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 *** October 17, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 41 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 301 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74191 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106169 ) FEATURES: US-RUSSIA CREATE LANDMARK HPC SIMULATION | | [ ] 106177 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: BUSINESS MAPS THE WAY WIND BLOWS | | [ ] 106182 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: IBM UNVEILS DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | | [ ] 106209 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NEW SUPERCOMPUTER DOUBLES CAPACITY | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74192 ) Visit Us to Recieve Your FREE Exhibit Pass To Supercomputing 2003 FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106169 ) US-RUSSIA CREATE LANDMARK HPC SIMULATION.....................6.5K The US-Russia Plasma Astrophysics Collaboration is the first research team to calculate the complicated flows of the ionized matter drawn into rotating magnetized stars. [ ] 106170 ) JUNIPER OUTLINES VISION FOR PUBLIC NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE....4.1K In a document released Wednesday, Juniper Networks, Inc. outlined its vision for a new approach to public network infrastructure that addresses the problems inherent in today's Internet. [ ] 106171 ) INTERNET PROTOCOL SETS MILESTONE FOR FAST DATA TRANSPORT.....5.9K A new milestone was reached in trans-Atlantic data transmission by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) who demonstrated the practicality of transferring even very large data sets over high-speed production networks. [ ] 106172 ) NEW DIODE COULD ENABLE FASTER, MORE EFFICIENT ELECTRONICS....5.3K Engineers have designed a new diode that transmits more electricity than any other device of its kind. The new diode is compatible with silicon, so manufacturers could easily build it into mainstream electronic devices such as cell phones and computers. [ ] 106173 ) NSF AWARDS GRANT TO CAL POLY POMONA FOR PARALLEL COMP LAB......4K The National Science Foundation has awarded Cal Poly Pomona College of Science faculty members a two-year, $160,000 grant that will pay for a computer workstation network designed to drive research in parallel and distributed computing. [ ] 74193 ) 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 ============================================================ [ ] 106174 ) SCALI SECURES FOOTHOLD IN CHINA THROUGH OEM PARTNERSHIP......2.3K Scali, a leader in high performance clustering solutions, announced its entrance into the Chinese High Performance Computing (HPC) market through an OEM agreement with Langchao, one of the largest domestic vendors of servers in China. [ ] 106175 ) RLX SIMPLIFIES CLUSTER MANAGEMENT FOR WORKLOAD OPTIMIZATION..2.4K RLX Technologies, Inc., a leader in modular computing, announces the introduction of a new version of the RLX HPC Cluster Manager. Version 1.1 extends the power of cluster management to OpenPBS cluster environments. [ ] 106176 ) LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS SUPPORT OSDL REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION.....4.1K The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) announced support from many of the world's leading Linux distributions for the new OSDL Carrier Grade Linux Requirements Definition version 2.0 (CGL 2.0). [ ] 106177 ) BUSINESS MAPS THE WAY WIND BLOWS...............................5K Using clusters, TrueWind Solutions makes wind maps for companies seeking the best spots to erect electricity-generating wind turbines. Such maps can be crucial for determining how much electricity ? and how many dollars ? turbines will produce. [ ] 106178 ) RADISYS DEMONSTRATES SIP SERVER BASED ON ATCA FORM FACTOR....4.3K At Telecom Geneva, RadiSys Corp. demonstrated the industry's first high density SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server with scalable performance in an ATCA (Advanced TCA) cluster form factor. [ ] 74194 ) HP Collaboration and Competency Network _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74195 ) Linux Networx Provides John Deere Evolocity Cluster For Advanced Engineering Analysis [ ] 74196 ) MMSC.Software Announces New MSC.Robust Design For Probabilistic Simulation JOB BANK ============================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 667 ) AIST, Altair Engineering, Daresbury, EMCWF, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Indiana University, Infosys, Intel, LBNL, Microsoft, NCAR, NREL, PNNL, Queensland University, SGI, Sun Microsystems [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K ============================================================================== [ ] 74197 ) 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 VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 106179 ) SUN DELIVERS ON THROUGHPUT STRATEGY W/ ULTRASPARC IV INTRO...4.1K Sun Microsystems, Inc. disclosed additional information on the new UltraSPARC IV processor, a product which has the potential to double the throughput of Sun's existing high-end and mid-range systems. [ ] 106180 ) SGI, BNU TEAM UP TO EXPEDITE CHINA LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH.....6.4K SGI, a global leader in high performance computing, storage and advanced visualization and Beijing Normal University (BNU), one of the most prestigious schools in educational research and training, introduced the BNU and SGI Bioinformatics Center. [ ] 106181 ) IBM, CISCO SYSTEMS HOPE TO FORM SOFTWARE STANDARDS...........2.7K by Jennifer Tabor HPCwire's Jennifer Tabor examines how IBM and Cisco Systems, in order to reduce the complications of managing large data networks, are working together to create and promote open software standards. [ ] 106182 ) IBM UNVEILS DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM...................2.4K IBM Corp. said on Monday it will start selling data storage management systems next month that will make it easier for businesses to manage their data on networks. [ ] 106183 ) MICROSOFT OFFERS ADDITIONAL 64-BIT COMPUTING CHOICES.........1.6K Microsoft Corp. announced the beta availability of Windows Server 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems supporting the AMD64 architecture. [ ] 74198 ) Myrinet Product Announcement, 14 October 2003 High-End, Two-Port, Myrinet/PCI-X Interface QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106172 ) "Computer chips now are worse than the Los Angeles freeway, with wires running back and forth clogging the path of propagating signals. At some point, things are going to come to a grinding halt, and chips won't run any faster." -- Paul R. Berger Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics at Ohio State. [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74200 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! CASSATT ASSEMBLES DREAM TEAM FOR INTERSECTION OF WEB, GRID COHERENT INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS ALLEVIATE IT COMPLEXITY http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106184 ) Intel Improves Storage, Performance w/ I/O Products..........4.8K [ ] 106185 ) Lenslet Demonstrates First Commercial Optical Processor......2.8K [ ] 106186 ) Supermicro Unveils Itanium 2 Server Solution At IDF Taiwan.....4K [ ] 106187 ) ClearSpeed Announces CS301 Multi-Threaded Array Processor....4.3K [ ] 106188 ) Transmeta To Launch New Efficeon Processor...................2.8K [ ] 74201 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106189 ) Sun Boosts Quality, Performance w/ Visual Analysis Software....5K [ ] 106190 ) Accelrys Delivers Life Sciences Software On Linux Platform...2.7K [ ] 106191 ) Skyline Announces TerraExplorer Pro v.4.5....................2.3K [ ] 106192 ) New Release Of NetSolve/GridSolve Version 2.0................5.3K [ ] 106193 ) TSA And Simmetrix Announce Strategic Partnership.............3.8K [ ] 106194 ) Privacyware Discusses Neural Approach To Threat Prevention...2.1K [ ] 106195 ) SciTegic, NovoDynamics Release Decision Trees Collection.....1.6K [ ] 106196 ) Fakespace Reports On Visualization Business In Europe........3.8K [ ] 74202 ) SGI Delivers New SGI Altix 3000 System To AstraZeneca R&D Wilmington NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 106197 ) MS State Selects Voltaire For InfiniBand Connectivity........4.1K [ ] 106198 ) Transition Networks Achieves 125km Transmission Over Fiber...3.7K [ ] 106199 ) Swiss Partnership To Release Quantum Key Infrastructure......2.8K [ ] 106200 ) RLX Delivers Next Generation IT Infrastructure...............4.7K [ ] 106201 ) New Internet Speed Record Set................................1.8K [ ] 106202 ) NEC Simplifies Server Consolidation To 64-Bit Computing......7.1K [ ] 106203 ) Researchers Hope To Improve Web Searches.....................1.7K [ ] 106204 ) Numberweb Presents A Revolutionary Web Technology At CHTF....2.8K [ ] 106205 ) NSF Grant To Evaluate And Improve Web Defense................5.1K [ ] 74203 ) Register for Technical Linux Cluster Training with Linux Networx STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 106206 ) Exabyte Announces Release Of VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U......1.8K [ ] 106207 ) Gateway Combines Flexibility, Pricing With New Autoloader....2.8K [ ] 74204 ) HP Builds on Linux Market Leadership With New Enterprise Management, Clustering Technologies GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106208 ) Bioinformatics Takes Center Stage At Cornell Workshop........3.5K [ ] 106209 ) New Supercomputer Doubles Capacity...........................3.5K [ ] 106210 ) Computer Associates Announces Results Of Board Inquiry.......4.2K [ ] 106211 ) Mathematical Modeling Predicts Cellular Communication........3.4K [ ] 106212 ) Duke Experiments Invalidate Superluminal Info Transfer.......6.4K [ ] 106213 ) NCAR Simulations Sharpen Agriculture Picture.................4.6K [ ] 74199 ) STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD The Leading Conference for IT Managers, Storage Architects and Infrastructure Professionals October 27-30, 2003 JW Marriott Grande Lakes Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA http://www.storagenetworkingworld.com/orlando_2003/ [ ] 74205 ) HPC USER FORUM ASKS EUROPEAN USERS TO HELP RESHAPE THE INDUSTRY European HPC users are urged to contribute to upcoming discussions in Paris, October 20 and London, October 22, as part of the HPC User Forum's initiative to help reshape the global HPC industry. SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 106214 ) Product Watch: RackSaver, AMD Develop Audio Workstations....27.6K ZNYX Networks Launches ZX5000. Platform's 'Day 0' Protection Stops Hackers. [ ] 106215 ) Financial Update: IBM Meets Forecast, Offers Good Outlook...10.9K Wendover-Global Spending Index Increases. Intel 3rd-Quarter Profit Rises. [ ] 106216 ) Corporate Liaisons: IBM To Acquire Crossaccess Technology....9.3K GoldenGate Partners With IR. BMC, Intel Help Design Infrastructures. [ ] 106217 ) People and Positions: Smaby Joins CorVu Board of Directors...5.8K Force10 Appoints Feldman Marketing VP. Susan Wang Elected to Altera Board. [ ] 74206 ) 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 [ ] 74207 ) 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 CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 10.15.03)..............10K [ ] 74208 ) LCI - Linux Cluster Institute Mark Your Calendars For Our Upcoming Workshops October 13-18, 2003 December 8-12, 2003 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/ [ ] 74209 ) SC2003 IGNITING INNOVATION November 15-21, 2003 Phoenix, Arizona, USA www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/ [ ] 74210 ) SC2003 Education Program November 15-18, 2003 Call for Participation www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/edu_general.html HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================== [ ] 670 ) Masthead........................................................2.2K [ ] 601 ) Subscriptions & Removals........................................2.6K [ ] 602 ) Submitting Letters & Articles...................................1.6K [ ] 950 ) Index of Back Issues.............................................28K Comments regarding editorial content may be sent to: editor@hpcwire.tgc.com ______________________________________________________________________ | Full background information on all leading HPC solution providers | | Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days | | | | | | [ ] 533) SRC Computers [ ] 946) Quadrics | | [ ] 921) SGI [ ] 947) Etnus / TotalView | | [ ] 529) Linux Networx [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard | | [ ] 541) MSC Software [ ] 930) NEC | | [ ] 539) Microsoft [ ] 902) IBM Corp. | | [ ] 550) @XI Computer Corp. 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