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 *** May 9, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 18 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 276 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73791 ) BP Deploys HP Intel Itanium 2-Based Systems For Seismic Imaging Research ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 104985 ) FEATURES: CREATION OF SINGLE-MOLECULE OPTICAL EMITTER | | [ ] 104997 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: SUN INTRODUCES NEW SUN FIRE SUPERCLUSTERS | | [ ] 105003 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: GATES QUELLS FEARS OVER SECURITY | | [ ] 105009 ) NEWS BRIEFS: UNISYS SERVER ACHIEVES RECORD TPC-C BENCHMARK | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73792 ) Linux Networx Case Study Cluster Delivers Fast, Accurate Simulations; One Week ROI FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 104984 ) CREATION OF SINGLE-MOLECULE OPTICAL EMITTER....................5K IBM announced it created the world's smallest solid-state light emitter. This research breakthrough -- the first, electrically- controlled, single-molecule light emitter -- demonstrates the rapidly improving understanding of molecular devices. [ ] 104985 ) CENIC ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF ITS GIGABIT AWARDS................3.6K CENIC recognized the winners of its On the Road to a Gigabit Awards at an awards luncheon that was held at the Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara, California. [ ] 104986 ) OPTICAL MODULE MARKET TO THRIVE..............................3.6K Optical modules have slowly been growing in popularity, according to In-Stat/MDR. The high-tech market research firm reports that, if it had not been for the recent economic downturn, optical modules would be the product of choice for most optical networking equipment. [ ] 104987 ) RESEARCHERS MODEL PROTEIN MESSAGES...........................9.2K by J. William Bell, NCSA Senior Science Writer University of Kansas researchers model the structure and dynamics of a calcium-binding protein responsible for passing myriad messages throughout the body. [ ] 104988 ) PSC DISCOVERS NOVEL ENZYME MECHANISM.........................9.8K by Michael Schneider, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Researchers at PSC found a novel enzyme mechanism. The enzyme, ALDH, is what pulls us through a hangover. Their work points the way toward drugs that permit better cancer-fighting with smaller doses. [ ] 104989 ) CYBERCRIME COULD CREATE CHAOS IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD..........5.5K Researchers at a recent Association for Computing Machinery conference on electronic privacy proposed several technological "fixes" that could help prevent forms of cybercrime. [ ] 104990 ) ALIFE EXPERIMENTS SHOW HOW COMPLEX FUNCTIONS CAN EVOLVE......5.8K An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Michigan State University and the California Institute of Technology have used a kind of artificial life, or ALife, to create a road map detailing the evolution of complex organisms, an old problem in biology. [ ] 104991 ) IBM PROJECT TO EXPAND SUPERCOMPUTING GOALS...................5.3K IBM has begun work on a project called "Blue Gene" to expand the supercomputing goal of performing at a quadrillion calculations per second. [ ] 104992 ) NANOTECH RESEARCH TO SEE MORE FUNDING........................3.9K The House of Representatives is set to commit $2 billion in federal research money to a field with the potential to revolutionize everything from medicine to industrial manufacturing to the limits of computer memory. [ ] 73793 ) HP Itanium 2-Based Solution Becomes the Foundation Of Samsung Group's Computing Strategy CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 104993 ) CLUSTERWORLD ANNOUNCES INDUSTRY AWARDS AND NEW PROGRAMS......3.3K ClusterWorld Conference & Expo announced a new awards program for excellence in cluster technology and invited show participants to enjoy themselves at four events added to the conference. [ ] 104994 ) DELL AND ORACLE ENABLE REAL-TIME DELIVERY OF INFORMATION.....4.8K Dell, Intel Corp. and Oracle Corp. announced that Orange has deployed a standards-based computing platform. The platform consists of four Dell PowerEdge servers running an Oracle9i Database with Real Application Clusters. [ ] 104995 ) PSSC DEPLOYS COMPUTER/CLUSTER SOFTWARE FOR RESEARCH CENTER...3.2K PSSC Labs announced the completion and delivery of a new supercomputer for NASA's Ames Research Center. Scientists are exploring the boundaries of traditional "powerwalls" by developing a unique visualization system that could display up to six dimensions. [ ] 104996 ) SISTINA AND IBM TO BRING CLUSTER SOLUTIONS TO WALL STREET....4.3K IBM is leading the charge on Wall Street in facilitating the deployment of scalable solutions on Linux. Sistina is also contributing robust, scalable cluster file system software. [ ] 104997 ) SUN INTRODUCES NEW SUN FIRE SUPERCLUSTERS....................2.9K Sun Microsystems has proclaimed the era of accessible terascale supercomputing with the introduction of its new Sun Fire Superclusters. [ ] 104998 ) VERITAS TO TREAT STORAGE AS A UTILITY........................2.5K Veritas Software said that it will be introducing a combined suite intended to allow administrators to treat storage more as a utility through virtualization and automated provisioning. [ ] 73794 ) Intel-Based Servers With New Microsoft OS Deliver Industry-Leading Capabilities, Performance _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73795 ) Linux Networx Supercomputer Powers U.S. Government Antiterrorism Smallpox Research [ ] 73796 ) MSC.Software Strengthens Strategic Agreement with nCode To Provide Durability Solutions ===========================*** CENTER NEWS ***================================ [ ] 95006 ) NEESgrid Team Members