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 24, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 42 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 308 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74211 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106219 ) FEATURES: MAC SUPERCOMPUTER MAY RANK WITH THE FASTEST | | [ ] 106225 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: HP UNVEILS FASTEST LINUX SUPERCOMPUTER | | [ ] 106231 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: IBM BOOSTS PERFORMANCE w/ SHARK ENHANCEMENTS| | [ ] 106251 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NCSA'S DONNA COX TO KEYNOTE SUPERCOMPUTING 2003 | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74212 ) Empowering New Frontiers Come Visit us in Phoenix, Arizona at SC2003, Booth #2625 FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106219 ) MAC SUPERCOMPUTER MAY RANK WITH THE FASTEST..................2.6K 1,100 personal computers have been connected by faculty, technicians, and students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute to create one of the fastest machines in the world -- at a relatively inexpensive cost of approximately $5 million. [ ] 106220 ) MICROSOFT'S BALLMER DEFENDS THE SECURITY OF WINDOWS..........2.5K by Jennifer Tabor Microsoft's Steve Ballmer comments on why he thinks Windows is much more secure and reliable as a platform than other open sourced rivals. [ ] 106221 ) UCSD SCIENTISTS EXPLAIN ENIGMATIC PROBABILITY FORMULA........4.6K Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have developed new insight into a formula that helped British cryptanalysts crack the German Enigma code in World War II. [ ] 106222 ) U OF DELAWARE PARTICIPATES IN SUPERCOMPUTING CONSORTIUM........7K A University of Delaware research team is participating in a national initiative to regain preeminence in supercomputing, a position that has been claimed by the Japanese over the course of the last decade. [ ] 106223 ) SELF-ASSEMBLED NANOCELLS FUNCTION AS NON-VOLATILE MEMORY.....3.8K Chemists at Rice University have demonstrated that disordered assemblies of gold nanowires and conductive organic molecules can function as non-volatile memory, one of the key components of computer chips. [ ] 74213 ) Visit Us to Recieve Your FREE Exhibit Pass To Supercomputing 2003 CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 106224 ) IBM INCREASES PERFORMANCE & FUNCTIONALITY TO UNIX SERVERS....4.3K IBM on October 16 introduced new UNIX Server solutions that provide uncompromising value and further increased performance, functionality and systems management capabilities for businesses seeking on-demand capability. [ ] 106225 ) HP UNVEILS WORLD'S FASTEST LINUX SUPERCOMPUTER...............4.4K by Marty O'Laughlin The world's largest Linux supercomputer - built on HP Integrity servers - is now fully operational at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Labs (PNNL ). [ ] 106226 ) NUTEC LEVERAGES SISTINA SOFTWARE TO BUILD LINUX-BASED SAN....4.6K Sistina Software announced that NuTec Energy Services has migrated to a Linux-based storage infrastructure -- a move made possible by Sistina GFS, a highly scalable enterprise-class cluster file system on Linux. [ ] 106227 ) FOUNDRY TO PROVIDE ETHERNET TECH FOR SANDIA SUPERCOMPUTER....3.6K Foundry Networks, Inc. announced that Sandia National Laboratories has selected Foundry's BigIron MG8 Terabit-capacity 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) switches to provide the core networking fabric for the (ASCI) Red Storm supercomputer. [ ] 74214 ) 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. _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74215 ) Linux Networx Provides John Deere Evolocity Cluster For Advanced Engineering Analysis [ ] 74216 ) MMSC.Software Announces New MSC.Robust Design For Probabilistic Simulation [ ] 74217 ) HP Collaboration and Competency Network VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 106228 ) SUN PARTNERS W/ NEXT GENERATION VENDORS FOR MDA DEVELOPMENT....5K Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced it is teaming with industry leading independent software vendors (ISVs) to provide model driven architecture (MDA) based solutions for customers across multiple industries. [ ] 106229 ) LINUX PERFORMANCE SOARS w/ SGI ALTIX 3000 SYSTEMS............7.9K SGI announced that large-scale SGI Altix 3000 systems have once again generated breakthrough performance results on demanding scientific applications. [ ] 106230 ) NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE SELECTS SGI SERVER FOR RESEARCH....4.2K SGI and SCICOR, an authorized SGI Solution Provider, announced that the National Cancer Institute's Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC) in Frederick, Md. has purchased from SCICOR an SGI Altix 3000 server, which was put into production last month. [ ] 106231 ) IBM BOOSTS PERFORMANCE WITH SHARK ENHANCEMENTS...............4.7K IBM boosted its disaster recovery options for customers with enhancements to its IBM TotalStorage ESS that will allow for fast data transfer that is up to eight times faster and reduces channels by a factor of four over current ESCON technology. [ ] 106232 ) QWEST PROVIDES HIGH-SPEED NETWORK FOR RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS..3.8K Qwest Communications International Inc. announced that Argonne National Laboratory has deployed Qwest's broadband fiber optic network for the Illinois Wired/Wireless Infrastructure for Research and Education (I- WIRE) project. [ ] 74218 ) CALL FOR SPEAKERS GRID TODAY 2004 (Gt04) -- the first major conference and exhibition to focus on the emerging market for commercial business applications of Grid