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 14, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 6 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 393 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73613 ) Fujitsu To Work With Intel To Develop New Mission-Critical Enterprise Servers ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 104392 ) FEATURES: GORDON MOORE SEES ANOTHER DECADE FOR HIS LAW | | [ ] 104398 ) SCIENCE NEWS: SDSC SELECTED AS INTERNET2 EVALUATION CENTER | | [ ] 104406 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: SGI ANNOUNCES SALES WINS FOR SECOND QUARTER | | [ ] 104414 ) NEWS BRIEFS: CRAY RECEIVES $62M IN ORDERS FOR X1 SYSTEMS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73614 ) HP Continues Worldwide Server Market Leadership FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 104392 ) GORDON MOORE SEES ANOTHER DECADE FOR HIS LAW.................3.1K Gordon Moore, the computer pioneer who four decades ago predicted the explosion in transistor power driving the electronics revolution, said he sees at least another decade of progress ahead. [ ] 104393 ) INTERVIEW WITH HPCC CONFERENCE FOUNDER JOHN MIGUEL...........9.8K By Mike Bernhardt, The Bernhardt Agency In an interview for HPCwire, Mike Bernhardt talks with John Miguel about the National HPCC conference and why it continues to attract the best of the best after 17 years. [ ] 104394 ) SGI ALTIX 3000 GLOBAL SHARED MEMORY: AN HPC INNOVATION.......5.5K Global shared memory is a primary feature of the SGI Altix 3000 family of servers and superclusters. By holding more complete workflows in memory, these systems enable new application breakthroughs that traditional Linux OS-based clusters can't tackle. [ ] 104395 ) EXPERT ON AI SAYS COMPUTER SENTIENCE IS POSSIBLE.............7.4K John Holland, professor of electrical engineering and computer science speaks about why he believes computer sentience is possible, at least in the future. [ ] 104396 ) IBM PULLS BACK ON LINUX SUPPORT FOR ITANIUM..................4.4K IBM appears to have pulled back from its support for the Linux operating system for Intel's Itanium processor. This shift possibly points to a larger movement away from the fledgling processor. [ ] 104397 ) LONDON BUSINESSES ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO CYBERATTACKS..........6K London businesses are continuing to invite cyberattacks from hackers and are vulnerable to terrorist activity by failing to secure their wireless computer networks, say experts. [ ] 73615 ) SGI Origin 3000 Reigns Supreme In High-Performance Spec Benchmark Tests SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 104398 ) SDSC SELECTED AS NATIONAL INTERNET2 EVALUATION CENTER........6.9K The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UCSD has been selected by Internet2 as a national Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC). The mission will be to test and evaluate leading-edge technologies for high-performance Internet2 networks. [ ] 104399 ) ON THE MICROBUBBLE WITH A LINUX SUPERCOMPUTER................7.5K By J. William Bell, NCSA Senior Science Writer Brown University researchers have pioneered the first-principles modeling of microbubble drag reduction using a Linux supercomputing cluster at NCSA. [ ] 104400 ) UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: C-SAFE USES LINUX HPCC IN FIRE RESEARCH..7.2K Recently, the University of Utah purchased a Linux cluster that will be used to help small- to medium-scale simulations, like numerical simulations of accidental fires and explosions. [ ] 104401 ) "STICKY" DNA CRYSTALS PROMISE NEW WAY TO PROCESS INFO........4.8K A team of scientists at the University of Minnesota, has used the selective "stickiness" of DNA to construct a scaffolding for closely spaced nanoparticles that could exchange information on a scale of only 10 angstroms (one 10-billionth of a meter). [ ] 104402 ) COMPUTER AUTOMATION SOFTWARE SPEEDS BRAIN RESEARCH...........2.6K Researchers have created a computer automation tool to help solve the mysteries, and speed up understanding of how the brain develops at the cellular level. [ ] 104403 ) SRC ANNOUNCES WINNERS IN THE SRC SIGE DESIGN CHALLENGE......11.8K The Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC), in conjunction with other contest