[ ] 73390 ) Got Graphics? HPCwire, DSstar, and GRIDtoday are seeking submissions for front-page graphics. Weekly a new fully-credited cover image will be chosen for each of the three publications, complete with a detailed description and hotlinks to lead viewers to the location of more in-depth graphic information. This is a great opportunity to show key industry players exactly what your organization has to offer, so what are you waiting for? For more contest details retrieve this article. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** November 1, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 43 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 409 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73391 ) 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... Please visit us at booth #1909 at SC2002 ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 103809 ) FEATURES: 1988-2002 - SCxy MEMORIES - A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE | | [ ] 103819 ) SCIENCE NEWS: SUPERCOMPUTER WILL ANALYZE GRAVITY WAVES | | [ ] 103824 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: IBM'S "BLUE GENE" TO RUN ON LINUX | | [ ] 103834 ) NEWS BRIEFS: CRAY RECEIVES SUPERCOMPUTER ORDER FROM FORD | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73392 ) BlueArc SiliconServers Chosen for Formula 1 Car Designs at British American Racing Please visit us at booth #1921 at SC2002 FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 103809 ) 1988 - 2002: SCxy MEMORIES - A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE.........18.4K By Mike Bernhardt, The Bernhardt Agency It's that time of year when so many of us look forward to seeing our friends and colleagues -- the familiar faces that have walked the floors of so many SCxy events over the past 15 years. [ ] 103810 ) PALMISANO OUTLINES IBM'S $10B INITIATIVE.......................7K IBM Corp. Chief Executive Officer Sam Palmisano spoke before a gathering of several hundred top IBM customers and executives, offering a State-of-the-Union-like rundown on IBM's view of the IT industry and vision of its future. [ ] 103811 ) AN INTERVIEW WITH NERSC'S BILL KRAMER..........................7K HPCwire spoke with Bill Kramer of NERSC about the decision-making process and contract with IBM, involving the expansion of the center's RS/6000 SP supercomputer. [ ] 103812 ) ICANN TARGETS DDoS ATTACKS...................................4.6K In the wake of last week's unprecedented DDoS attack against all 13 of the Internet's root-name servers, the government and ICANN, one of the Internet's main governing bodies, are considering changes to help protect the DNS system against future attacks. [ ] 103813 ) PRO-ISLAMIC HACKERS GEAR UP FOR CYBER WAR, EXPERTS SAY.......4.2K Pro-Islamic hackers are on the frontline of a potential new cyber war after the end of a cease-fire by "hacktivists" and virus designers that followed the September 11 attacks on the United States, Internet experts say. [ ] 103814 ) HOW RELEVANT IS THE NEW ICANN?...............................5.3K The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may be taking a step into controversy and irrelevancy by deciding to slowly eliminate some of their publicly-elected directors. [ ] 103815 ) PUBLIC SCRUTINY TIME FOR NEW FORTRAN STANDARD................9.9K By Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants, Ltd. The British Computer Society Fortran Specialist Group hosted an excellent one day Forum to explain the proposed new ISO Fortran standard and solicit public comments. [ ] 73393 ) HOW TO WIN A $50,000 RESEARCH GRANT Microway, Inc. 20th Anniversary Cluster Contest Please visit us at booth #1022 at SC2002 SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 103816 ) SC2002 TO FEATURE MOST ADVANCED CONFERENCE NETWORK EVER......5.1K Over 50 volunteers representing more than 35 leading companies, universities and research laboratories will assemble SCinet, the high- performance network built each year to support the SC conference, on the floor of the Baltimore Convention Center. [ ] 103817 ) FORCE10 NETWORKS IS THE ETHERNET OF CHOICE FOR SC2002..........5K Force10 Networks Inc. announced that its E-Series chassis with line- rate 10-Gigabit Ethernet performance has been chosen by the majority of Bandwidth Challenge participants to power their entries into this year's bandwidth contest at SC2002. [ ] 103818 ) LIGHT-EMITTING SILICON SHINES BRIGHTER IN NEW INVENTION........4K By John Markoff For The NY Times STMicroelectronics plans a breakthrough in light-emitting silicon that could lead to a new generation of more powerful computing processors and more efficient automobile components. [ ] 103819 ) SUPERCOMPUTER WILL ANALYZE GRAVITY WAVES.....................4.3K Sometime within the next two years, researchers will detect the first signals of gravity waves. Predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity waves are expected to reveal, ultimately, previously unattainable mysteries of the universe. [ ] 103820 ) RUSH HOUR......................................................7K By Kathleen M. Wong, NCSA Scientists zero in on how ion channels coordinate the high-volume passage of potassium into and out of cells. [ ] 103821 ) DUKE RESEARCHERS TO MAKE MORE-UNIFORM "BUCKYTUBES"...........5.5K Duke Researchers have described a method to synthesize starting catalytic "nanocluster" particles that can foster the growth of carbon "nanotubes" that vary in size far less than those produced previously. [ ] 103822 ) UCSD: SIMULATED "HEARTBEATS" EXPLAIN STIRRED UP GALAXIES.....4.5K With the help of a hydrodynamic computer simulation, researchers have discovered that an overlooked source of heating ?