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 *** November 14, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 45 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 357 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74276 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106369 ) FEATURES: WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2003 READERS CHOICE AWARDS | | [ ] 106377 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: EXPERIENCE PERFORMANCE OF AMD OPTERON TECH | | [ ] 106383 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: SGI RETURNS TO SC03 AFTER BREAKOUT YEAR | | [ ] 106406 ) NEWS BRIEFS: GLOBUS ALLIANCE ACTIVITIES AT SC03 | |_______________________________________________________________________ |_____| [ ] 74277 ) HPCnow Supercomputing 2003 November 18-20th, 2003 Come by and Visit our Booth #3011 And receive Some Great Giveaways, Plus a Chance to Win an XBOX Package! We Look Forward to Seeing You There! FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106369 ) WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2003 READERS CHOICE AWARDS...............4K HPCwire, the journal of record for high performance computing, has announced its 2003 Readers Choice Award winners, the first of their kind. [ ] 106370 ) IDC EXPANDS HIGH-PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS ANALYST GROUP...........4.3K IDC has expanded its Workstations and High-Performance Systems (WHPS) analyst group, which covers markets for workstations, technical servers/high performance computers, supercomputers, clusters, grids, graphics and visualization. [ ] 106371 ) UCSD, CAL-(IT) AND OPTIPUTER RESEARCHERS WILL JOIN AT SC2003.5.5K Researchers from UCSD, CAL-(IT) and Optiputer will join together in Phoenix next week to discuss the future of supercomputing and Grid networking. [ ] 106372 ) A SCIENCE OF BIG NUMBERS.....................................9.3K by J. William Bell, NCSA Access Magazine Managing Editor GADU, developed by members of the Alliance's expeditions, blasts through some of the acquisition, analysis, and storage challenges that surround bioinformatics. [ ] 106373 ) RANKING SUPERCOMPUTERS BASED ON REALISTIC APP BENCHMARKS.....5.8K by Rudolf Eigenmann Researchers at Purdue University have created a rank list of Top Application Performers based on application benchmarks currently available to the public. [ ] 106374 ) HPCWIRE Q&A WITH GREG RANKICH................................9.3K by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief On the eve of SC2003 in Phoenix, Arizona, HPCWire caught up with Greg Rankich, high performance computing manager for Microsoft Corporation to get his quick perspective on key HPC trends, Grid Computing, and what Microsoft is doing to serve this community. [ ] 74278 ) Linux Networx Complete Cluster Computing Systems For Maximum Sustained Performance & ROI Read our Five Points of Proven Value to Learn More -- Come see us at SC2003 Booth #1015 -- [ ] 74279 ) Demand More from HPTC. Get More from HP. Join HP @ SC2003 Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention Center Phoenix, Arizona Booth # 2813 November 17-20, 2003 CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 106375 ) LINUX CLUSTERWORX 3.0 PROVIDES MANAGEMENT FROM ONE INTERFACE.3.4K Linux Networx announced the new features of Clusterworx 3.0, making it the most complete cluster management software available that provides total cluster management from one interface. [ ] 106376 ) ON-LINE PERFORMANCE TUNING ON CLUSTERS COURSE DEBUTS.........2.2K NCSA, Boston University, University of Kentucky, and the Ohio Supercomputer Center are joining together as part of the PACS Alliance Training Group to design and write an online course. [ ] 106377 ) EXPERIENCE THE PERFORMANCE OF AMD OPTERON TECHNOLOGY.........2.6K In addition to covering the latest Intel and IBM architectures, the Linux Cluster Institute workshop in December is featuring hands-on experience running an application on AMD Opteron compute nodes. [ ] 106378 ) DATADIRECT TO DELIVER BANDWIDTH W/ LUSTRE GLOBAL FILE SYSTEM.3.3K DataDirect Networks is demonstrating a high performance Fibre Channel and GigE/10GigE SwiftCluster running Lustre, on the ASCI booth no. 3023 at the fourth annual High Performance Bandwidth