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 30, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 34 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 309 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73258 ) HP Unveils Industry's First Multi-processor Blade Server Architecture for the Enterprise; Enables Customers to Achieve Adaptive Infrastructures ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 103366 ) FEATURES: IBM READIES UNIFIED STORAGE MESSAGE | | [ ] 103372 ) SCIENCE NEWS: JAPAN INSTITUTE CHOOSES SGI SUPERCOMPUTERS | | [ ] 103376 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: HP UNVEILS NEW BLADE SERVER ARCHITECTURE | | [ ] 103394 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NEC STRENGTHENS END-TO-END IP SOLUTIONS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73259 ) 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. FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 103366 ) IBM READIES UNIFIED STORAGE MESSAGE..........................5.7K By William Fellows, the451.com IBM is working up a new unified position and message for its storage strategy, which it hopes will reconcile those currently offered discretely by its storage hardware, software, and Tivoli divisions. [ ] 103367 ) WHITE HOUSE DEBATES CYBERWAR RULES...........................6.2K By Ariana Eunjung Cha & Jonathan Krim, The Washington Post The Bush administration is stepping up an internal debate on the rules of engagement for cyberwarfare as evidence mounts that foreign governments are surreptitiously exploring our digital infrastructure. [ ] 103368 ) SC2002 TO FEATURE LARGEST-EVER RESEARCH EXHIBITS SECTION.....3.5K The SC2002 exhibit space will be packed wall-to-wall with research and industry displays, including the conference's largest-ever research exhibit section. [ ] 103369 ) EXTRACTS OF THE ISC2002 QUESTIONNAIRE........................3.2K The ISC2002 Conference has been a great success and signifies a record in ISC history. The evaluation of the ISC2002 questionnaires is now published. [ ] 103370 ) POLL: SECURITY OFFICERS FEAR CYBER-ATTACK....................3.6K Nearly half of corporate security officers expect terrorists to launch a major strike through computer networks in the next 12 months, a poll released this week showed. [ ] 73260 ) 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 =================================================== [ ] 103371 ) NEW MICROELECTRONICS METHOD TO INCREASE CHIP SPEED...........4.6K Researchers say they have developed methods for characterizing key structural features for ultrathin metal wires that will connect millions of devices on future microprocessors and increase processor speed. [ ] 103372 ) JAPAN SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE CHOOSES SGI SUPERCOMPUTERS..3.5K SGI Japan has announced that a 384-CPU SGI Origin 3800 server system installed at Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) has begun operation, following installation last May. [ ] 103373 ) NEW HYPERSCSI PROTOCOL RELEASED..............................4.1K By Patrick Khoo, DSI The Data Storage Institute released the HyperSCSI protocol and reference implementation code into open source. HyperSCSI is designed for the transfer of SCSI data and commands over networks. [ ] 103374 ) A UNIVERSAL TOOL TO RESCUE OLD FILES FROM OBSOLESCENCE.......6.4K By Anne Eisenberg, The NY Times During the last decade, a growing number of librarians, archivists and researchers have turned to the challenge of long-term preservation of digital documents. [ ] 73261 ) 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... _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73262 ) Register Now For MicroWay's Symposium New Directions In Cluster Technolgies September 18-19, 2002 Plymouth, MA USA [ ] 73263 ) 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 ============================================================== [ ] 103375 ) SUN GAINS IN WORLDWIDE SERVER REVENUE........................4.1K According to the 2Q02 Worldwide Server Database by Gartner Dataquest, Sun Microsystems, Inc. increased its revenue position with marketshare growth of 10.75% year-over-year and now holds second place with 18.44% marketshare. [ ] 103376 ) HP UNVEILS NEW BLADE SERVER ARCHITECTURE FOR THE ENTERPRISE..7.3K HP announced the industry's first multi-processor blade server architecture -- the HP ProLiant BL p-Class system, which provides customers with high performance and high availability for enterprise applications. [ ] 103377 ) COMPUTER ASSOCIATES ENDORSES BOARD NOMINEES..................4.2K Computer Associates International Inc.'s slate of 11 board nominees was endorsed by shareholders at their annual meeting, which lacked