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 *** August 22, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 33 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 210 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74050 ) 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 ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 105766 ) FEATURES: LANL SELECTS AMD, LINUX NETWORX FOR SUPERCLUSTER | | [ ] 105769 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: GEOCLUSTER 4.3 TO SUPPORT MS SERVER 2003 | | [ ] 105773 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: DISCREET AND SGI PARTNER FOR SAN SOLUTIONS | | [ ] 105782 ) NEWS BRIEFS: ADAPTEC DEPLOYS NETWORK ACCELERATION SOLUTION | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74051 ) HP Fuels Industry-Standard Approach to Web Services Management FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 105766 ) LANL SELECTS AMD, LINUX NETWORX FOR SUPERCLUSTER.............2.9K AMD announced that Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected the AMD Opteron processor for two separate large-scale Linux clusters. [ ] 105767 ) SANDIA TEAM DEVELOPS COGNITIVE MACHINES......................5.4K A new type of "smart" machine that could fundamentally change how people interact with computers is on the not-too-distant horizon at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories. [ ] 105768 ) RESEARCHERS SEE A FAVORITE COMPUTING METHOD..................2.1K In the arena of quantum and classical computing, researchers in Texas and Arkansas claim that one of the two is emerging as a favorite. [ ] 74052 ) Intel - Celebrating 35 Years of Innovation CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 105769 ) GEOCLUSTER 4.3 TO SUPPORT MICROSOFT SERVER 2003..............3.9K NSI Software released new versions of its Double-Take and GeoCluster Windows-based replication products to provide customers enhanced scalability, flexibility and support for Microsoft Server 2003. [ ] 105770 ) NEW "METACLUSTER" DUE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH..............8.7K Construction of a $2 million supercomputer comprised of 1,000 smaller computers will begin in September at the University of Utah, where researchers will use the powerful machine to tackle complex problems in biomedical research. [ ] 105771 ) ETAGON SOLUTION VALIDATED ON ORACLE9I CLUSTERS.................2K Etagon Inc., a developer of data center solutions and active member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, announced that its Origon blade server, coupled with its Centergon software, has been tested and validated on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters. [ ] 74053 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74054 ) Linux Networx Opens State-of-the-art Solutions Center [ ] 74055 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.ADAMS 2003 ===========================*** CENTER NEWS ***================================ [ ] 95006 ) NEESgrid Team Members Describe Project at NCSA MultiMedia Site ============================================================================== VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 105772 ) MTU AERO ENGINES INVESTS IN MSC.ENTERPRISE MVISION...........3.4K MSC.Software announced that MTU Aero Engines, a wholly owned affiliate of DaimlerChrysler and Germany's #1 commercial and defense aircraft engine producer, has invested approximately 100,000 Euro in MSC.Enterprise Mvision. [ ] 105773 ) DISCREET AND SGI PARTNER TO DELIVER SAN SOLUTIONS............6.2K Silicon Graphics, Inc. and Discreet announced that SGI formally joined Discreet's infrastructure sparks partner program. As part of the agreement, Discreet and SGI are qualifying key elements of the SGI InfiniteStructure solution. [ ] 105774 ) AUSTRALIAN GOV'T ENTERS SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT....3.5K Microsoft's Chief Security Strategist announced this week the Australian Federal Government's participation in the Microsoft Government Security Program (GSP) to further assist the Australian Government in providing greater technological security. [ ] 74056 ) HP Maintains Lead In High-Performance Computing QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 105776 ) "We could have programmed it (MAYA, a DNA game-playing computer) to lose sometimes, to make humans happy. But to say 'the automaton can not be defeated' has a nice ring to it." -- Milan Stojanovic, Columbia University in New York [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74057 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! GRID KNOCKS ON TELCOM DOOR FIORINA TOUTS ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE, SLAMS DELL, IBM http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105775 ) HPC May See A Nanotechnology Future............................4K [ ] 105776 ) First Game-Playing DNA Computer Revealed.....................2.9K [ ] 105777 ) Vendors Announce Support For 64-Bit Opteron Processors.......2.4K [ ] 74058 ) SGI To Scale Linux To 128 Processors In A Single-System SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105778 ) IBM Brings XML To SMB Customers..............................5.7K [ ] 105779 ) New Mexico Software Announces AssetWare 3.0..................2.6K [ ] 105780 ) TopCoder Hosts Software Component Design Contest.............2.8K [ ] 105781 ) Attachmate Ships BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1.....................3K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 105782 ) Adaptec Introduces New Network Acceleration Solution.........4.3K [ ] 105783 ) GarrettCom Deploys New Managed Ethernet Switch...............3.8K [ ] 105784 ) International Internet Traffic To Grow 67 Percent In 2003....2.2K [ ] 74059 ) Myrinet Used In 178 of the June 2003 TOP500 STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 105785 ) JNI FibreStar HBAs Available For Sun StorEdge Open SAN.......1.5K [ ] 105786 ) Audi Implements Flexible, Available Storage Area Network.....2.1K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 105787 ) Linux Networx Opens State-Of-The-Art Solutions Center........4.5K [ ] 105788 ) New Report Identifies Research Challenges For Info Systems...2.2K [ ] 105789 ) Sandia Researchers Create Nanocrystals Nature's Way..........6.6K [ ] 105790 ) SC2003 Seeking Innovative Visualizations For Opening Video...1.8K [ ] 105791 ) UML Certification Program: Beta Testers Wanted...............2.4K [ ] 74060 ) 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 ================================================================== [ ] 105792 ) Product Watch: Apple Ships New Power Mac G5.................11.9K Fulcrum Micro Launches New Switch Products. Metagence Announces Linux For META. [ ] 105793 ) Financial Update: HP's 3Q Earnings Miss Expectations...........6K ISR And Cray Settle Patent Lawsuit. IBM Lays Off 500 Workers At Vermont Plant. [ ] 105794 ) Corporate Liaisons: eLynx And Petris Team Up.................4.1K Siemens Broadens Relationship With ANSYS. [ ] 105795 ) People and Positions: Gateway Promotes New CIO...............2.5K SCO Group Appoints New VP. [ ] 74061 ) "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. 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