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 *** September 19, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 37 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 442 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74118 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 105951 ) FEATURES: OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO SCO LETTER | | [ ] 105954 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: APPRO INTRODUCES MINI-CLUSTER SOLUTION | | [ ] 105959 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: NASA, USA, & SGI CREATE ANALYSIS LAB | | [ ] 105972 ) NEWS BRIEFS: SUN MICROSYSTEMS DEBUTS NEW SOFTWARE PRODUCTS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74119 ) 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 FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 105949 ) USA SUPERCOMPUTING: INTERVIEW W/ THE JASON REPORT DIRECTOR..11.8K by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief HPCwire recently interviewed Roy F. Schwitters, S.W. Richardson Foundation Regental Professor of Physics for the University of Texas at Austin, about the current government studies that examine the status of supercomputing in the U.S. [ ] 105950 ) IBM P4: HANDICAP FOR HIGH RESOLUTION EARTH SYSTEM MODELING?.14.5K by Christopher Lazou Some 90 meteorologists and HPC experts from 15 countries and 4 continents attended the bi-annual CAS2K3 workshop on the use of HPC in meteorology organised by the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA. [ ] 105951 ) OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO SCO LETTER.................5.4K Representing the Open Source Community, Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens respond to SCO's letter involving the ongoing battle over software copyrights and intellectual property. [ ] 105952 ) WHO WILL CONTROL THE INTERNET?...............................2.9K A fight over the role of governments in managing the Internet is brewing as policymakers prepare for a U.N.-backed summit on the network's future. [ ] 105953 ) IDC EXPECTS RETURN TO GROWTH IN THE U.S. SERVER MARKET.......3.5K According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Forecast, spending for servers is on the upswing in the U.S. for the first time since 2000. [ ] 74120 ) Intel Expands Reach Of Intel Itanium 2-Based Systems With Two New Processors [ ] 74121 ) CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION 4th International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid 2004: IEEE support pending final approval) 19-22 April, Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.mcs.anl.gov/ccgrid2004 CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 105954 ) APPRO INTRODUCES HYPERBLADE MINI-CLUSTER SOLUTION............3.4K Appro, a leading developer of high-density, high- performance servers, announced that it is demonstrating its new HyperBlade Mini-Cluster Solution based on Intel Xeon processors at the Intel Developer Forum. [ ] 105955 ) MELLANOX ANNOUNCES COMPLETE PCI-EXPRESS HCA PRODUCT LINE.....2.9K Mellanox Technologies Ltd., a leader in InfiniBand semiconductors, announced enhanced support for the Mellanox family of HCA, Host Channel Adapter, devices by offering a full product line of PCI-Express InfiniBand HCA Cards. [ ] 105956 ) AVAILANT, IBM COMPLETE JOINT EFFORT DEVELOPMENT OF HACMP.....2.3K Availant, a provider of engineering and professional services, announced the completion of a joint software engineering effort for the development of the High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing (HACMP) for AIX Version 5.1.0. [ ] 105957 ) TOPSPIN DELIVERS INFINIBAND SOFTWARE STACK FOR WINDOWS 2003..3.5K Topspin Communications, a leader in switched computing, announced the delivery of the first InfiniBand driver software stack for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for the Intel Itanium 2-based Computing Platform. [ ] 105958 ) SANDIA DEMONSTRATES NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CLUSTER...3.1K Sandia National Laboratories announced at the Intel Developer Forum it will demonstrate an Intel-based next-generation, High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, the first such cluster to utilize PCI Express visualization systems. [ ] 74122 ) HP Builds on Linux Market Leadership With New Enterprise Management, Clustering Technologies _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74123 ) Linux Networx Announces LinuxBIOS on Opteron [ ] 74124 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of SimDesigner Suspension ===========================*** CENTER NEWS ***================================ [ ] 95006 ) NEESgrid Team Members Describe Project at NCSA MultiMedia Site ============================================================================== [ ] 74125 ) SGI Altix 3000 Servers Make OracleWorld Debut VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 105959 ) NASA, UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE, SGI CREATE ANALYSIS LAB.........5.8K NASA, United Space Alliance and SGI have teamed to create one of the world's highest performing visual film analysis systems. [ ] 105960 ) MSC HELPS FERRARI BUILD FASTER CARS WITH SOFTWARE PACKAGES...2.8K MSC.Software Corp. announced a relationship with Ferrari Gestione Industriale to provide MSC.ADAMS software tools for multi-body simulation and professional support services. [ ] 105961 ) IBM SHARPENS BLADES - INCREASES PERFORMANCE, LOWERS COST.....5.8K IBM announced enhancements to the eServer BladeCenter that increase performance and functionality while helping reduce customer costs in some situations by as much as 33 percent. [ ] 105962 ) SGI DEBUTS INFINITESTORAGE SOLUTIONS AT IBC 2003.............8.3K At IBC 2003, September 12-16, Silicon Graphics debuted new SGI InfiniteStorage solutions for broadcast and production. [ ] 74126 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106001 ) "Our nation's growing