the drama of last year's event but still had its share of controversy. [ ] 103378 ) INTEL TO INCREASE INDIA INVESTMENT...........................3.6K Chipmaker Intel will invest $130 million in India and more than triple the number of engineers at its operations there in the next three to five years, according to reports. [ ] 103379 ) VIRTUALIZATION ANGLE HARVESTS $30M FOR INKRA.................7.1K By Steve Coplan, the451.com Inkra has closed a second funding round totaling $30.1m from both existing investors and new investor Morgenthaler, generally considered one of the more astute investors and technologically savvy firms. [ ] 73264 ) 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 ============================================================ [ ] 103367 ) "It's okay to blow up a bridge and kill everyone, including civilians if the bridge is believed to serve a military purpose. But it might not be okay to hack into computer systems that are not obviously serving a military purpose." -- Mark Rasch, technology security consultant, former Justice Department prosecutor. [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103380 ) GM To Buy 10 IBM Unix Computers..............................1.1K [ ] 103381 ) AMD Says Taiwan Deal Way To Go Vs Intel......................3.2K [ ] 103382 ) Server Market Is Down In The Second Quarter..................1.2K [ ] 103383 ) Samsung To Invest $3.6 Billion On System Chips...............3.6K [ ] 103384 ) Athena Releases Second Generation Of Security Coprocessors...4.2K [ ] 103385 ) ST, Motorola And Philips Unveil New Chip Platform............1.8K [ ] 103386 ) Cadence Technology Adopted By SiS For Chip Designs...........3.5K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103387 ) Xilinx Software Tool Reaffirms Its Semiconductor Leadership..4.4K [ ] 103388 ) @HDL Announces Support For Platform LSF Management Software..4.8K [ ] 103389 ) Lane15 Software Delivers Management Solution For Windows.....3.8K [ ] 103390 ) New Software Tools Accelerate Creation Of Robust DSP Code....8.8K [ ] 103391 ) ModularIS Releases Enterprise Framework 4.1..................4.3K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 103392 ) Intel Accelerates 10-Gigabit Enterprise Data Communications..3.6K [ ] 103393 ) SGI Solution And Thirdspace Enable New Sweden Network........7.5K [ ] 103394 ) NEC's BlueFire IX5003 Strengthens End-To-End IP Solutions....3.4K [ ] 103395 ) Internet2 Technology Used To Link Educators, Students........3.8K [ ] 103396 ) DOE & Juniper Networks Deploy Large-Scale Networks...........5.3K [ ] 73265 ) Kaohsiung City Government Targets Intel(TM) Architecture For Next-Generation Infrastructure Government and Intel Agree to Technology Collaboration, Including Intel(TM)Itanium(TM)Processor Family-Based Bio-Informatics Grid STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 103397 ) 2002 Storage Revenues Will Not See Any Significant Upturn......3K [ ] 103398 ) Key Ends Interoperability Testing Of IBM Storage Server......4.8K [ ] 103399 ) Rhapsody Networks, StoreAge Deliver New Storage Solution.....4.8K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 103400 ) Sweden Center Upgrades SGI System For Industry Needs.........4.4K [ ] 103401 ) UCSD Homeland Security Web Site Now Available................4.9K [ ] 103402 ) 2002 LISA & MOBISYS 2OO3 Conference Announcements............2.8K [ ] 103403 ) Biotechnology Leadership Summit Announcement.................1.2K SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 103404 ) Product Watch: NEC Introduces Embedded DRAM For SoC Design..44.9K Dell Launches New Small Business Server. MicronPC Introduces New NetFRAME Server. [ ] 103405 ) Financial Update: HP Says Charges Drive $2 Billion Loss......5.8K Lattice Semiconductor Acquires Cerdelinx. [ ] 103406 ) Corporate Liaisons: IBM Acquires TrelliSoft Inc.............24.2K Dell And Rackspace Sign Agreement. GiveMePower And CAD Easy Team Up. [ ] 103407 ) People and Positions: Lucent Technologies Names New Member..12.2K Openwave Announces New Executives. Mellanox Strengthens Executive Team. JOB BANK ============================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities (* Recently Listed) University of New Mexico (Associate Director, Information Technology) University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (Computational Genomics Consultant) Maui High Performance Computing Center (Lead Network Engineer) 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) [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..................................1.22K [ ] 73266 ) Test and run your benchmarks on an Aspen Systems Alpha or Pentium, Linux or UNIX system. 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