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SGI -Supercomputing Enters a Renaissance Driven by a Demand for High Productivity Please visit us at booth #1521 at SC2002 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\////////////////////////////////////////// L I V E w i r e from H P C w i r e [ ] 73462 ) MSC.Software Receives Contract From Toyota for MSC.Dynamic Designer for CATIA V5 Please visit us at our booth at SC2002 Brought to you Live from SC2002, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND *** Nov. 20, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 47 *** For a Free Trial Subscription to HPCwire E-mail trial@hpcwire.com or Go to the HPCwire Booth #1541 [ ] 73463 ) FORCE10 NETWORKS AND IXIA TO DEMONSTRATE WORLD'S MOST SCALABLE CLUSTER/GRID NETWORK AT SC2002 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 ...................... FEATURES & COMMENTARY ============================================================================== [ ] 61111 ) AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIARO NETWORK'S STEVE WALLACH..............4.1K By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief HPCwire interviewed Chiaro Network's VP, Office of Technology, Steve Wallach about his company's latest announcements regarding their high- end routing platform and involvement with future grid technology. [ ] 61112 ) INTERVIEW WITH SDSC'S ALLAN SNAVELY...........................9.4K By Neil Alger, Special Correspondent In an Interview with HPCwire, Allan Snavely, SDSC's Performance Modeling and Characterization (PMaC) laboratory leader, talks about his involvement in SC2002 and about the issue of Performance Modeling. [ ] 61113 ) NEC INTRODUCES ITS EXPRESS5800/1000 SERVER AT SC2002..........7.3K NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a leading provider of business solutions and services for the high-end commercial and technical markets in North America, unveiled a new brand name for its 64-bit, Intel Itanium 2- based computer systems. [ ] 61114 ) CRAY TAKES THE CRM PLUNGE.....................................4.5K At a time when enterprises are balking at even small software purchases -- let alone whole suites -- Cray has dumped a wide range of disparate modules and begun implementation of J.D. Edwards' business suite, including its CRM applications. [ ] 61115 ) ULTRA-SCALE COMPUTATION AND SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.............25.8K By Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office of Science, U.S. DOE In a speech delivered at SC2002, Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office of Science, U.S. DOE, talks about Ultra-Scale scientific computation and discovery. [ ] 61116 ) CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TO BE CENTRAL TO SCIENCE, SAYS COLWELL......4K Cyberinfrastructure will play a central role in 21st century scientific discovery, and Grid and supercomputing will play a central role in that future, National Science Foundation Director Rita Colwell said in a keynote address at SC2002. [ ] 73464 ) HP Server Outperforms IBM, Sun Systems on Secure Internet Transaction Benchmark Please visit us at booth #1509 at SC2002 [ ] 61117 ) NEW WEAPONS FOR THE GERM WARS.................................8.8K By Michael Schneider, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center With simulations on PSC's LeMieux, University of Pennsylvania researchers uncover a feasible, practical approach to extend the range of Mother Nature's germ-fighter arsenal. [ ] 61118 ) PLANNED SUPERCOMPUTERS CHALLENGE HUMAN BRAIN..................4.6K IBM Corp. has won a government contract to build two supercomputers whose speed, company officials say, could for the first time approach the theoretical raw processing power of the human brain. [ ] 61119 ) ONE PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE ON HIGH END COMPUTERS, PART II......15.4K By Paul C. Muzio, Network Computing Services In part II of this historical overview, Paul C. Muzio of Network Computing Services documents the background of data-intensive computing - a story that provides some fascinating lessons. [ ] 61120 ) TEXAS TECH USES GEOMETRY SOFTWARE FOR A 3D LADY LIBERTY.......5.9K Texas Tech University, the National Park Service, and the Historic American Buildings Survey are in the process of creating digital architectural drawings that will detail the Statue of Liberty's every curve, cranny and dimension. [ ] 61121 ) SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDES TRAFFIC MONITORING AT SC2002..4.6K Spirent Communications, a wholly owned business group of Spirent plc, will for the third consecutive year have its Advanced Test Programs play a major role in the Supercomputing Conference Internet. [ ] 61122 ) TERASCOPE DEMO AT SC2002 OFFERS OPTIPUTER PREVIEW.............5.4K Optically-enabled technology, tools and protocols are behind the University of Illinois at Chicago Electronic Visualization Laboratory's TeraScope demonstration, now going on at SC2002. [ ] 73465 ) Intel to Feature Twenty Industry Expert Presentations From SC2002 Booth #1835 LIVEwire NEWS BRIEFS ============================================================================== [ ] 61123 ) Linux NetworX Supercomputer Ranked Fifth Fastest in World.....3.4K [ ] 61124 ) Platform Offers Grid-Enabled HPC Software Solutions...........4.2K [ ] 61125 ) TOP500 Lists Show Widespread Use Of Myrinet Technology........2.4K [ ] 61126 ) Microway Launches NodeWatch Remote Cluster....................2.4K [ ] 61127 ) Linux NetworX Reorganizes Management Team For Growth..........2.1K [ ] 61128 ) SGI Supercomputer Advances Climate Model Studies..............4.6K [ ] 61129 ) IBM Research Launches Consulting Organization.................6.3K [ ] 61130 ) SGI Technology Reduces Need For Costly Missile Tests..........3.9K [ ] 61131 ) Microsoft Advises That It Will Improve Advisories...............2K [ ] 61132 ) Linux NetworX, Best Systems Expand Sales Channels In Asia.......3K [ ] 61133 ) MTI's Improves Vivant 400 Enterprise Storage Solution.........2.7K [ ] 61134 ) AMD Anticipates Hefty Restructuring Charge....................1.2K [ ] 73466 ) BlueArc SiliconServers Chosen for Formula 1 Car Designs at British American Racing Please visit us at booth #1921 at SC2002 [ ] 61135 ) AMIS Announces New Version Of Its XPressArray Technology......4.7K [ ] 61136 ) ANL Receives TeraFLOP Cluster From Linux NetworX..............2.9K [ ] 61137 ) Cisco Demonstrates IPv6 Trans-Atlantic Connection At SC2002...4.7K [ ] 61138 ) Motorola Introduces Family Of Dynamic Clock Drivers.............5K [ ] 61139 ) CLUMEQ, Canada's Most Powerful Supercomputer Unveiled.........4.3K [ ] 61140 ) University At Buffalo Adds Second Dell Cluster................4.3K [ ] 61141 ) Dolphin Interconnect Plans To Support AMD Opteron.............2.3K [ ] 61142 ) Gadzoox Networks Demonstrates 2Gb Fibre Channel At SC2002.....1.8K [ ] 61143 ) EI Corp. Announces Parallel Programming Contest...............3.2K [ ] 61144 ) Japan To Study Linux Software.................................1.5K [ ] 61145 ) NVIDIA Selects Spectra Logic AIT Tape Libraries.................4K [ ] 61146 ) SuSE, SCO Quick To Jump On UnitedLinux Bandwagon..............3.4K [ ] 61147 ) Interconnect Installed At Sweedish Supercomputer Center.......3.7K [ ] 73467 ) Myricom to Demonstrate Myrinet-Ethernet Interoperability at SC2002 Please visit us at booth #1017 at SC2002 ____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS___________________ [ ] 73468 ) NCSA and SDSC select Force10 Networks E-Series for cluster connection to National Science Foundation's TeraGrid [ ] 73469 ) Something New will be UP-FRONT at SC2002: High-end Visualization, Terascale Clustering, and Grid Computing from Sun Microsystems. "We Make the Grid Work" Please visit us at booth #1709 at SC2002 [ ] 73470 ) 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 _________________________________________________________________________ [ ] 73471 ) Simplify: Unisys Self-Managing, Self-Healing Server Systems Learn More About Breakthrough Unisys Server Sentinel Technology Please visit us at booth #1335 at SC2002 [ ] 73472 ) InfiniBand Improves MPI Performance Greater Than 2 Times. 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