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 *** July 18, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 28 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 233 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73955 ) What Was Complex Is Now Simple What Was Expensive Is Now Affordable The Power Once Held by Few, Now Belongs To Many The Time Is Now ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 105550 ) FEATURES: 400,000 ALPHA/TRUE64 SERVERS -- SUN WANTS YOU! | | [ ] 105557 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: PSSC LABS' CLUSTERS CHOSEN FOR COMPUTATIONS| | [ ] 105561 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: SGI DEPLOYS ONYX4 ULTIMATEVISION SYSTEM | | [ ] 105571 ) NEWS BRIEFS: MICROSOFT RELEASES JAVA CONVERSION ASSISTANT 2.0 | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73956 ) VoxelVision's GIGAviz Now Available On SGI Altix 3000 Systems FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 105550 ) 400,000 ALPHA/TRUE64 SERVERS -- SUN WANTS YOU!...............3.9K Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced a new program designed to take advantage of disruption within a competitor's installed base and move these customers to a Sun Solaris environment. [ ] 105551 ) LANL SELECTS ADVANCED VISUALIZATION FROM SGI.................4.4K SGI announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has purchased a Silicon Graphics Onyx4 UltimateVision, an advanced visualization system, to help the performance of America's nuclear stockpile without underground testing. [ ] 105552 ) IBM TO DEVELOP ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SYSTEM...........5.8K Indiana University announced that it has been working with IBM to create a powerful information system at the IU School of Medicine that could transform the hunt for the origins of disease and effective remedies. [ ] 105553 ) VANGUARD COALITION TO ADDRESS CYBERSPACE SECURITY............4.5K Vanguard Integrity Professionals, a pioneer and recognized leader in security solutions for critical infrastructure computing, is leading a private industry coalition ready to take a stand against cyber threats to mainframe infrastructure hackers. [ ] 73957 ) New Wave of HP Itanium 2-based Systems Delivers Breakthrough Performance for Technical Computing Users [ ] 105554 ) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CONTINUES TRANSPAC FUNDING.......3.3K The National Science Foundation has extended funding for TransPAC, the high-speed international Internet service connecting research and education networks in the Asia-Pacific region to those in the United States. [ ] 105555 ) NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH PROVIDES FUEL FOR CATALYST DESIGNS.....8.8K Physicists in the University of Pennsylvania's chemistry department and Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter are taking complex nanotechnology simulations to pollution control. [ ] 105556 ) PURDUE SOFTWARE PROMISES BETTER ANIMATION FOR MOVIES, GAMES....5K Researchers at Purdue University are creating interactive software that artists could use to make realistic animations of cloud formations, explosions, smoke, steam, fog and other gaseous phenomena for movies and video games. [ ] 73958 ) 1964- Lockheed Build's the World's Fastest Airplane 1997- The Thrust SSC Team Build's the World's Fastest Car 2002- Linux Networx Builds World's Fastest Linux Supercomputer Celebrate this Landmark Computing Achievement And Receive a Free History of Supercomputing Timeline Poster CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 105557 ) PSSC LABS' CLUSTERS CHOSEN FOR WEATHER COMPUTATIONS..........2.7K Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc. of Houston, Texas has selected a PSSC Labs Beowulf cluster to perform advanced weather modeling computations. [ ] 105558 ) ARGONNE LAB DEPLOYS NEW ETHERNET SWITCH FOR CLUSTER..........2.7K Force10 Networks, Inc. announced that Argonne National Laboratory has successfully deployed Force10 E-Series switch/routers to connect to the TeraGrid, the world's largest supercomputing grid, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. [ ] 105559 ) TEXAS A&M SELECTS APPRO HYPERBLADE AMD OPTERON CLUSTER.......3.2K InfiniCon Systems and Appro announced that Texas A&M University is implementing a High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster integrating InfiniCon's InfinIO Architecture -- featuring 10 Gbps InfiniBand technology. [ ] 105560 ) EI ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF GRID WARS CHALLENGE AT CLUSTERWORLD..2.1K Engineered Intelligence Corporation (EI) announced winners of its "GRID WARS II" and "MEGA GRID WARS" parallel programming challenges, in which competing programs written in CxC ("C by C") fought for survival of the fittest in a grid of processors. [ ] 73959 ) "GRID COMPUTING-A VERTICAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE 2003-2008 a report by Insight Research Corporation This 150+ page report is the most complete and comprehensive Grid market and