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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 *** August 9, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 31 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 316 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73221 )"The new HP is proving that it can do what it said it could" HP Announces Powerful Upgrades to PA-RISC and AlphaServer Lines Enhanced Systems Outperform IBM and Sun on Industry Benchmarks, Offer Customers Unmatched Value ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 103232 ) FEATURES: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICROSOFT'S GEORGE SPIX | | [ ] 103240 ) SCIENCE NEWS: IBM RESEARCHING LOW-POWER INITIATIVES | | [ ] 103248 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: SGI ANNOUNCES KEY SALES WINS | | [ ] 103253 ) NEWS BRIEFS: CRAY WINS $9 MILLION ORDER FOR X1 SUPERCOMPUTERS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73222 ) Cornell Theory Center High-Performance Solutions Allies industry leaders Dell, Intel, and Microsoft Learn about the alliance FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 103232 ) AN INTERVIEW WITH MICROSOFT'S GEORGE SPIX....................8.5K By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief In an interview with HPCwire, George Spix, Director of Advanced Systems, Windows .Net Server Program Management, talks about Microsoft's future plans and investments in the HPC market. [ ] 103233 ) LINUX WADDLES FROM OBSCURITY TO THE BIG TIME.................9.6K In recent months, companies and government agencies, from Wall Street to Hollywood and from Europe to Asia, have embraced Linux, adding to its legitimacy. [ ] 103234 ) NEWS FROM ISC2002: ETHICAL ISSUES - GENETIC ENGINEERING.....14.4K By Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants, Ltd. At ISC2002, the most thought provoking presentation titled: "Genetic engineering the utopian idea of perfect human beings" was given by Professor Jens G. Reich. [ ] 103235 ) HP UPGRADES ALPHASERVERS; SUN RESPONDS WITH FASTER SPARC.....6.1K By John Abbott, the451.com Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems have both introduced servers with faster RISC chips this week, even as Intel is hoping to obsolete RISC altogether with its Itanium 2 family. [ ] 103236 ) CONGRESS WARNS ON FAST COMPUTER EXPORTS......................3.7K The White House should have conducted a more thorough review before allowing U.S. technology firms to sell high-speed computers to Russia, China, India and countries in the Middle East, according to a congressional report. [ ] 103237 ) ENGINEER LOOKS TO HUMAN BRAIN................................4.7K In searching for new ways to advance computers, engineers are looking to man's gray matter for inspiration. And while comparing the two, they often wonder why a computer can't act more like a brain. [ ] 103238 ) UNDER ATTACK CAN HACK BACK, EXPERT SAYS......................3.9K Striking back against a computer that is attacking you may be illegal under U.S. law, but a security researcher says people should be allowed to neutralize one that is unwittingly spreading destructive Internet worms like Nimda. [ ] 103239 ) A DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE OF DEFENSE............................4.7K Many computers have become fortresses, with virus software and firewalls keeping would-be intruders at bay. Some believe however, that computers should take the offensive and give chase to intruders or begin counterattacks. [ ] 73223 ) HP Announces Portfolio of Itanium 2-based Systems, Solutions and Services New Offerings Deliver Optimal Customer Value with Breakthrough Performance and Price SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 103240 ) IBM RESEARCHING LOW-POWER INITIATIVES........................6.2K IBM announced a research program to develop technologies that could help solve continually escalating power consumption issues and help reduce cooling and power supply costs for IT infrastructures. [ ] 103241 ) BIOINFORMATICS AND THE QUEST FOR NEW DRUGS...................4.2K Bioinformatics, a combination of information technology (IT) and biological sciences, is being recognized as a critical component of drug discovery by both pharmaceutical and pure IT companies. [ ] 103242 ) IBM UNVEILS STORAGE NETWORKING SOLUTIONS FOR LIFE SCIENCES...4.6K IBM unveiled new storage networking solutions making it easier for drug makers and clinical trial managers to better utilize research data in the search for new treatments for