Challenge held at SC2003 in Phoenix, Arizona. [ ] 106379 ) DOT HILL, ASPEN TO SHOWCASE SERVER CLUSTERS, STORAGE AT SC...2.8K Dot Hill and Aspen Systems will be exhibiting its Beowulf Linux clustering solutions and showcasing Dot Hill's SANnet II storage systems in booth 1513 at Supercomputing 2003. [ ] 106380 ) APPRO TO DEMONSTRATE HYPERBLADE CLUSTER SOLUTIONS AT SC2003..4.1K Appro, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems will be demonstrating its HyperBlade Cluster solution at Appro's booth and at their valued partners at the Super Computing show at Phoenix, AZ, November 15-21, 2003. [ ] 74280 ) Empowering New Frontiers Come Visit us in Phoenix, Arizona at SC2003, Booth #2625 _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74281 ) Linux Networx Clusterworx(TM) 3.0 Provides Total Cluster Management From One Interface [ ] 74282 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.Patran 2004 ============================================================================== [ ] 74283 ) Force10 Networks Come See Us At SC2003, Booth #1711 VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 106381 ) IBM INTEL-BASED SERVER PROVIDES CHOICE, FLEXIBILITY..........4.8K IBM announced a new Intel-based server and released the results of crucial benchmarks that solidify IBM's leadership in providing value and choice to customers in the high-end, Intel-processor-based server market. [ ] 106382 ) SUN CRANKS UP TECH COMPUTING W/ PRICE CUTS, PERFORMANCE......3.7K Ever increasing its price-performance value in the 64-bit technical computing market, Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced performance enhancements to the Sun Blade 150 workstation and a price cut to the Sun Blade 2000 workstation. [ ] 106383 ) SGI ALTIX RETURNS TO SC2003 AFTER BREAKOUT FIRST YEAR..........8K A year after it first previewed the world's most powerful Linux supercomputer, SGI on Monday will return to SC2003 with the SGI Altix 3000 family after amassing industry awards and shattering performance records. [ ] 106384 ) VOLTAIRE EXPANDS SALES CHANNEL FOR HPC.......................5.7K Voltaire, a leading provider of high performance InfiniBand solutions, announced that it has significantly expanded its channel sales for the high performance computing (HPC) market. [ ] 74284 ) TeraFlops Off-The-Shelf to be Demonstrated At SC03 See It at Mellanox(TM) Booth #1011 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106387 ) "As is the case with the spread of a contagious disease like SARS, the number of infected computers will grow exponentially unless contained. The speed of today's computers and vast reach of the Internet, however, make a computer virus or Internet worm spread much faster than human diseases. In the case of SoBigF, over one million computers were infected within the first 24 hours and over 200 million computers were infected within a week." -- John Lockwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science at Washington University [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74285 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! GGF GETS "GLOBAL WORKSPACE" NOVELL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE SUSE LINUX http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106385 ) CSP Integrates High Speed I/O Streaming w/ StarGate Blade....2.2K [ ] 106386 ) Brite Computers To License X3D Virtual Reality Displays......2.9K [ ] 106387 ) System Halts Computer Viruses, Worms, Before End-User Stage..6.2K [ ] 106388 ) TOTS: Teraflops Off-The-Shelf To Be Demonstrated At SC03.....3.3K [ ] 74286 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution Come Visit Us At SC2003 At Booth #2224 SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106389 ) CTC Associate To Present At Keck Initiative Conference.......3.7K [ ] 106390 ) NVIDIA Pro Graphics Sweep Industry-Standard Benchmarks.........2K [ ] 106391 ) Dell Offers New Management Tools To Simplify IT Operations...3.1K [ ] 106392 ) Altair's Virtual Engineering Gives Airbus Super Jumbo A Lift.2.9K [ ] 106393 ) China To Invest In Linux-Based Software Industry.............1.8K [ ] 74287 ) 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 NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 106394 ) Matsuoka Lab Deploys Japan's First