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 26, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 38 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 266 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74135 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106021 ) FEATURES: HPC USER FORUM FOCUSES ON PERFORMANCE | | [ ] 106025 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: CSILABS, U OF MISS CO-SPONSOR HPC SEMINAR | | [ ] 106029 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: SUN PRESENTS CHIP-DESIGN BREAKTHROUGH | | [ ] 106039 ) NEWS BRIEFS: HP TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS FROM LINUX CLAIMS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74136 ) Intel Software College Offers High Performance Computing-Clustering Workshop: A Hands-On Training In Cluster System Setup, Parallel Programming Models, and Tuning for Single-Node Performance. Register for a Class by 10/15/03 and Save 25% Off The List Price by Entering Promotion Code HPCW1003 FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106021 ) HPC USER FORUM FOCUSES ON PERFORMANCE.......................17.1K A record 110 attendees participated in the semi-annual HPC User Forum meeting, where the major focus areas were computational chemistry, performance modeling and benchmarking. [ ] 106022 ) HP VETERAN STEVEN JOACHIMS JOINS OCTIGABAY: INTERVIEW..........8K by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief HPCwire conducted an interview with HP veteran Steven Joachims to get his perspective on changes in the high performance market, both past and future. [ ] 106023 ) NEC SX-6 - TWO TIMES MORE COST EFFICIENT THAN IBM P4?.......13.7K By Christopher Lazou Christopher Lazou highlights a few of the many system performance issues raised by presentations given at the CAS2K3 workshop. [ ] 106024 ) THREE HP HPC USER GROUPS FORM SINGLE NEW ORGANIZATION........2.7K Members of three Hewlett-Packard high performance user groups met September 21-23 in Dallas and ratified a charter establishing a new, single, international user organization. [ ] 74137 ) Register for Technical Linux Cluster Training with Linux Networx CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 106025 ) CSILABS AND U OF MISSISSIPPI CO-SPONSOR HPC SEMINAR..........2.9K Representatives from Microsoft, Intel, CTC, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and University of Florida HPC and Simulations Research Lab will present information on parallel computing issues in an HPC Seminar at Jackson State University. [ ] 106026 ) HPC PIONEERS TO CREATE LINUX DATABASE CLUSTERING SOLUTION....3.4K Metapa Inc. announced that it has acquired Didera Inc., a Linux database clustering company, so that customers may capitalize on the economic and performance advantages of open-source technology. [ ] 106027 ) IMMERSIVE VISUALIZATION HELPS RESEARCHERS UNDERSTAND DATA......5K A large-scale immersive display system is helping university and industry researchers at the University of Hull in the U.K. gain deeper understanding of highly complex data. [ ] 106028 ) PSSC DELIVERS CLUSTERS TO HARVARD, STANFORD AND SYRACUSE U...3.2K PSSC Labs (Professional Service Super Computer Laboratories) announced the delivery of Linux-based clusters, known as Powerwulfs, to three of the country's top learning institutions. [ ] 74138 ) HP Builds on Linux Market Leadership With New Enterprise Management, Clustering Technologies _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74139 ) Linux Networx Announces LinuxBIOS on Opteron [ ] 74140 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of SimDesigner Suspension ===========================*** CENTER NEWS ***================================ [ ] 95006 ) NEESgrid Team Members Describe Project at NCSA MultiMedia Site ============================================================================== [ ] 74141 ) SGI Altix 3000 Servers Make OracleWorld Debut VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 106029 ) SUN PRESENTS CHIP-DESIGN BREAKTHROUGH........................3.1K Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. researchers reported that they have devised a way to dramatically increase the speed at which semiconductors can talk to each other. [ ] 106030 ) MICROSOFT THROWING ITS WEIGHT BEHIND WEB SEARCH..............4.2K Microsoft Corp., which is trying to drive growth by investing in everything from small business software to video games, has quietly set its sights on a new industry -- searching the Web. [ ] 106031 ) NEC SEES 30% PRICE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT TO SX-6.............3K NEC Corporation announced up to a 30% price performance improvement to its vector type supercomputer SX-6 after making significant improvements in CPU processing performance. [ ] 106032 )MSC HELPS MAKE FASTER, SAFER RALLY CARS AT MITSUBISHI MOTOR...3.63 MSC.Software Corp. announced that Mitsubishi Motor Sports (MMSP) has chosen MSC.Patran and MSC.Marc as their preferred tools for simulating complex mechanical systems and nonlinear contacts within their racecars. [ ] 106033 ) NETEZZA DEBUTS DATA WAREHOUSE FOR ERA OF GENOMIC MEDICINE....6.2K Netezza Corporation unveiled its Netezza Performance Server (NPS) data warehouse for bioinformatics, delivering increased performance for large bioinformatics analyses at half the cost of existing data warehouse systems. [ ] 74142 ) 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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106034 ) "When you go into a movie theater, the experience is radically different from a PC...if you want to get that experience on your PC you are just going to have to go to a 64-bit architecture." -- Rich Heye General Manager, VP of AMD Microprocessor Business Unit [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74143 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! ORACLE CONSORTIUM: ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE WHO WILL CONTROL THE INTERNET? http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106034 ) AMD Unveils Athlon 64, Seen As Head Start Vs Intel...........3.8K [ ] 106035 ) Emerson Provides Cooling Tech For Supercomputer At VA Tech...3.1K [ ] 106036 ) NIST, GE, And ECD Ovonics Collaborate On $13 Million Project.5.4K [ ] 74144 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106037 ) Microsoft Deploys Beta Version Of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition..4.5K [ ] 106038 ) Memory Tracking In New Release Of Etnus Totalview Debugger...3.8K [ ] 106039 ) HP To Protect Customers From Linux Claims....................2.8K [ ] 106040 ) Microsoft To Support AMD, Intel 64-Bit Chips.................3.1K [ ] 106041 ) Radisys Announces Compatibility With Intel Development Kit...2.9K [ ] 106042 ) Faster Computers Require Faster Software.....................5.2K [ ] 106043 ) SciComp, Powerllel Form Strategic Alliance...................2.7K [ ] 106044 ) Tarari Unveils Application, Algorithm Acceleration Program...2.9K [ ] 106045 ) Oracle, Energy Department Boost Software Security............2.3K [ ] 106046 ) Compuware Announces The OptimalJ University Program..........4.8K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 106047 ) Virginia Tech, U Of Texas Receive Grant For Wireless Work....1.5K [ ] 106048 ) Hitachi To Distribute Voltaire's InfiniBand Solutions........3.2K [ ] 106049 ) Fujitsu Selects Infinicon As Foundation For Supercomputer....3.3K [ ] 106050 ) Pittsburgh Center, NSF Bring High-Speed Internet To Homes....2.4K [ ] 74145 ) 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 STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 106051 ) MTV Europe Implements New Super-Digital Broadcast Solutions..4.4K [ ] 106052 ) Data Warehousing To Help Find The Cause Of Breast Cancer.....6.8K [ ] 106053 ) Digi-Data Takes Fibre-SATA Storage To New Heights............3.1K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106054 ) Register For Tapia Diversity In Computing Conference 2003....2.6K [ ] 106055 ) New E-Paper Could Show Moving Images Too.....................1.5K [ ] 106056 ) SC2003 Workshops To Feature Topics In Extreme Computing......3.6K [ ] 106057 ) Survey: Computers Fail At Half Of Firms Each Year............3.4K [ ] 74146 ) HP Advances Grid Strategy for the Adaptive Enterprise SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 106058 ) Product Watch: Mercury Ships Middleware Product With DRI.....9.4K Monarch Hornet64 SFF 64-Bit PCs Released. Seagate Ships OS Pre-Loaded On Hard Drives. [ ] 106059 ) Financial Update: Sun Microsystems To Cut 1,080 More Jobs....6.3K VERITAS Tops File System Software Market. InfiniCon Announces Series C Funding. [ ] 106060 ) Corporate Liaisons: Sun Ramps Up Java With New Alliances.....7.6K CACI To Acquire C-CUBED Corporation. McDATA, ADVA Announce Alliance. [ ] 106061 ) People and Positions: Heil To Octigabay Board Of Directors.....5K Motorola's Galvin To Retire As CEO. Avanex Names Dr. Richard Laming VP. 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