUCTURE STILL AT RISK................................8.7K By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff Corporate America's cyber-security efforts are lagging, leaving homeland defense planners debating how best to rally businesses to address a problem that has become more urgent since Sept. 11. [ ] 73143 ) HP Ranks "Best in Class" In Latest IDC High-performance Computing Benchmark HP Receives Top Honors in Two Out of Four Categories; Places Three Systems in Top Five Positions in Third Category SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 102985 ) NCSA ANNOUNCES ACCESS GRID SEMINAR SERIES....................4.6K By Karen Green, NCSA Public Information Officer The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will offer a seminar series over the Access Grid beginning in July. [ ] 102986 ) AT LOS ALAMOS, TWO VISIONS OF SUPERCOMPUTING................10.3K By George Johnson, NY Times Los Alamos National Laboratory has two powerful new computers, Q and Green Destiny. Both achieve high calculating speeds, but they exemplify two very different visions of the future of supercomputing. [ ] 102987 ) DATA STORAGE GETS ULTRASMALL WITH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE........3K Two materials researchers have developed an extremely sensitive nanoscale device that could shrink ultra-high-density storage devices to record sizes. [ ] 102988 ) PURDUE MARSHALS NEW APPROACH TO PROTECT SOFTWARE.............4.6K Hackers who try to use or copy software illegally may soon find a sticky web waiting to trap them. It's not the World Wide Web. Instead, it's a new approach under development at Purdue University designed to protect software. [ ] 102989 ) NEW CLIMATE SIMULATION DOUBLES DETAIL OF PREVIOUS MODELS.....3.3K Climate studies just doubled in resolution because of a new model developed and implemented by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and run on the Cheetah supercomputer. [ ] 73144 ) MSC.Linux Outperforms Unix in Thermal and Stress Analysis, Reducing Time and Costs For Leading Japanese Structural Engineering Company _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73145 ) The Portland Group Announces an Alliance With Linux NetworX to Offer Integrated Cluster Development Software. [ ] 73146 ) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Uses Linux NetworX Cluster to Aid in Drug Discovery Linux Cluster Helps Pharmaceutical Company Improve Efficiency and Save Time [ ] 73147 ) What Scalable Storage Networking Solution Easily Handles Multi-Teraflop Environments? Find out what Sandia National Laboratory Knows... Storage Networking Appliances from DataDirect Networks. [ ] 73148 ) AVAKI Announces Three Customers to Accelerate Drug Discovery Using Comprehensive Grid Software Product AVAKI 2.1 is the First Commercially-available Software Product to Combine the Power of Compute Grids and Data Grids ______________________________________________________________________ Reed Presents Distinguished Lecture NCSA and Alliance Director Dan Reed was the speaker at a National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecture on April 10. The lecture, which addressed the emerging infrastructure for computational science that promises to transform the way scientists and engineers conduct research, is archived on the NSF website at http://www.cise.nsf.gov/lecture_2002_04_10.htm . The lecture series is sponsored by the NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering (CISE). INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS Offering Technology Solutions for Industry. ============================================================================== Centers Actively Seeking Partners [ ] 95000 ) Pacific Northwest National Lab [ ] 95005 ) Indiana University [ ] 95002 ) Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center [ ] 95003 ) Ohio Supercomputer Center COMMERCIAL NEWS ============================================================== [ ] 102990 ) HP PUSHES RED HAT TOWARD ITANIUM.............................9.7K Hewlett-Packard's strong backing for Intel's Itanium processor line has hastened Red Hat's plans to create a version of its flagship Advanced Server Linux for the high-end chip family. [ ] 102991 ) SUN SWITCHES GEARS ON ENCRYPTION.............................5.6K Microsoft, IBM and VeriSign have submitted a security specification for Web services to an industry standards body, a move that has won the backing of an unlikely supporter: Sun Microsystems. [ ] 102992 ) SUN MIGRATES 500M LINES OF COBOL CODE OFF MAINFRAMES.........5.1K More than 500,000,000 lines of COBOL code, in 300 different enterprises, have been moved off costly mainframes using Sun Microsystems Inc.'s mainframe rehosting software. [ ] 102993 ) MICROSOFT DISCLOSES AMBITIOUS NEW SECURITY EFFORT............4.9K Microsoft Corp. has disclosed an ambitious new project to improve security by creating within its Windows software a virtual "vault" where customers would conduct electronic transactions and store sensitive information. [ ] 102994 ) IBM AND XILINX SHAKE UP ART OF CHIP DESIGN...................4.4K IBM and Xilinx, Inc. said they have signed an agreement that could help custom chip designers shave hundreds of thousands of dollars off the cost of creating future chips. [ ] 102995 ) SAMSUNG, HYNIX SAY RECEIVED NO GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES..........2.9K South Korea's two leading chipmakers said they had not received government subsidies, following a media report that Infineon Technologies AG has asked the European Commission to impose tariffs. [ ] 73149 ) Intel(TM) Business Computing: Case Study BriefHigh Performance Computing Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) Architecture: Ensuring Smooth Sailing for Fluid Turbulence Research QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 102983 ) "The officials who turn up to ICANN meetings are the ones who heard about the Internet first, not necessarily the people who make, or should make, Internet policy." -- Michael Froomkin, Professor, University of Miami School of Law [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73150 ) BlueArc Selected by National Laboratory to Deliver 115 Terabytes for Supercomputing Cluster... *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 102996 ) Cray Sells SX-6 Supercomputer To Canadian Company............1.3K [ ] 102997 ) Cambex Announces Plug-Compatible Memory For IBM Servers........4K [ ] 102998 ) Companies Announce Advanced Hardware Design Kit..............4.3K [ ] 102999 ) Supercomputer Tuning Yields Major Speed Improvement..........2.3K [ ] 103000 ) AMD Athlon Used For Production Of Star Wars..................2.4K [ ] 103001 ) Fractal Antenna Systems Announces New PC Cluster.............3.8K [ ] 103002 ) ORNL Computer 8th Fastest In World...........................3.7K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103003 ) Cray Collaborates On Bioinformatics Software Solutions.......6.5K [ ] 103004 ) HP Unveils Enhanced OpenVMS Operating System.................3.8K [ ] 103005 ) Wind River Releases Upgrade To Diab C/C++ Compiler Suite.....3.6K [ ] 103006 ) U.S. Sues Over Wind River, MathWorks Software Deal...........1.9K [ ] 103007 ) Imperial Technology Announces SANaccess Security Software....2.6K [ ] 103008 ) Altair Engineering And OSC Make A Software Partnership.........3K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 103009 ) Foundry Networks Delivers New Intelligent Switching Family...2.8K [ ] 103010 ) Network Innovator Alacritech Marks Patent Milestone..........3.1K [ ] 73151 ) Register Now For MicroWay's Symposium New Directions In Cluster Technolgies September 18-19, 2002 Plymouth, MA USA STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 103011 ) Researchers Develop Device For "Ultrasmall" Data Storage.....3.3K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 103012 ) SC2002: Submissions Promise Wide-Ranging Program.............2.8K [ ] 103013 ) SGI Crash Test Simulation Solution Helps Volvo...............3.3K [ ] 103014 ) SC2002 Seeks Proposals For Birds Of A Feather Events.........1.3K [ ] 103015 ) IT Pros Expect Cyberattack On Gov't..........................1.9K [ ] 103016 ) OMG And The Open Group Conference Announcement...............6.4K [ ] 103017 ) ESI Group Announces EuroPAM 2002.............................3.2K [ ] 103018 ) Research Could Accelerate Computing To Speed Of Light........1.9K [ ] 103019 ) Feds Fear Possible Al Qaeda Cyber-Attacks....................2.1K SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 103020 ) Product Watch: ADI Announces CompactPCI Hot Swap Module.....11.6K Xilinx Ships System Generator For DSP v2.2. Teradyne Improves Integra J750 Accuracy. [ ] 103021 ) Financial Update: Microsoft To Invest $750 Million...........7.1K Santur Secures $23M From Investors. Motorola To Cut 7,000 Jobs. [ ] 103022 ) Corporate Liaisons: Actel Joins HyperTransport Consortium.7.1K SGI And Ada Core Technologies Team Up. AMD Announced Support From Zeus Tech. [ ] 103023 ) People and Positions: SIIA Appoints New Board Member.........6.5K Structural GenomiX Appoints New VP. JOB BANK ============================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities (* New Listing) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)(Kernel Programmers) Los Alamos Nation Laboratory (Computer and Computational Sciences (CCS)-1 Group Leader) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)(Director of center for Applied Scientific Computing) California Institute of Technology-CACR (Manager, Computing Resources) University of California (HPC Consultant) [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..................................1.22K [ ] 73152 ) Test and run your benchmarks on an Aspen Systems Alpha or Pentium, Linux or UNIX system. 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