diseases such as AIDS, diabetes and cancer. [ ] 103243 ) ATOMIC ANCHORS TO QUICKEN COMPUTER BOOT-UP.....................8K A way to help next-generation computers boot up instantly, making entire memories immediately available for use, has been developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. [ ] 103244 ) RICE BUILDING TEXAS' FASTEST ACADEMIC SUPERCOMPUTER..........4.2K Rice University has secured grant funding from the National Science Foundation and Intel Corporation to build a supercomputer that will rank among the world's fastest. [ ] 103245 ) MODELING MOLECULAR FATE......................................6.5K By Katherine A. Caponi, NCSA Science Writer Scientists examine the chemical reactions that give rise to excessive atmospheric ozone. [ ] 103246 ) NEW METHOD SAID TO SOLVE KEY PROBLEM IN MATH.................3.5K Three Indian computer scientists have solved a longstanding mathematics problem by devising a way for a computer to tell quickly and definitively whether a number is prime ? that is, whether it is evenly divisible only by itself and 1. [ ] 73224 ) Free Web Conference Aug 21: Brought To You By Intel, HP, and MSC.Software. MSC.Nastran running on the Design Chain Accelerator. Featuring the latest Itanium-2 Benchmark data. _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73225 ) The Linux NetworX Evolocity cluster, when delivered to LLNL, will be the fastest Linux cluster machine ever built. It is expected to be one of the five fastest supercomputers in the world... [ ] 73226 ) 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 ______________________________________________________________________ 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 [ ] 95004 ) San Diego Supercomputer Center COMMERCIAL NEWS ============================================================== [ ] 103247 ) MICROSOFT TO REVEAL WINDOWS CODE.............................4.3K Microsoft Corp. will reveal hundreds of pieces of proprietary computer code from its monopoly Windows operating system in the next several weeks to comply with an antitrust settlement it signed with the U.S. Justice Department last year. [ ] 103248 ) SGI ANNOUNCES KEY SALES WINS FOR FOURTH QUARTER.............17.3K In its recently completed fourth quarter for fiscal year 2002, SGI posted several key sales wins, saw its government and defense sector grow to nearly a third of its total business, secured another DARPA contract, and more. [ ] 103249 ) HP ANNOUNCES UPGRADES TO PA-RISC AND ALPHASERVER LINES.......9.5K HP announced powerful enhancements to its PA-RISC-based server and AlphaServer lines, offering customers more choice and unparalleled value for their demanding business and technical computing needs. [ ] 103250 ) NORTH AMERICAN IT SPENDING HAS STABILIZED IN 2002............5.7K Firms will spend 2.3 percent more on IT in 2002 than in 2001, and 82 percent of these firms will at least retain their current budgets over the second half of the year, according to Forrester Research. [ ] 103251 ) LINUXWORLD EXHIBITORS REV THEIR ENGINES......................8.7K IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets, announced that a number of prominent Linux and Open Source companies will launch new technologies at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. [ ] 103252 ) SERVER SELLERS BANG LINUX DRUM...............................3.4K On the eve of the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, IBM and Hewlett- Packard have begun making the case that the comparatively young operating system is worthy of real-world use. [ ] 73227 ) Appro's high performance platforms offer customers the best in cluster engine design and embody the Appro Engineering philosophy of Power, Scalability and Reliability. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 103239 ) "They can identify attacks based on signatures of prior attacks, but if someone comes up with a new attack, it will blow right by them." -- Robert Norris, professor of systems management, National Defense University in Washington [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73228 ) Register Now For MicroWay's Symposium New Directions In Cluster Technolgies September 18-19, 2002 Plymouth, MA USA *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103253 ) Cray Wins $9 Million Order For X1 Supercomputer Systems......2.7K [ ] 103254 ) Intel-Based Systems Power Audi's High-Tech Car Safety Tests..3.1K [ ] 103255 ) Sun Boosts Performance On Sun Fire Servers.....................5K [ ] 103256 ) Latest SGI Supercomputer Used