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 *** February 7, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 5 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 298 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73598 ) Plug in the power... of W E S T E R N S C I E N T I F I C High-Performance Computing Cluster Solutions - Intel Xeon - - AMD Athlon - - Apple X-Serve - W E S T E R N S C I E N T I F I C Technology the Smart Way http://www.wsm.com ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 104349 ) FEATURES: ORNL TARGETS SUPERCOMPUTING CUTS | | [ ] 104353 ) SCIENCE NEWS: NSF RELEASES NEW REPORT FOR CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE | | [ ] 104359 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: ROUTER SALES TO FALL THIS YEAR, THEN GROW | | [ ] 104385 ) NEWS BRIEFS: FUJITSU TECHNOLOGY TO HELP IT EFFECTIVENESS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73599 ) HP in Europe: Number One and Then Some FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 104349 ) ORNL TARGETS SUPERCOMPUTING CUTS.............................3.7K With hard economic times, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and others may see the nation's teraflop race take a back seat in the U.S. with proposed budget cuts in 2004. [ ] 104350 ) REPORT: SERIOUS WEB ATTACK THREATS LOOM........................3K The number of cyber attacks on corporate networks rose 20 percent in the second half of 2002, Web security provider Symantec Corp. said in a report published this week, as the number of reported vulnerabilities nearly doubled from a year earlier. [ ] 104351 ) IBM SIMPLIFIES MANAGEMENT WITH NEW SOFTWARE..................8.3K IBM announced new software designed to help customers access, integrate and analyze all forms of information across and beyond the enterprise. [ ] 104352 ) SGI ORIGIN 3000 REIGNS SUPREME IN BENCHMARK TESTS............5.5K SGI announced that its high-density SGI Origin 3000 server recently led the field in special versions of SPEC benchmark tests for high- performance technical computing. [ ] 73600 ) New E2 from Linux NetworX A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 104353 ) NSF RELEASES NEW REPORT FOR CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE..............5.3K The National Science Foundation Advisory Committee envisions a future cyberinfrastructure that will "radically empower" the science and engineering community, according to their recent report. [ ] 104354 ) SAPPHIRE WORM FASTEST ON RECORD..............................3.1K The computer worm that attacked and hobbled the global Internet in January was the fastest computer worm ever recorded, according to a team of network security experts in San Diego. [ ] 104355 ) COMPUTER CLUSTER CREATES ULTRASHARP IMAGES WITH TELESCOPE...10.3K Astronomers have successfully tested a new method to remove atmospheric blurring from large ground based telescopes. This method involves the use of a powerful new computer cluster. [ ] 104356 ) COMMISSION TO EXTEND USE OF "ALLIANCES" SIMULATION CODES.....4.3K French Research centers, leaders in the domain of nuclear energy, aim to improve the productivity and availability of "ALLIANCES" by building on SALOME, a generic, open-source platform for numerical simulation. [ ] 104357 ) UNITING WITH ONLY A FEW RANDOM LINKS.........................3.9K New research could lead to better parallel-computing techniques for simulation. Parallel computing divides a task among many smaller computers instead of using one large one, to solve a given problem faster and more efficiently. [ ] 73601 ) SGI Origin 3000 Reigns Supreme In High-Performance Spec Benchmark Tests _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73602 ) AVAKI Packages New Grid Software Introduction Kit: Avaki Quick Connect ______________________________________________________________________ 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 [ ] 73603 ) Interoperability without services! AutoParalellization Turboworx.com COMMERCIAL NEWS ============================================================== [ ] 104358 ) SGI'S ASIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN REGIONS GAIN MOMENTUM........10.6K The reinvigorated and refocused SGI regional sales offices throughout Asia and Latin America are winning major multimillion-dollar deals and providing SGI solutions to governments, institutions, and local and multinational corporations. [ ] 104359 ) ROUTER SALES TO FALL THIS YEAR, THEN GROW....................2.4K Global sales of routers used to direct network traffic will decline for the third straight year in 2003 before returning to growth next year as businesses gain confidence in their outlooks, according to a report. [ ] 104360 ) WINDOWS SERVER 2003 INNOVATIONS SET HIGH STANDARD..............6K Microsoft introduced a broad set of innovations in its technology, programs