co-sponsors announced three Phase One monetary winners and Phase Two contestants in the SRC silicon germanium (SiGe) IC Design Challenge. [ ] 104404 ) COMPUTER HOLDS CHESS STAR KASPAROV TO MATCH TIE..............3.7K The match pitting star grandmaster Garry Kasparov's chess brain against the computing power of Deep Junior ended in a draw on Friday, thwarting the Russian's attempt to avenge his loss to IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1997. [ ] 104405 ) WORKSHOP PREPARES ROBOTICS RESEARCHERS FOR EMERGENCIES.......4.5K A platoon of robotics researchers, usually more comfortable with laptops and lab equipment, will don hard hats and steel-toed boots at a one-day workshop to prepare them to work in the field with professional emergency response teams. [ ] 73616 ) 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 _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73617 ) AVAKI Packages New Grid Software Introduction Kit: Avaki Quick Connect ______________________________________________________________________ INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS Offering Technology Solutions for Industry. ============================================================================== Centers Actively Seeking Partners [ ] 95000 ) Pacific Northwest National Lab [ ] 95002 ) Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center [ ] 95003 ) Ohio Supercomputer Center [ ] 95004 ) San Diego Supercomputer Center [ ] 73618 ) New E2 from Linux NetworX A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density COMMERCIAL NEWS ============================================================== [ ] 104406 ) SGI ANNOUNCES KEY SALES WINS FOR SECOND QUARTER.............15.3K In its recently completed second quarter for fiscal year 2003, SGI posted several key sales wins. Included in these wins were early sales of the just-announced, award-winning SGI Altix 3000 family of Linux OS-based servers and superclusters. [ ] 104407 ) PROFITABILITY AND MINING WEB DATA: AVOIDING RED INK.........18.8K By T. Scott Clendaniel, The Modeling Agency This article describes how the well intentioned focus on customer response rates may cause devastating reductions in profitability instead of increasing earnings. [ ] 104408 ) AMD SHOWCASES NEW HIGH-END ATHLON CHIP.......................4.4K A new processor was introduced by AMD, the Athlon XP 3000+. According to AMD, this new processor features the company's new Barton processor core and outperforms competing processors by up to 17 percent in benchmark tests. [ ] 104409 ) SUN POWERS UP PERFORMANCE OF MIDRANGE AND HIGH-END SYSTEMS...5.5K Sun Microsystems announced a broad range of price and performance enhancements across its midrange and high-end, Solaris based Sun Fire system line, driving down total cost of ownership (TCO). [ ] 104410 ) ADOPTION OF IP VPNS CONTINUES AMONGST US ORGANIZATIONS.......5.2K A recent survey performed by In-Stat/MDR finds that, of 200 large U.S. organizations (business, government, education) surveyed, 89% currently have an IP VPN (Virtual Private Network) or plan to have one within two years. [ ] 104411 ) SUN UNVEILS SUN FIRE V880Z VISUALIZATION SYSTEM..............7.2K Sun Microsystems announced the Sun Fire V880z visualization system, Sun's first workgroup system powered by Solaris and the new high-end Sun XVR-4000 graphics accelerator. [ ] 104412 ) IBM AND ORACLE SEEK LINUX APPROVAL...........................3.8K IBM and Oracle are looking for Linux approval from the federal gov't. Both companies announced plans to present their own software to the certification process. [ ] 104413 ) MOTOROLA UNLEASHES ALTIVEC TECHNOLOGY FOR NETWORKS...........6.7K Motorola, Inc. is supplying new design tools that make it easier for developers to tap into the power of Motorola's AltiVec technology. AltiVec technology can enable performance boosts of up to 3X and 4X for networking and telecom applications. [ ] 73619 ) Interoperability without services! AutoParalellization Turboworx.com QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 104395 ) "AI researchers are much more amazed that human beings can still compete with computers on such an even basis given their limited abilities for detailed search. It shows us how much we don't know about the human brain." -- John Holland, professor of electrical