- regular outbursts of ultraviolet radiation from clusters of large stars ?- may play a significant role in keeping the Milky Way's gas continually stirred up. [ ] 103823 ) REVOLUTIONIZING WARFARE WITH HIGH-TECH NETWORKS.............11.5K By Kris Hundley, St. Petersburg Times Over the past decade, about $1-billion has been quietly funneled into the Raytheon Systems Co. and its manufacturing plant. The purpose: developing a missile defense system for the U.S. Navy's fleets. [ ] 73394 ) TERAGRID PARTNERS' CHOICE FORCE10 NETWORKS High Performance Ethernet for Cluster/Grid ...................... - 336 GigE or 28 10GigE ports per chassis : Visit us at SC2002 : - True 10GigE line-rate performance : Booth #2035 : - Robust L2 switching and L3 routing ...................... _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73395 ) Do More with High-Productivity Computing SGI Enables Groundbreaking Biomedical Research at National Cancer Institute (NCI) Supercomputing Center Please visit us at booth #1521 at SC2002 [ ] 73396 ) SC2002 Bandwidth Challengers choose Force10 Networks E-Series Ethernet switch/routers. SCinet is using Force10's Line-Rate 10GigE to support Bandwidth Challenge entrants. Five of the nine Bandwidth Challenge entrants are depending on Force10 10GigE [ ] 73397 ) 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 [ ] 73398 ) 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 ______________________________________________________________________ INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS Offering Technology Solutions for Industry. ============================================================================== [ ] 95005 ) Indiana University Research computing news from Indiana University Research in Indiana 2002 at SC2002! http://www.research-indiana.org 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 ============================================================== [ ] 103824 ) IBM'S "BLUE GENE" TO RUN ON LINUX............................3.2K Linux will be the main operating system for IBM's upcoming family of "Blue Gene" supercomputers -- a major endorsement for the operating system and the open-source computing model it represents. [ ] 103825 ) GARTNER OLTP NUMBERS RANK WINNERS IN SERVER ARENA............6.4K The platform analysts at Gartner have released their sixth OLTP Server Evaluation study, which is a compact but useful way of gauging the relative strengths and weaknesses of the dominant server platforms available today. [ ] 103826 ) SUN POISED TO GAIN WS-I BOARD SEAT...........................3.2K Sun Microsystems said it has joined the Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) organization, a move that qualifies the company for election to that organization's board. Elections are scheduled for next March. [ ] 103827 ) HP HINTS AT NEW SOFTWARE STRATEGY............................4.2K Hewlett-Packard plans to announce a new software roadmap next month that will provide information on its plan to marry a variety of disparate product lines, according to a top executive at the company. [ ] 103828 ) SUN'S JCP EMBRACES OPEN-SOURCE LICENSING.....................3.7K Sun Microsystems-led Java Community Process launched the latest iteration of its program, JCP 2.5, making it easier for Java-loving developers to write to the language with its focus on open-source licensing. [ ] 103829 ) AMD PREPS FOR HAMMER, OPENS DEVELOPER CENTER.................3.7K In a little ribbon cutting ceremony, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) opened the doors to its new AMD Developer Center and inched closer to the release of its Hammer technology. [ ] 103830 ) SEMICONDUCTOR GROUP CUTS 2003 CHIP DEMAND FORECAST...........3.1K A key industry group cut its growth forecast for global semiconductor demand in 2003, as a dull economy slowed the pace of recovery from last year's record slump. [ ] 103831 ) NEW BUSINESS MODEL FOR NEW CHIP FABS?.........................11K The megabillion-dollar cost of next-generation "fab" plants has the semiconductor industry headed for a crunch. [ ] 103832 ) MICHAEL DELL OPTIMISTIC ON EXPANSION PLANS...................3.6K Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Computer Corp., has outlined plans to increase his company's activities in new markets with an eye to making total sales in those areas equal to those in its core personal computer sales market. [ ] 103833 ) DECISION SUPPORT NEEDS CORPORATE "VISIBILITY," ALERI CLAIMS..9.8K Decision support system company Aleri is about to get some serious attention. By analyzing entire financial and customer data sets, its vector processing software gives a company a single view of how its business as a whole performs. [ ] 73399 ) Myricom to Demonstrate Myrinet-Ethernet Interoperability at SC2002 Please visit us at booth #1017 at SC2002 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 103860 ) "The high-performance computing community is a thriving ecosystem that requires constant innovation from groups as diverse as new technology start-ups, national