InfiniBand Cluster........2.8K [ ] 106395 ) Topspin, Sumitomo To Provide Japanese Clustering Solution....2.8K [ ] 106396 ) SiliconPipe Tech Makes 40Gbps Copper-Backplane A Reality.....3.1K [ ] 106397 ) Zombie Machines Fueling New Cyber-Crime Wave.................3.3K [ ] 106398 ) Gov't Orders Re-Examination Of Net Patent....................2.5K [ ] 74288 ) SGI Delivers Precision Imaging with ViewSonic 9.2 Mega Pixel Display STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 106399 ) Bull Launches Network Storage Solutions Dedicated To HPC.....1.8K [ ] 106400 ) DataDirect SwiftCluster Combines Fibre Channel, 10GigE.......2.5K [ ] 74289 ) HP Fuels Standards-based Computing with Expanded Server Line GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106401 ) 3D Virtual Tours Showcase Watershed Protection Efforts.......3.6K [ ] 106402 ) The SC2003 Conference Will Extend Far Beyond Phoenix.........3.6K [ ] 106403 ) Dept of Homeland Security Pushes Public-Private Partnerships.3.3K [ ] 106404 ) Image Processing Means You Can See The Wood And The Trees....2.5K [ ] 106405 ) LBNL To Showcase Computing, Grids Expertise At SC2003..........6K [ ] 106406 ) Globus Alliance Activities At SC03...........................1.9K [ ] 106407 ) Kasparov Draws First Game Vs 'X3D Fritz' Computer............2.3K [ ] 106408 ) TopCoder Announces Finalists In Intl Programming Tournament..3.7K [ ] 106409 ) Zoesis Studios Awarded Second Phase Of Grant From U.S. Gov...2.2K [ ] 106410 ) CTC Program Makes Science Fun For Inner-City Students........7.9K [ ] 106411 ) Foreign Code Discovered In Linux Kernel......................2.3K [ ] 106412 ) VirTra Contracts With GE For Virtual Reality Exhibition......1.4K [ ] 106413 ) Elbit Wins $6.5 Million Contract From U.S. State Department..1.9K [ ] 106414 ) U.S. High-Tech Security Officers Form Think Tank.............2.4K [ ] 106415 ) Gordon Bell Prizes To Be Announced At SC2003.................5.9K [ ] 106416 ) Rich Sutton Boosts Artificial Intelligence Work At U OF A....3.1K [ ] 106417 ) Officials Urge U.S. To Develop Long Term HPC Goals...........1.9K [ ] 106418 ) Scali Formalizes Training Program To Benefit Customers.......2.3K [ ] 106419 ) Aspen Announces A Distribution Partnership With Mandrakesoft.2.2K [ ] 74290 ) Myrinet Product Announcement, 14 October 2003 High-End, Two-Port, Myrinet/PCI-X Interface SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 106420 ) Product Watch: Google Unveils Web-Searching Software.........6.3K Scanalytics Announces 1Dscan EX Software. CADx Receives FDA Approval For Software. [ ] 106421 ) Financial Update: NVIDIA Reports Results for Third Quarter...7.5K Packeteer Among Growing Tech Companies. Infineon Profits, Outlook Disappoints. [ ] 106422 ) Corporate Liaisons: Stratos Completes Sterling Acquisition...6.9K Lenslet Signs Partnership With PALTEK. New World Systems Signs With Stratus. [ ] 106423 ) People and Position: Gosling Named CTO Of Sun's Platforms....17K AWC Honors Valassis VP Amy Courter. Microsoft Elects Board of Directors. [ ] 74291 ) 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 JOB BANK ============================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 667 ) AIST, Altair Engineering, CalTech, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, HP, Indiana University, Infosys, Intel, LBNL, Linux Networx, Microsoft, PSC, Queensland University, SGI, University of California, San Diego, Sun Microsystems [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K [ ] 74292 ) 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 CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 11.12.03)..............10K [ ] 74293 ) LCI - Linux Cluster Institute Mark Your Calendars For Our Upcoming Workshops December 8-12, 2003 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/ [ ] 74294 ) SC2003 IGNITING INNOVATION November 15-21, 2003 Phoenix, Arizona, USA www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/ [ ] 74295 ) SC2003 Education Program November 15-18, 2003 Call for Participation www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/edu_general.html [ ] 74296 ) 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 | | | | | | [ ] 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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