HPCwire's "Breaking News" 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. www.hpcwire.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** April 25, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 16 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 368 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73763 ) HP Wins $100 Million Contract to Help Deliver World's Biggest e-Learning Project ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 104885 ) FEATURES: DOUBTS CLOUD LAUNCH OF NEW 64-BIT CHIP | | [ ] 104896 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: CLUSTERWORLD FEATURES GRID WARS CHALLENGE | | [ ] 104902 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: WESTERN SCIENTIFIC DEPLOYS NEW SERVER LINE | | [ ] 104916 ) NEWS BRIEFS: PSC'S LEMIEUX IS A FINALIST FOR CONTEST HONORS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73764 ) New E2 from Linux Networx A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 104885 ) DOUBTS CLOUD LAUNCH OF NEW 64-BIT CHIP.......................4.7K In the biggest gamble of its 33-year history, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. launched a high-powered microprocessor that aims to offer server makers an alternative to rival chip-maker Intel Corp.'s chips. [ ] 104886 ) INTERVIEW - CRAY CHAIRMAN AND CEO JIM ROTTSOLK...............8.8K by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief Cray Chairman and CEO Jim Rottsolk catches readers up on the company, including plans to achieve the industry's next "moon shot," sustained petaflop speed on next-generation applications. [ ] 104887 ) NCSA CELEBRATES A MOSAIC BIRTHDAY..............................4K On April 29, the center that helped bring the Web into so many lives will host a symposium that will reflect on the impact of Mosaic and look ahead to the technology breakthroughs that will change our lives in the next decade. [ ] 104888 ) A COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS OF CRAY.................................4K Cray once slipped into anonymity at the bottom of today's list of manufacturers. However, the once-dominant high-performance computer maker is re-emerging as a serious competitor to IBM and others. [ ] 104889 ) EUROPEAN & US HPC USERS WILL DIALOGUE IN MAY.................4.9K The HPC User Forum, consisting of high performance computing users from government, industry and academia, will hold its first dialogue meetings between European and U.S. members. [ ] 104890 ) NSF HELPS ORGANIZATIONS ADAPT IN THE INFORMATION AGE.........5.5K NSF projects are researching how information technologies can help streamline processes for organizations that must respond rapidly to incoming knowledge, dynamic situations and uncertainty. [ ] 104891 ) CADETS TRAIN FOR CYBER-WARFARE...............................4.3K A cyber defense exercise conducted this week among the nation's service academies is a new kind of drill to prepare a new kind of military that addresses computer defenses. [ ] 104892 ) OFFICIALS QUESTION $11 MILLION IN COSTS AT LOS ALAMOS LAB....7.2K Porous financial management at Los Alamos National Laboratory allowed for $11.1 million in questionable expenditures, government inspectors reported. [ ] 104893 ) CELL MODELING MAY LEAD TO UNDERSTANDING DISEASES.............2.3K Researchers have used a supercomputer at the University of California, San Diego, to create a simulation model for cellular structures. The modeling may promise better understanding of how microtubules transport drugs to cellular binding sites. [ ] 73765 ) New Intel Software Tool Speeds Development Of Applications For Hyper-Threading Technology CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 104894 ) MICROWAY LAUNCHES NAVION CLUSTER SERIES......................2.9K Microway, a leading manufacturer of custom-configured HPC Linux clusters, announced the Navion series of clusters and servers based on the AMD Opteron processor. [ ] 104895 ) ASPEN SYSTEMS TEAMS WITH AMD FOR CLUSTER SOLUTIONS...........3.7K Aspen Systems announced that it is working with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to provide customized Beowulf clusters and high-end server solutions based on the AMD Opteron processor. [ ] 104896 ) CLUSTERWORLD FEATURES GRID WARS CHALLENGE....................4.5K Engineered Intelligence Corporation (EI) announced that the next "GRID WARS parallel programming challenge, where competing programs written in CxC ("C by C") fight for survival of the fittest in a grid of processors, will be held live at ClusterWorld. [ ] 104897 ) APPRO DEMOS HYPERBLADE CLUSTER SOLUTIONS.....................3.8K Appro announced