For Crash Simulation...........5.8K [ ] 103257 ) Gaussian Supports HP AlphaServer SC Supercomputers...........3.1K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103258 ) Lockheed Martin Purchases SGI Visualization Technology.........4K [ ] 103259 ) New Customers Move To Linux With IBM.........................7.9K [ ] 103260 ) StorageNetworks Enhances Storage Management Software.........3.6K [ ] 103261 ) ANTs Software Publishes Downloadable Data Server Evaluation..2.9K [ ] 103262 ) Intergraph's Research Program Encourages Innovation..........2.6K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 103263 ) DataDirect Delivers Storage Networking Appliance For LLNL......5K [ ] 103264 ) Attack Prompts US Internet Watch.............................2.1K [ ] 103265 ) Net Optics Contributes 10 Gigabit Ethernet Technology..........4K [ ] 73229 ) Intel(TM) Business Computing: Case Study BriefHigh Performance Computing Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) Architecture: Ensuring Smooth Sailing for Fluid Turbulence Research STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 103266 ) IBM To Double Capacity Of Computing Clusters...................3K [ ] 103267 ) Tularik Uses Linux NetworX Cluster Supercomputer.............2.9K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 103268 ) IBM, Nion Create Highest Resolution Electron Microscope........5K [ ] 103269 ) ShaoLin Participates In LinuxWorld Conference & Expo.........3.4K [ ] 103270 ) SPEC Calls For Benchmark Contributions.......................2.3K SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 103271 ) Product Watch: Digital Networks Shows New Network Products..27.6K SMART Launches New SyncFlash Product. Cypress Samples 16 Mbit Asynchronous SRAM. [ ] 103272 ) Financial Update: EU Clears Hitachi's IBM Purchase...........8.2K Progress Forge Inks VAR Agreement. Mercury Reports Strong Fourth Quarter. [ ] 103273 ) Corporate Liaisons: Quantum3D And CG2 Announce Merger.......17.6K Green Hills Software Supports IBM. Altera & Aplus Design Reach Agreement. [ ] 103274 ) People and Positions: Western Digital Has New Board Member...3.1K DataFlux Names New PR Director. JOB BANK ============================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities (* New Listing) *Ohio Supercomputer Center (Executive Director) *Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - NERSC (Advanced Systems Group Leader) *Oak Ridge National Laboratory - ORNL (Senior Unix Systems Programmer) Queensland Parallel Supercomputing Foundation - QPSF (Chief Executive Officer) SGI- United States (Dir. of Product Technology) SGI - United States (Design Verification Engineer) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) (Computer Scientists/Engineers) [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..................................1.22K [ ] 73230 ) Test and run your benchmarks on an Aspen Systems Alpha or Pentium, Linux or UNIX system. CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 08.09.02)..............10K [ ] 73231 ) SCICOMP 6 August 19-23, 2002, Berkeley, California hosted by National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERS) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [ ] 73232 ) The Third LCI International Conference on Linux Clusters The HPC Revolution 2002 October 23-25, 2002 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [ ] 73233 ) HPCwire is proud to be exhibiting at SC2002 From Terabytes to Insights Baltimore, MD November 16-22, 2002 HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================== [ ] 670 ) Masthead........................................................2.2K [ ] 601 ) Subscriptions & Removals........................................2.6K [ ] 602 ) Submitting Letters & Articles...................................1.6K [ ] 950 ) Index of Back Issues.............................................28K Comments regarding editorial content may be sent to: editor@hpcwire.tgc.com ______________________________________________________________________ | Full background information on all sponsoring companies | | Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days | | | | | | [ ] 533) SRC Computers [ ] 946) Quadrics | | [ ] 532) Veridian / PBS Pro(tm) [ ] 947) Etnus / TotalView | | [ ] 921) SGI [ ] 937) Compaq | | [ ] 530) DataDirect Networks [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard | | [ ] 529) Linux NetworX [ ] 930) NEC | | [ ] 527) Intel [ ] 902) IBM Corp. | | [ ] 948) Cray Inc. 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