labs and the world's leading industrial users." -- Greg Estes, vice president of corporate marketing, SGI [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73400 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! APPLE'S GRID EFFORTS BEARING FRUIT POWERING UP THE SUPER GRID By Salvatore Salamone, Bio-IT World By Pauline Tam GRID COMPUTING: STATE OF THE ART REPORT By Mark Baker, Rajkumar Buyya, and Domenico Laforenza *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103834 ) Cray Receives Supercomputer Order From Ford..................2.5K [ ] 103835 ) U.S. DOE Selects HP For Graphics Visualization System........3.9K [ ] 103836 ) RODIN, IBM eServer i890 Score Industry-Fastest Data Loading..2.2K [ ] 103837 ) Motorola Launches New Processing Engine......................4.7K [ ] 103838 ) India To Launch Teraflop Supercomputer.......................1.4K [ ] 73401 ) HP Installs $22 Million Supercomputer at Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in U.K. System to Double WTSI's Computer Power to Expand Genomic Research; Deal Continues HP's Success in High Performance Computing Please visit us at booth #1509 at SC2002 SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103839 ) Sun Pitches For Leadership In Software Community.............1.1K [ ] 103840 ) Bloor Research Concludes That Linux Is Enterprise Ready......3.1K [ ] 103841 ) ESI Group's Simulation Takes SkodaAuto Closer To Prototypes..4.8K [ ] 103842 ) Sun Unveils Upgraded Application Server......................2.8K [ ] 103843 ) Fujitsu Releases Business Application Manager For .NET.......6.1K [ ] 103844 ) Micro Focus, Microsoft Strike Cobol Application Deal.........2.7K [ ] 103845 ) U.S. DoD Taps Unisys Programs For Biometric Security.........3.3K [ ] 103846 ) Nonprofit To Create Open Source Software.....................3.6K [ ] 103847 ) MandrakeSoft Launches "CLIC" Clustering Linux Distribution...4.4K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 103848 ) LION Bioscience & IBM Offer On-Demand Computing Research.....5.5K [ ] 103849 ) Platform Computing Readies Performance Management Solution.....3K [ ] 103850 ) Z-force Demonstrates Largest Single NAS File System............7K [ ] 103851 ) Force10 & Ixia Chosen By UTStarcom For Networking Needs......3.6K [ ] 103852 ) NERSC Deploys A Zambeel Aztera Network Storage System........5.5K [ ] 103853 ) Long-Distance SHD Video Transmitted Over IP Network..........1.9K [ ] 103854 ) Cisco Enhances Metro Ethernet Switching Portfolio............6.3K [ ] 73402 ) Fujitsu Launches PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 Supercomputer Massively Parallel Scalar System Boasts Record Performance, Scalability Please visit us at booth #907 at SC2002 STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 103855 ) HP To Provide Storage Technology To The Air Force............4.4K [ ] 103856 ) EMC, Microsoft Build Huge SAN................................1.8K [ ] 103857 ) Promicro Systems Deploys Unifying Cluster Solution...........4.1K [ ] 103858 ) NCSA Uses Brocade SilkWorm For SAN Expansion.................5.7K [ ] 103859 ) InterSAN Joins Storage Vendors For Improved SANs.............7.4K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 103860 ) HPC Industry Recognition Award To Be Presented at SC2002.....4.6K [ ] 103861 ) ISCB Solicits Annual Award Nominations.......................1.7K [ ] 103862 ) Regional Technology Firm To Concentrate On HPC...............2.8K [ ] 103863 ) Leibniz Computer Center Organizes HLRB, KONWIHR Workshop.....1.9K [ ] 73403 ) STMicroelectronics Announces Collaboration with AMD to Supply the Portland Group Compiler Technology Please visit us at booth #1504 at SC2002 SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 103864 ) Product Watch: Intel Hyperthreads Fastest P4................11.7K Astrum Releases New Storage Solutions. Toshiba Releases New Microprocessor. [ ] 103865 ) Financial Update: EDS Profit Dives, To Cut 5,500 Jobs.......19.1K IBM Offers New Zero-Down Financing Terms. Sorrento Networks Announces Record Q3. [ ] 103866 ) Corporate Liaisons: Sun To Support Nortel Networks..........13.1K Cisco Buying Psionic Software Inc. Borland Buys TogetherSoft. [ ] 103867 ) People and Positions: NSF Appoints New Information Officer...7.3K IBM CEO Gets Job Of Chairman. Irvine Physicist Wins Top Prize. [ ] 73404 ) Plug in the power of Western Scientific's High-Performance computing solutions, with AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium 4, Xeon, and Apple Xserve technologies. Please visit us at booth #2119 at SC2002 JOB BANK ============================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities (* Recently Listed) [ ] 65280 ) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) (Systems Programmer) [ ] 65279 ) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) (Director, Computational Sciences & Mathematics) [ ] 65278 ) Mississippi State University (Associate Research Professor) [ ] 65276 ) University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (Computational Genomics Consultant) [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..................................1.22K [ ] 73405 ) Appro's high performance platforms offer customers the best in cluster engine design and embody the Appro Engineering philosophy of Power, Scalability and Reliability. 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