availability and product demonstrations of its new HyperBlade Server Cluster, 1U and 2U dual servers based on AMD Opteron processors at the AMD Opteron processor launch event in New York City. [ ] 104898 ) ASPEN PROVIDES CLUSTER PACKAGE WITH SUPPORT SERVICES...........3K Aspen Systems announced that it is now offering on-site training classes and workshops, as well as hardware and software support services. With these services, Aspen plans to deliver a complete turnkey Beowulf cluster package. [ ] 104899 ) OSCAR RELEASES TOOLKIT FOR CLUSTER MANAGEMENT................3.6K The OSCAR working group has released version 2.2.1 of the Open Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR) toolkit. The toolkit is used to build, configure and manage clusters. [ ] 104900 ) CALL FOR PAPERS: CLUSTER 2003................................6.1K Cluster 2003 welcomes paper submissions from engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and government describing their latest research findings in any aspects of cluster computing. [ ] 104901 ) SINGAPORE COMPUTER SYSTEMS DEPLOYS BEOWULF CLUSTER.............5K The Linux Competency Centre at Singapore Computer Systems (SCS-LCC) has commissioned a new 60-processor CPU Intel Itanium 2-based cluster for the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) at the National University of Singapore. [ ] 73766 ) HP Expands Connectivity, Improves Performance Of HP OpenView CASA Replication Software _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73767 ) Linux Networx Cluster Used to Investigate Iceland's Weather And Geothermal Energy Sources [ ] 73768 ) MSC.Software Achieves LSB Certification For MSC.Linux Distribution ===========================*** CENTER NEWS ***================================ [ ] 95006 ) NEESgrid Team Members Describe Project at NCSA MultiMedia Site ============================================================================== [ ] 73769 ) HPCwire's - 2003 People and Organizations to Watch Lee Holcomb, Tom Coleman, Tetsuya Satoh, Ken Neves, Bill Appelbe, Michael Levine, Ralph Roskies, Mark Seager, Chaitan Baru, Alan Blatecky, Jay Boisseau, Russ Miller, Bob Graybill, Christian Bischof, Cray, Shahin Kahn. From Lee Holcomb at Homeland Security to Tetsuya Satoh at the Earth Simulator, this year we've put together a list of must watch HPC luminaries!! VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 104902 ) WESTERN SCIENTIFIC DEPLOYS NEW SERVER LINE...................2.9K Western Scientific announced the introduction of the FusionA64 line of high-performance rackmount servers and deskside workstations featuring the new AMD Opteron processor. [ ] 104903 ) SGI DELIVERS ADVANCED VISUALIZATION SOLUTION.................9.4K SGI announced a the SGI Onyx 350 advanced visualization system, the lowest-priced Onyx system ever, and new Visual Area Networking (VAN) capabilities with OpenGL Vizserver 3.1 software. [ ] 104904 ) INTEL STRENGTHENS SUITE OF SOFTWARE TOOLS....................3.6K Intel Corporation announced two versions of the Intel VTune Performance Analyzers with support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system and Visual Studio .NET 2003 development environment. [ ] 104905 ) SGI WINS 2003 SUPPLIER DIVERSITY AWARDS......................6.6K In recognition of the outstanding success of its Supplier Diversity Program, SGI received two prestigious Corporate Business Awards from the Northern California Supplier Development Council. [ ] 104906 ) NEW MS SERVER SEEN AS KEY TO COLLABORATION...................4.4K After name changes and development delays, Microsoft Corp.'s newest operating system for servers finally hits the market. [ ] 104907 ) SGI AND INTEL GAIN HPC GROUND IN INDIA.......................6.2K SGI announced that the Supercomputing Education Research Centre, at the Indian Institute of Science, has purchased India's first SGI Altix 3000 system, powered by 32 Intel Itanium 2 processors. [ ] 104908 ) ETNUS ANNOUNCES TOTALVIEW 6.2 FOR INTEL SYSTEMS..............4.4K Etnus, a leading provider of debugging solutions for complex code, announced the release of TotalView 6.2, which includes much-anticipated support for Intel Itanium 2-based systems. [ ] 104909 ) NEC RECORDS FASTEST 32-WAY NON-CLUSTERED TPC-C BENCHMARK.....6.4K NEC Solutions America announced that a 32-processor server from NEC, based on the future Intel Itanium 2 processor 6M has achieved the world's best TPC-C benchmark result for a non-clustered, 32-processor SMP server. [ ] 104910 ) IBM ANNOUNCES ITS DEEP COMPUTING INITIATIVE..................2.3K IBM announced the creation of its Deep Computing initiative. Building upon IBM's