industry report available. EXCLUSIVE OFFER - BUY NOW AND SAVE $200 _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73960 ) Linux Networx & Fluent Offer Integrated CFD Cluster System [ ] 73961 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.ADAMS 2003 ===========================*** CENTER NEWS ***================================ [ ] 95006 ) NEESgrid Team Members Describe Project at NCSA MultiMedia Site ============================================================================== [ ] 73962 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 105561 ) SGI INTRODUCES POWERFUL ADVANCED VISUALIZATION SYSTEM........7.1K SGI unveiled Silicon Graphics Onyx4 UltimateVision, the fourth generation of successful visualization systems in its class. [ ] 105562 ) MSC.SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF MSC.ADAMS 2003.............4.5K MSC.Software Corp., a leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services, announced the availability of MSC.ADAMS 2003. [ ] 105563 ) INTEL LAUNCHES NEW XEON PROCESSOR............................3.7K Intel introduced a new Intel Xeon processor for dual processor servers and workstations with double the on-die cache of previous generations. [ ] 105564 ) IBM WINS $801M CONTRACT FROM CALIFORNIA AGENCY...............1.8K IBM said it was awarded an $801 million, 8-year contract from the California Department of Child Support Services to build a computer system to track child support payments. [ ] 73963 ) Our In-House LinuxBIOS Expertise Simplifies Cluster Management [ ] 105565 ) SGI INTRODUCES NEW SILICON GRAPHICS TEZRO....................7.3K SGI extended its workstation line with the new Silicon Graphics Tezro visual workstation, a powerhouse system that sets a new bar for desktop performance and reliability. [ ] 105566 ) HOMELAND SECURITY PICKS MICROSOFT, DELL......................1.7K The US Department of Homeland Security has agreed to a 6-year enterprise contract for Microsoft software that Dell will support. [ ] 105567 ) FAKESPACE INTRODUCES TWO ADVANCED VISUALIZATION SOLUTIONS....4.7K Fakespace Systems introduced two new interactive, visualization systems, expanding its portfolio of solutions for commercial, government and education applications. [ ] 105568 ) SYBASE ENABLES ENTERPRISES TO ACHIEVE FULL LINUX POTENTIAL...4.6K Sybase, Inc. deepened its support for Linux with the opening of a new Competency Center in New York, a global Linux professional services practice and commitment for all relevant Sybase products to support Linux by 2004. [ ] 73964 ) HPC Clustering Workshop - A Hands-On Training In Cluster System Setup & More. Register for a Class by 7/30/03 and Save 25% Off The List Price by Entering Code HPCW0703 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 105550 ) "Its not everyday a competitor unlocks its vault and makes it easy to steal away their customers." -- Larry Singer, Sun's vice president, global information systems strategy office [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73965 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! EUROPEAN GRID GROWING FAST TECH GIANTS LOOK TO EUROPE E-GOVT FOR GROWTH http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105569 ) Dataram Deploys Memory Upgrades For IBM Servers..............2.1K [ ] 105570 ) MathStar Wins Add-On Funding For Its Chip Technology.........2.5K [ ] 73966 ) The HP Scalable Cluster Center SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105571 ) Microsoft Releases Java Language Conversion Assistant 2.0......3K [ ] 105572 ) Study Shows Growing Revenues For Molecular Modeling Markets....2K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 105573 ) Ohio Schools Become Members Of State's 3rd Frontier Network..2.8K [ ] 105574 ) Mozilla.org Announces Launch Of The Mozilla Foundation.......4.1K [ ] 73967 ) Interview With Eyal Waldman, CEO Mellanox Technologies STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 105575 ) NEC Ships Overland's NEO With Storage Product Family...........2K [ ] 105576 ) Cisco Systems Selected By Euronext.liffe For Storage Network.5.2K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 105577 ) High Tech Workforce Sees Decline In Women, Minorities........2.3K [ ] 105578 ) Eracom Enhances OpenSSL On Its ProtectServer Orange Platform.2.2K [ ] 73968 ) 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 SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 105579 ) Product Watch: AMIS Introduces Higher Density ASIC Product..11.8K NetScout Deploys nGenius Management System. New Assembly Language Reference Available. [ ] 105580 ) Financial Update: IBM Continues Momentum For 2nd Quarter....21.6K SGI Announces Early Q4 FY 2003 Results. Intel Reports Good 2nd Qtr Results. [ ] 105581 ) Corporate Liaisons: Sybase And Red Hat Extend Partnership....4.9K SIS And Paranet Solutions Team Up. [ ] 105582 ) People and Positions: Quantum Appoints CEO As Chairman.......9.4K Northern Light Adds To Executive Team. Network Associates Names VP Of Sales. 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