engineering, commenting on of the Kasparov-Deep Junior match. [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73620 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! ARE GRIDS A SECRET KEY TO SIMULATION? CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE OR THE GRID -- IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104414 ) Cray Receives $62M In Orders For Cray X1 Systems.............0.9K [ ] 104415 ) SGI Computers Provide Meteorological Data To U.S. Forces.....6.7K [ ] 104416 ) HP Posts Benchmark Results For Newest NVIDIA Quadro Product..3.2K [ ] 104417 ) NEC Develops Parallel Processor Chip For Image Recognition...8.7K [ ] 104418 ) New Sun Fire V1280 System Sets Benchmark World Record........1.9K [ ] 104419 ) SGI Servers Help Research Institute Predict Climate Changes..4.8K [ ] 104420 ) Motorola's New PowerPC's Achieve Top EEMBC Benchmarks........9.3K [ ] 104421 ) Infineon Builds Chip To Read Brain Cell Signals..............2.1K [ ] 104422 ) CA Analysis Server Responds To Air Pollution Problems........4.1K [ ] 104423 ) FCI, Mysticom Showcase 10 Gigabit Copper Backplanes..........4.5K [ ] 73621 ) HP in Europe: Number One and Then Some SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104424 ) Accelrys Software To Help Human Genome Database..............3.7K [ ] 104425 ) Caminus Successfully Tests Next-Gen Platform At IBM Center...3.3K [ ] 104426 ) Sun Extends Its Commitment To UNIX And Solaris 9.............8.3K [ ] 104427 ) Opsware Software To Help Manage Sun Blade Servers............4.8K [ ] 104428 ) Siemens Introduces NXN Alienbrain For Visualization Projects.2.9K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 104429 ) Platform Computing Ships New Grid Foundation Product.........3.5K [ ] 104430 ) EU Wants To Coordinate Fight Against Cyberattacks............2.5K [ ] 104431 ) Ixia To Distribute RadView's WebLOAD Software................4.6K [ ] 104432 ) Network Associates Unveils "Black Box" Security Product......1.6K [ ] 104433 ) Bush Orders Guidelines For Cyber-Warfare.....................2.1K [ ] 104434 ) Ideaflood To Sell Core Internet Patent.......................3.7K [ ] 104435 ) Government Warns About "Patriot Hackers".....................2.2K [ ] 104436 ) RedSiren Security Officer To Congress: Education Is Key......3.7K [ ] 73622 ) Recent TOP500(TM) lists show a large growth in clusters, and widespread use of Myrinet(TM) technology. STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 104437 ) Qualstar Ships IBM LTO 2 Equipped TLS-Series Tape Libraries..3.7K [ ] 104438 ) Nexsan Gives Birth To ATAbaby Storage Solution...............4.2K [ ] 104439 ) Pennsylvania Univ Adopts SPSS Data Mining For Research.......5.4K [ ] 104440 ) BlueArc Storage Systems Power HPC University Labs............4.7K [ ] 104441 ) Coplink Database Helps Bridge Barriers In Law Enforcement......3K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 104442 ) Cray Prices Public Offering At $6.20 Per Share...............1.8K [ ] 104443 ) NSF, Science Journal Announce Visualization Contest..........1.6K [ ] 104444 ) LCI Conference Deadline Extension Announcement...............6.4K [ ] 104445 ) Animation Studio Pixar Moves From Sun To Intel.................2K [ ] 104446 ) Scientists Convene For Semiconductor Research Forum..........2.2K [ ] 104447 ) Global Grid Forum To Be Held In March........................3.1K [ ] 104448 ) CSC To Provide IT Support To JPMorgan Chase..................1.9K [ ] 104449 ) The IDC HPC User Forum Meetings Announcement.................2.7K [ ] 73623 ) 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 ================================================================== [ ] 104450 ) Product Watch: Aspen Becomes Premier Itanium 2 Provider.....37.8K NVIDIA nForce2 Support New AMD Processors. AMD Releases Athlon XP 3000+. [ ] 104451 ) Financial Update: Sistina Software Secures $10M In Funding...9.9K CACI Awarded $103M Navy Contract. ANTs Announces Prosecution Settlement. [ ] 104452 ) Corporate Liaisons: NEC Announces Agreement With VMware.....11.3K Catalina Marketing, IBM Team Up. CSC, TDC Sign IT Outsourcing Contract. [ ] 104453 ) People and Positions: NEC's Yamashina Receives Author Award.12.2K Bertucci Publishes SQL Server Book. ANTs Software Names New VP Of Sales. 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