computing, has issued a Call for Speakers We are looking for high-level speakers from commercial organizations to speak on applications and implementation of Grid computing http://www.gridtoday.com [ ] 74219 ) 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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106251 ) "Both technology and art require leaps of imagination, and they certainly can enhance and support one another. Scientific visualizations, human-computer interfaces, text and image data mining -- these are some of the themes that cut across both the sciences and the humanities. Including a broad range of disciplines in high-performance computing will enrich discovery and expand the applications of technology." -- Donna Cox, Senior Research Scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Keynote Speaker at SC2003 [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74220 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! TWENTY-FIVE COMPANIES JOIN HANDS FOR GRID TECH THE 451 GROUP: NEXT 18 MONTHS CRITICAL FOR GRID MARKET http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106233 ) Motorola Researching Nanotube Growth For Faster Transistors..3.9K [ ] 106234 ) Siemens Unveils First Extreme 3D Display For Medical App.....2.6K [ ] 106235 ) TeraChip Demonstrates AdvancedTCA 160 Gbps Dual Star System..1.9K [ ] 74221 ) Myrinet Product Announcement, 14 October 2003 High-End, Two-Port, Myrinet/PCI-X Interface SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106236 ) SGI Joins Purple Insight For MineSet Data Mining.............3.4K [ ] 106237 ) Microsoft Moves To Streamline Corporate Payments.............4.1K [ ] 106238 ) iAnywhere And Intel Fuel Mobilized Application Development...6.5K [ ] 106239 ) Vendors Announce Availability Of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3..3.3K [ ] 106240 ) Netreo Releases High-Capacity Omniscient Platform............1.4K [ ] 74222 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 106241 ) Telespree, Sun To Expand Wireless Enterprise Offering........4.2K [ ] 106242 ) Alcatel Fuels Saudi Aramco's Global Network..................2.5K [ ] 106243 ) DoD, UNH-IOL Create Moonv6 Testbed For IPv6..................4.3K [ ] 106244 ) Network Associates Unveils McAfee Prevention Strategy........2.8K [ ] 106245 ) Procket Participates In Demonstration Of IPv6 Capabilities.....4K [ ] 106246 ) FL Tech Prof Quadruples Info Amount Carried On Single Cable..3.9K [ ] 74223 ) SGI Delivers New SGI Altix 3000 System To AstraZeneca R&D Wilmington STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 106247 ) CNT Extends New IBM Data Mirroring Solution Over 1200 Miles..2.9K [ ] 106248 ) Survey Finds That Security Breaches Result In Loss Of Data...3.5K [ ] 74224 ) HP Builds on Linux Market Leadership With New Enterprise Management, Clustering Technologies GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106249 ) Sun Announces Customer Wins Secured In Last 90 Days..........8.5K [ ] 106250 ) SGI Announces Key Sales Wins For First Quarter..............15.4K [ ] 106251 ) NCSA'S Donna Cox To Keynote Supercomputing 2003..............5.4K [ ] 106252 ) Rudy Giuliani, The Anti-Hacker...............................1.3K [ ] 106253 ) Get Your Hands On The Grid In Expanded SC20003 Tutorials.....2.7K [ ] 106254 ) Rice Physicists Offer New Understanding Of Plasmonics........5.4K [ ] 106255 ) Boeing Orders X1 Supercomputer...............................1.4K [ ] 106256 ) Doped Liquid Crystals Allow Real Time Holography.............3.1K [ ] 106257 ) 4th Wave Imaging Awarded $500,000 For Seismic Wave Study.......2K [ ] 106258 ) Scientists Seize Business Opportunity By Solving Old Problem.2.6K [ ] 74225 ) 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 ================================================================== [ ] 106259 ) Product Watch: VXL Launch Industry First $200 Thin Client...14.6K GDA Tech Unveils Reference Design Kit. PowerQuest Kit Helps Computer Manufacturers. [ ] 106260 ) Financial Update: MSC Reports Third Quarter Results...........12K Sun Reports First Fiscal Quarter Results. Xilinx Reports 2nd Quarter FY04 Results. [ ] 106261 ) Corporate Liaisons: EMC Completes $1.37 Billion Legato Buy...7.7K Open Text, Ixos Form Software Vendor. Sun Certifies Adapters For Solaris OS. [ ] 106262 ) People and Positions: Bodman To Chair E-Government Committee.5.2K Raindrop Geomagic Acquires Cadmus. Henning Joins Perseus As Intl Ops VP. [ ] 74226 ) 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 JOB BANK ============================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 667 ) AIST, Altair Engineering, Daresbury, EMCWF, Fujitsu, HP, *Indiana University, Infosys, *Intel, LBNL, *Linux Networx, Microsoft, NCAR, NREL, PNNL, Queensland University, *SGI, *University of California, San Diego [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K [ ] 74227 ) 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 10.22.03)..............10K [ ] 74228 ) 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/ [ ] 74229 ) LCI - Linux Cluster Institute Mark Your Calendars For Our Upcoming Workshops December 8-12, 2003 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/ [ ] 74230 ) SC2003 IGNITING INNOVATION November 15-21, 2003 Phoenix, Arizona, USA www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/ [ ] 74231 ) SC2003 Education Program November 15-18, 2003 Call for Participation www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/edu_general.html [ ] 74232 ) globusWORLD The premier GRID conference featuring the Globus Toolkit January 20-23, 2004 - San Francisco, CA www.globusworld.org 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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