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Join us on March 14, 2003 for the sharpest coverage of HPC news and views available anywhere! \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** March 7, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 9 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 245 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73660 ) HP Holds No. 1 Worldwide Position for UNIX, Windows and Linux Server Revenues ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 104552 ) FEATURES: CRAY'S FUNDING INTACT, ROBUST SAYS ORNL | | [ ] 104555 ) SCIENCE NEWS: HEWLETT-PACKARD SYSTEMS ARRIVE AT PSC | | [ ] 104562 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: IBM GAINS IN INTEL SERVERS | | [ ] 104571 ) NEWS BRIEFS: PLATFORM COMPUTING SOFTWARE POWERS PNNL | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73661 ) Bio-IT World Conference & Expo March 25-27, 2003 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusettes, USA www.bioitworldexpo.com FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 104552 ) CRAY'S FUNDING INTACT, ROBUST SAYS ORNL COMPUTING CHIEF......7.2K By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief Responding to a report last week in HPCwire (Article #104498), the publication interviewed Dr. Thomas Zacharia, ORNL's Associate Lab Director for Computing, regarding the true status of funding for Cray. [ ] 104553 ) FIERCE CYBER WAR PREDICTED...................................6.1K Although information operations has been a tool of warfare for centuries, the Internet and other technologies are boosting capabilities -- and the stakes. [ ] 104554 ) FIREWALLS FAIL TEST OF CORPORATE AND NATIONAL SECURITY.......4.3K When it comes to preventing cyber attacks, today's standalone firewalls are about as effective as medieval castles. That's the belief of Charles "Buck" Fleming, CEO of network security company AdminForce LLC. [ ] 73662 ) New E2 from Linux Networx A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 104555 ) HEWLETT-PACKARD SYSTEMS ARRIVE AT PSC........................3.1K The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has received two GS1280 AlphaServers from Hewlett-Packard, each housing 16 of the newest generation of the powerful Alpha processor, the EV7. [ ] 104556 ) SGI POWERS IMMERSIVE THEATER IN ALABAMA......................9.9K Sci-Quest, the North Alabama Science Center, in Huntsville, Ala., is the first science center in the United States to offer interactivity in an immersive, high-definition theater facility. The Immersive Theater was designed and integrated by SGI. [ ] 104557 ) ICELAND GETS HPC SIMULATION HELP FROM LINUX NETWORX..........4.5K Since implementing a Linux Netwox cluster, the IEA and IMR are able to produce geothermal reservoir and weather simulations to undertake problems that would otherwise be unsolvable. [ ] 104558 ) RESEARCHERS STEP CLOSER TO QUANTUM COMPUTING.................4.4K The quantum entanglement of three electrons, using a quantum well of magnetic semiconductor material, has been demonstrated in a laboratory at the University of Michigan, marking another step toward the realization of a practical quantum computer. [ ] 104559 ) WORLD'S FASTEST NETWORK LAUNCHED TO CONNECT TERAGRID SITES...4.5K Fiber optic links between Los Angeles and Chicago have been "lit up" to form the cross-country network backbone for the National Science Foundation's $88 million TeraGrid project. [ ] 104560 ) ISCB ANNOUNCES ANNUAL SCIENCE ACCOMPLISHMENT AWARD...........5.5K The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) announced the 2003 winners of its annual Overton Prize and the first-ever Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award. [ ] 104561 ) "PROTEINSHOP": SOLVING PROTEIN STRUCTURES FROM SCRATCH........10K By Paul Preuss ProteinShop, a visualization tool for manipulating protein structures, is closing in on one of biology's cherished goals: completely determining an unknown protein's shape from its gene sequence. [ ] 73663 ) Intel Discusses Innovations Driving Future Enterprise And Communications Infrastructure Growth _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73664 ) AVAKI Closes $4.2 Million Financing [ ] 73665 ) Linux Networx Cluster Used to Investigate Iceland's Weather And Geothermal Energy Sources [ ] 73666 ) Western Scientific Unveils 1U 6-Processor Rack Server ===========================*** CENTER NEWS ***================================ [ ] 95006 ) NEESgrid Team Members Describe Project at NCSA MultiMedia Site ============================================================================== [ ] 73667 ) Interoperability without services! AutoParalellization Turboworx.com COMMERCIAL