supercomputing leadership, IBM plans to leverage supercomputers, specialized software, and deep industry knowledge to help solve customers' complex business problems. [ ] 104911 ) SGI TACKLES CHALLENGING VISUALIZATION PROBLEMS...............3.8K Deep Video Imaging, creator and developer of Multi-Layer Displays (MLD), announced the formation of a reseller alliance with SGI, a leading supplier of advanced data management solutions for high- performance computing and visualization environments. [ ] 104912 ) BP DEPLOYS HP SYSTEMS FOR SEISMIC IMAGING RESEARCH...........4.7K Intel Corporation and HP announced that BP, one of the world's largest petroleum and petrochemicals companies, has added new and additional computing capabilities to its advanced seismic research facility. [ ] 104913 ) SCIENTISTS USE SGI TECHNOLOGY FOR ALZHEIMER STUDIES..........6.7K UCLA and University of Queensland (Australia) neuroscientists using a powerful new imaging analysis technique have created the first three- dimensional video maps showing how Alzheimer's disease systematically engulfs the brains of living patients. [ ] 73770 ) Recent TOP500(TM) lists show a large growth in clusters, and widespread use of Myrinet(TM) technology. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 104889 ) "High performance computing is a global industry with a global community, but the market dynamics can vary substantially from country to country and region to region. To advance the HPC industry and to influence the direction vendors take, it's important that European and U.S. users understand each other's perspectives." -- Earl Joseph II, IDC Analyst, HPC User Forum director [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73771 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! INTERVIEW: CHIEN DISCUSSES SMARR'S OptIPuter By Neil Alger, Principal Correspondent, GRIDtoday NOVELL DRIVES OPEN CROSS-PLATFORM COMPUTING *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104914 ) Altera And El Camino Announce FPGA Development Kits..........2.7K [ ] 104915 ) Monarch Computer Introduces Opteron-based Server Systems.....2.2K [ ] 104916 ) PSC's LeMieux Is A Finalist For Contest Honors...............3.3K [ ] 104917 ) Albuquerque Academy Takes Top Prize In Computer Contest......0.9K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104918 ) NVIDIA Extends Its nForce Platform Solutions.................3.9K [ ] 104919 ) Platform Logic Wins NSA Contract For Host Security Software..1.9K [ ] 104920 ) SEI, U.S. Army Partner On Information-Assurance Initiative...2.6K [ ] 104921 ) Commercially Supported Desktop Linux Now Available...........2.7K [ ] 104922 ) ANTs Data Server More Than Doubles Performance...............2.3K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 104923 ) Platform Computing CEO To Speak About Grid Computing.........2.3K [ ] 104924 ) Tasman Extends Flexibility Of WAN Connectivity Systems.......3.2K [ ] 104925 ) Grid Computing Symposium Announcement........................1.5K [ ] 73772 ) Plug in the power... of 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 STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 104926 ) Iconix Licenses New Chemogenomic Data Mining Tools.............3K [ ] 104927 ) StoneFly Networks And Legato Team Up.........................2.2K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 104928 ) White House Cybersecurity Adviser Resigns....................2.1K [ ] 104929 ) Game Theorist To Speak At NSF................................2.6K [ ] 104930 ) ACM-MMDB 2003 Call for Papers..................................5K [ ] 104931 ) BIO IT Coalition Announces Programming For Conference........4.1K [ ] 104932 ) HPDC-12/GGF8 Advance Registration Is Now Open..................2K [ ] 104933 ) Alliance Presentations To Be Offered On Access Grid..........1.7K [ ] 73773 ) HPCwire on Tour: Photo Gallery Visit the Photo Gallery To See Images from HPC Tradeshows and Conferences SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 104934 ) Product Watch: Toshiba Releases New 64-Bit RISC Processor...18.9K PMC-Sierra Deploys Jaguar-ATX Board. Actel Introduces Next-Generation Programmer. [ ] 104935 ) Financial Update: Xilinx Announces Fourth Quarter Revenues..12.7K CSC Wins $42M Missile Defense Task. SGI Reports Third-Quarter Results. [ ] 104936 ) Corporate Liaisons: Arima Group And AMD Team UP..............6.9K Cray, Wells Fargo Team Up. Think Computer Products Teams With AMD. [ ] 104937 ) People and Positions: OSDL Names New CEO....................23.9K Visual Numerics Taps New COO. Bermai Gets New VP Of Operations. 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