and services for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 -- all aimed at helping ensure that customers experience the highest possible levels of computing reliability. [ ] 104361 ) AMD POSTPONES ATHLON CHIP AGAIN..............................4.3K Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said on Friday it was again delaying the release of its next-generation Athlon microprocessor for desktop and mobile personal computers, but is on track with its Opteron version for servers. [ ] 104362 ) TOP SERVERS GET UPGRADE AT SUN...............................4.3K Sun Micro will reveal some upgrades to its high-end servers, including faster processors and the ability to change many components without shutting the computer down. [ ] 104363 ) XILINX CHIPS ENABLE "ON-THE-FLY" RECONFIGURABLE SATELLITE....4.2K Xilinx Inc., announced that its reconfigurable radiation-tolerant FPGAs are flying aboard the Australian scientific mission satellite FedSat, successfully launched on December 14, 2002 from Tanegashima, Japan. [ ] 104364 ) EMC LAUNCHES SYMMETRIX DMX SERIES FOR HIGH-END STORAGE......12.1K Delivering the most significant advancement for high-end storage customers in more than a decade, EMC Corporation introduced the Symmetrix DMX series of information storage systems. [ ] 73604 ) Fujitsu To Work With Intel To Develop New Mission-Critical Enterprise Servers QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 104358 ) "We at SGI promised that we were going to consolidate. We have. We promised we were going to focus. We have. We promised we'd turn this ship around. We are. And that's what the market wants us to do -- deliver on the promise." -- Bob Bishop, chairman and CEO of SGI [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73605 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! SUN WELCOMES IBM'S ENTRY INTO GRID COMPUTING AN INTERVIEW WITH JAPAN'S RENOWNED SATOSHI SEKIGUCHI By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104365 ) Unisys Releases VMware GSX Server On ES7000 Product Line.......3K [ ] 104366 ) AMD Athlon MP Processor 2600+ Brings Increased Productivity..4.6K [ ] 104367 ) Lockheed Martin To Support Naval Supercomputing Effort.......2.2K [ ] 104368 ) RackSaver Installs Massive Cluster At NVIDIA.................2.4K [ ] 104369 ) Sun Collaborates With Alberta Gov't For Nanotechnology.......3.6K [ ] 104370 ) Xilinx Delivers HyperTransport Lite Reference Design.........2.5K [ ] 104371 ) Mercury Integrates FPGAs Into RACE++ PCI Systems.............3.9K [ ] 73606 ) Recent TOP500(TM) lists show a large growth in clusters, and widespread use of Myrinet(TM) technology. SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104372 ) Xilinx Provides Programmable Systems Design Solution.........3.7K [ ] 104373 ) Kasparov, Computer Program Continue The Battle...............7.2K [ ] 104374 ) OMG Advances Standards In Business Modeling, Computing.......4.3K [ ] 104375 ) Critical Software Announces WMPI II For General Clusters.....4.7K [ ] 104376 ) NAG, Waterloo Maple To Integrate Numerical Algorithms........3.9K [ ] 104377 ) nCode International Achieves ISO 9001: 2000 Certification....1.9K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 104378 ) Amsterdam Selects Force10 Networks For Grid Computing........3.7K [ ] 104379 ) Sun Powers Bind Web Services At The Blueprint Initiative.....8.3K [ ] 104380 ) Internet Scam Detector Developed.............................1.3K [ ] 104381 ) Agere Systems, Accelerant Networks To Double Network Speed...6.4K [ ] 73607 ) HP Continues Worldwide Server Market Leadership STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 104382 ) Rosaviacosmos, HP And Scan To Set Up Data Storage System.....1.3K [ ] 104383 ) VMware Announces GSX Server 2.5 For Effortless Data Center...5.6K [ ] 104384 ) BluePoint Data Storage Announces New Technology..............1.3K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 104385 ) Fujitsu Technology To Help IT Effectiveness..................4.7K [ ] 104386 ) Technology Policy Group Joins Fisher College.................2.5K [ ] 73608 ) HPCwire on Tour: Photo Gallery Visit the Photo Gallery to see images from this year's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York, USA SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 104387 ) Product Watch: TeraChip Introduces New Switch Fabric........17.3K New Search Appliance Outperforms Others. Atmel Releases New Multi-Chip Modules. [ ] 104388 ) Financial Update: Cray Announces Q4 Financial Results........6.8K Cisco Earnings Surge 50% In Q2. [ ] 104389 ) Corporate Liaisons: Microway, Apex Sign Services Agreement..22.7K ANSYS To Acquire CFX. Taratec Announces Partnership With IBM. [ ] 104390 ) People and Positions: UCSD Scientists Become Fellows Of ACM.13.2K CSC Appoints New Director. Novell Appoints New CFO. 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