use of the Internet for safety-critical applications as well as business transactions, coupled with the increased sophistication and speed of cyber-attacks increases the risk that cyber-attacks can cause significant damage in short periods of time." -- Richard D. Pethia Director of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74127 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! ELLISON ON GRIDS: INVINCIBLE, INEVITABLE GRID EFFECT ACCELERATING CHANGES IN BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105963 ) Intel's Otellini Says New Chips To Have Two Processors.......3.5K [ ] 105964 ) Intel Touts Secure, Low-Power Chips At Show....................3K [ ] 105965 ) SLE And Mentor Graphics Collaborate To Resolve Chip Issues...3.2K [ ] 105966 ) Altera Unveils 90-nm FPGA Plans................................4K [ ] 105967 ) Xilinx Ships The World's Highest Capacity FPGA...............3.3K [ ] 105968 ) Walk-Through Video Displays Created..........................3.7K [ ] 105969 ) SuperMicro To Unveil 1U Itanium 2 Server Solutions...........3.2K [ ] 105970 ) GDA Introduces Configurable PCI Express Controller IP Core...2.3K [ ] 105971 ) Italian Army Expands Use Of CAE's GESI System................1.8K [ ] 74128 ) Linux Cluster Training Regardless of Your Knowledge-Level Register Today For Cluster System Fundamentals, Migrating to Clusters, Storage & Filesystems, Resource & Job Management, System Administration, and MPI courses. http://linuxnetworx.com/company/traininghpc.php SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 105972 ) Sun Microsystems Debuts New Software Products................3.4K [ ] 105973 ) Paradigm Pumps IBM Deep Computing For "Blue Gold"............1.6K [ ] 105974 ) Testing Info Systems During Development Prevents Problems....2.7K [ ] 105975 ) Accelrys, GEMA Use Discovery Studio Proteomics Solutions.....2.5K [ ] 105976 ) NVIDIA Quadro Crowned Professional Graphics Market Leader....2.1K [ ] 105977 ) Bill Gates Embraces Rivals, Linux..............................2K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 105978 ) SGI Integrates Second Digital Newsroom For German SWR........3.3K [ ] 105979 ) Sun Leads Worldwide UNIX Server Market In Multiple Areas.....1.9K [ ] 105980 ) IBM Has High Hopes For New Generation Of Search Platform.....2.7K [ ] 105981 ) Sun's CTO Discusses The 'New System' At SunNetwork 2003......3.4K [ ] 105982 ) Quantel, SGI Boost DI Workflow At Peter Jackson's Film Unit..4.5K [ ] 105983 ) NRL To Install 128-Processor Altix 3000 Supercomputer........5.5K [ ] 105984 ) RackSaver Unveils Best Price/Performance AMD Powered Server....2K [ ] 105985 ) PGP Ships New Self-Managing Security Architecture............8.5K [ ] 105986 ) Service Finds Web Sites Even If Mistyped.....................3.8K [ ] 105987 ) CERT Warns of SSH Flaw.........................................3K [ ] 105988 ) ECD Awarded Contract By NIST To Develop New Optical Devices..2.6K [ ] 105989 ) PSSC Provides Supercomputing Power To Academic Community.....2.3K [ ] 105990 ) Internet Body Wins Three-Year Extension from U.S.............1.3K [ ] 105991 ) New Class Of National Networking Infrastructure Launched.....6.6K [ ] 74129 ) HP Advances Grid Strategy for the Adaptive Enterprise STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 105992 ) JNI Lowers Cost & Complexity Of Fibre Channel SANs...........3.8K [ ] 105993 ) Seagate, Intel, Silicon Image Demonstrate SATA NCQ...........4.3K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 105994 ) Supercomputing On Wheels With SGI Mobile Innovation Center...5.9K [ ] 105995 ) Chemist Using SGI Technologies Wins Prestigious Award........5.9K [ ] 105996 ) SGI Leads Again In IDC Performance Report....................3.5K [ ] 105997 ) Vendor Has Top-Rated Single Computers, Momentum In Rankings..1.9K [ ] 105998 ) NSF, Science Name Winners Of Int'l Science Challenge.........3.5K [ ] 105999 ) Raindrop Geomagic Receives $2M NIST Grant For Research.......2.6K [ ] 106000 ) VirTra Systems Announces Virtual Reality Project.............1.8K [ ] 106001 ) Dept. Of Homeland Security Partners With Carnegie Mellon U...2.9K [ ] 106002 ) 'Buckyball' Material Brings Light Into Line..................2.5K [ ] 106003 ) Wily Tech Launches Study On Java Application Performance.....2.9K [ ] 106004 ) UC San Diego Researchers Receive $14 Million From NSF........7.9K [ ] 106005 ) $17.5 Million Co-Funded Development Agreement Signed.........1.8K [ ] 106006 ) CCGrid 2004: Call For Papers And Participation...............6.8K [ ] 106007 ) PNI Licenses Patent For IBM's Atomic Microscope Technology...1.3K [ ] 106008 ) "Doppler On Wheels", Blue Sky To Intercept Hurricane Isabel..3.8K [ ] 106009 ) OMG Hosts Another Successful Technical Meeting Week..........2.5K [ ] 106010 ) NSF, ITR Advance Privacy And Weather Prediction Work.........3.7K [ ] 106011 ) SC20003 Tutorials To Offer Hands-On Experience.................4K [ ] 106012 ) VBI Named Bioinformatics Research Hub........................2.7K [ ] 106013 ) San Diego Supercomputer Center To Participate In NSF Awards....5K [ ] 106014 ) OMG's Integrate 2003 Wraps Up in Boston, MA..................2.1K [ ] 74130 ) Myrinet Used In 178 of the June 2003 TOP500 SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 106015 ) Product Watch: Sun Debuts New Software Products.............17.6K Archway Systems Ships VersaCAD 2003.9. New Observer 9.0 Expands Network Monitoring. [ ] 106016 ) Financial Update: Oracle 1st-Qtr Net Jumps, New Sales Weak...3.9K Microsoft Increases Annual Dividend. SEC Investigation of NVIDIA Concludes. [ ] 106017 ) Corporate Liaisons: Informatica to Acquire Striva Corp.......7.7K Ascential Software Acquires Mercator. Sprint Signs Contracts with IBM, EDS. [ ] 106018 ) People and Positions: White House Picks Cybersecurity Chief.12.5K Quantum3D Appoints McConaghay As CEO. Ticknor Named To Board Of Directors. 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