NEWS ============================================================== [ ] 104562 ) IBM GAINS IN INTEL SERVERS...................................2.2K IBM was the fastest growing major Intel-based 32-bit server vendor, growing revenues 21 percent in the fourth quarter of 2002 as compared to the same quarter in 2001, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. [ ] 104563 ) SUN CHIEF TO WOO INDIA IN SOFTWARE WAR.......................2.4K The chief executive of network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc is due to visit India this month, the company said, to woo its army of software developers in the battle with rival Microsoft Corp. [ ] 104564 ) HOMELAND SECURITY TAKES A LOOK AT ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY......4.4K Following a month of security announcements from the Homeland Security Department, Ron Willis, CEO of Raleigh, NC-based network security appliance developer cipherOptics, said he is encouraged by govt's emphasis on encryption technology. [ ] 104565 ) NORTH AMERICA OUTSHINES EUROPE IN IT SPENDING EFFICIENCY.....5.9K North American companies are delivering better overall IT performance than their European competitors and peers, according to a new study released by Alinean, the ROI consulting and analytical tools firm. [ ] 73668 ) 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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 104553 ) "Warfare is less and less about pushing men and machines around the battlefield and more and more about pushing electrons and photons." -- Loren Thompson, defense analyst, Lexington Institute [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73669 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! EXPERTS TO DEBATE GRID COMP'G HYPE VS REALITY TUECKE HAS SEEN THE FUTURE OF DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ON THE GRID By Robert McMillan, Editor-at-large, Linux Magazine *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104566 ) SGI Origin 300 Helps Design Of World-Class Helicopters.......3.9K [ ] 104567 ) Cray And MCube Announce Automotive Engineering Solution......3.1K [ ] 104568 ) Linux Networx Asia To Expand Cluster Technology In Taiwan....3.7K [ ] 104569 ) IBM Extends Lead In Server Market Share........................1K [ ] 104570 ) Server Blade Summit 2003 Exhibitor Profiles..................5.3K [ ] 73670 ) HP Enhances Network-attached Storage Family, Broadens Storage Services SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104571 ) Platform Computing Software Powers PNNL Supercomputer........5.6K [ ] 104572 ) Whirlpool Addresses Challenges With MathWorks Design Tools...3.3K [ ] 104573 ) Emerson Selects Sun To Power Its Global ERP Environment......3.1K [ ] 104574 ) Informatica's Data Integration Platform Breaks New Ground....5.2K [ ] 104575 ) Consortium Formed To Create 3D Stereographic Display Market..3.8K [ ] 104576 ) SmartSim Community Releases Virtual Vehicle Design Study.....5.3K [ ] 104577 ) AVL Selected To Refine FreedomCAR Simulation Software........3.5K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 104578 ) Japan Institute AIST Deploys Force10 E-Series Routers........2.7K [ ] 104579 ) InfiniCon And Langchao Team For Future Server Networks.........7K [ ] 104580 ) ISSI Introduces New Search Processor For Networks............4.6K [ ] 104581 ) Pericom Announces Unified Gigabit Ethernet LAN Switch........3.7K [ ] 73671 ) Recent TOP500(TM) lists show a large growth in clusters, and widespread use of Myrinet(TM) technology. STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 104582 ) Sandia Purchases Max-T's InfinARRAY Storage Solution.........4.1K [ ] 104583 ) LSI Logic Announces New iMegaRAID Solution...................3.4K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 104584 ) Bernhardt Agency Leads Oregon's Top 50 Small Businesses........6K [ ] 104585 ) Cray Raises 2003 Financial Guidance..........................2.1K [ ] 73672 ) 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 ================================================================== [ ] 104586 ) Product Watch: ArcGIS Tracking Analyst Now Available........35.2K QL2 Software Launches WebQL Version 2. Xilinx Releases Enhanced ISE Software. [ ] 104587 ) Financial Update: Xilinx Completes Major Expansion..........11.5K ItemField Closes $4M Financial Round. AMI Semiconductor Reports 4Q Results. [ ] 104588 ) Corporate Liaisons: BoostWorks Acquires Streamcore...........7.7K Sprint Inks Contract With Oracle. [ ] 104589 ) People and Positions: Sun Names New Consolidating Executive..9.2K Verity Appoints New President And CEO. Broadcom CTO Elected To The NAE. 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