Describe Project at NCSA MultiMedia Site ============================================================================== [ ] 73797 ) 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 ============================================================= [ ] 104999 ) IBM INTRODUCES NEW HIGH-END ESERVER SYSTEMS....................5K IBM introduced its most powerful UNIX server ever, an ultra-fast IBM eServer p690 system that provides a 65 percent performance boost over its game-changing predecessor. [ ] 105000 ) GDA TECHNOLOGIES LICENSES HYPERTRANSPORT IP CORES TO CRAY....4.3K GDA Technologies, Inc., a fast growing supplier of Intellectual Property and Design Services, announced that Cray, Inc. has licensed GDA's HyperTransport IP cores for the development of its Sandia National Laboratories supercomputer, code-named "Red Storm". [ ] 105001 ) SGI TOPS HPC CATEGORIES IN VISUALIZATION CENTER SURVEY.......4.2K SGI has swept key graphics and high-performance computing (HPC) categories in World Oil's survey of more than 80 oil and gas companies around the world that have their own visualization centers. [ ] 105002 ) HP TO RESTRUCTURE ITS SERVER & STORAGE BUSINESS................3K Hewlett-Packard said it would reorganize and streamline its business group that makes computer servers and storage systems for large companies. [ ] 105003 ) GATES QUELLS FEARS OVER SECURITY.............................3.6K End-users shouldn't be worried that Microsoft Corp.'s new security technology will wrest control of their PCs and give it to media companies, Bill Gates said this week. They can always choose not to use it, he said. [ ] 105004 ) NHK DEPLOYS KASENNA MPEG-4 VIDEO STREAMING SOLUTION WITH SGI.4.3K Kasenna, Inc. and SGI announced that NHK, Japan's oldest major broadcasting company, has brought on-line an MPEG-4 video server system from SGI Japan, Ltd. to archive video assets spanning the network's 50- year history. [ ] 105005 ) HP UNVEILS ADAPTIVE ENTERPRISE STRATEGY......................9.7K HP announced its Adaptive Enterprise strategy aimed at companies and chief information officers that demand more out of their IT environments and partners. [ ] 105006 ) DELL CONFIRMS COMMITMENT TO NETWORKING BUSINESS..............4.6K Dell Computer Corp. remains intent on making itself a feared rival in the networking equipment sector despite questions about the No. 1 personal computer maker's commitment. [ ] 105007 ) PEOPLESOFT ANNOUNCES MORE LINUX SUPPORT......................2.7K PeopleSoft Inc. unveiled a plan to have all of its business software running on Linux by year-end, making it the latest high-tech shop to embrace the free operating system. [ ] 105008 ) HP EXPANDS GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP WITH VERITAS SOFTWARE.........2.3K VERITAS Software Corporation expanded its global relationship with HP by committing to jointly develop products supporting Oracle9i Real Application Clusters (RAC) running on the HP-UX 11i operating system. [ ] 73798 ) 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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 105005 ) "In today's market, agility is the competency that will enable companies to survive and thrive. Speed or lower costs alone are no longer enough." -- Dr. Jim Oliver, research manager for IT agility, INSEAD [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73799 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! IBM RACES TO FORM NEW GRID ECOSYSTEM WHAT INFLUENCE COULD GRIDS HAVE ON NETWORKS? *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105009 ) Unisys Server Achieves Record TPC-C Benchmark................3.2K [ ] 105010 ) Pogo Linux Delivers Linux Serial-ATA Workstation.............2.8K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105011 ) Sun Completes Upgrade To BRUT's Solaris OS Infrastructure....2.3K [ ] 105012 ) SNCF Applies ILOG Visualization To Train Supervision.........3.8K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 105013 ) Xilinx And Ignis Optics Demo New Optical Transceiver.........2.8K [ ] 105014 ) Radware And Allasso Partner For Switching Solutions..........2.8K [ ] 105015 ) VIACK Chief To Moderate Panel On Combatting "CyberWar".......2.2K [ ] 73800 ) Recent TOP500(TM) lists show a large growth in clusters, and widespread use of Myrinet(TM) technology. STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 105016 ) Graphisoft To Provide Data Integration To Coast Guard........3.4K [ ] 105017 ) FIA Targets Midrange Market With New NAS Appliance...........3.4K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 105018 ) SGI Honored For Advancement Of Women In Workplace............7.6K [ ] 105019 ) HPC User Forum Meetings Invitation/Agenda......................2K [ ] 105020 ) OMG Workshop On UML For Enterprise Announcement..............2.1K [ ] 105021 ) NCSA Releases Mosaic 10th Anniversary Webcast................0.5K [ ] 105022 ) Deadline Announced For Science Journal Visualization Contest.1.6K [ ] 105023 ) OMG Paris Technical Meeting Announcement.....................1.7K [ ] 105024 ) Digital Government Research Conference Announcement............2K [ ] 73801 ) HPCwire on Tour: Photo Gallery Visit the Photo Gallery To See Images from HPC Tradeshows and Conferences SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 105025 ) Product Watch: Ixia Enhances Hardware Platform...............4.5K AEP Introduces VPN Appliance For Windows. NI Delivers LabVIEW-Based Design Suite. [ ] 105026 ) Financial Update: Intel Backs Revenue Outlook................6.4K Emulex Tops HBA Market. QLogic Gains Fibre Channel Market Share. [ ] 105027 ) Corporate Liaisons: HP Finalizes Outsourcing Agreement.......5.3K Dini Group And Altera Team Up. [ ] 105028 ) People and Positions: Atkinson Gets Vannevar Bush Award........8K ARSC Gets Visiting Chief Scientist. Bush Security Czar Going To eBay. 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