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 28, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 47 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 364 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74297 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106531 ) FEATURES: INTERVIEW WITH LARRY SMARR, Cal-(IT)2 | | [ ] 106536 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: CLUSTER COMPUTING MADE EASY AT SC2003 | | [ ] 106539 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: INTEL UNVEILS NEXT GENERATION CHIP | | [ ] 106567 ) NEWS BRIEFS: LETTER TO THE EDITOR RE SC2003 | |_______________________________________________________________________ |_____| [ ] 74298 ) Learn more about Windows-based High Performance Computing solutions www.microsoft.com/hpc FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106530 ) SUPERCOMPUTER CONFERENCE SETS RECORDS........................2.2K SC2003, the annual conference on high-performance computing and networking, concluded Friday, Nov. 21, with record numbers for overall attendance, exhibit space sold, technical program registration and tutorials attendance. [ ] 106531 ) INTERVIEW WITH LARRY SMARR, Cal-(IT)2.......................10.2K by Tim Curns, Assistant Editor, HPCwire An interview with Larry Smarr concerning his impressions of SC2003 and the future of supercomputing. [ ] 106532 ) INTERVIEW WITH BILL BLAKE, SVP, PRODUCT DVPT., NETEZZA.........5K by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief, HPCwire An interview with NETEZZA's Bill Blake concerning the future of simplified supercomputing and system architectures. [ ] 106533 ) TOP RESEARCHERS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN HPC HONORED AT SC2003....8.7K Top researchers and their unprecedented accomplishments in high performance computing were recognized at the SC2003 conference this week, where the winners of the Gordon Bell Prizes, the HPC Challenge, and the best research papers and poster were announced. [ ] 106534 ) USWRP RESEARCH LED TO MORE ACCURATE TRACK FORECASTS..........5.7K Findings from this year's active Atlantic hurricane season confirm that track forecasts have markedly improved, following computer-modeling advances at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). [ ] 106535 ) SDSC BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE WINNERS DEMONSTRATE AT SC2003......14.3K Four teams affiliated with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) won High Performance Bandwidth Challenge awards at SC2003, the annual conference for high-performance computing and communications, in Phoenix, Arizona on November 20. [ ] 74299 ) Linux Networx Complete Cluster Computing Systems For Maximum Sustained Performance & ROI Read our Five Points of Proven Value to Learn More [ ] 74300 ) HP Joins with BAE SYSTEMS, Others on Grid for Advanced Aerospace and Defense Design CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 106536 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING MADE EASY AT SC2003 CONFERENCE.............7.1K Starting with empty racks and a set of CDs, a team of cluster computing experts from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) assembled a supercomputer and ran real scientific applications in one hour and 52 minutes at SC2003. [ ] 106537 ) RAPTOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES TRUE WIRE-SPEED IMPROVEMENTS.......2.5K Raptor Networks Technology, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific InterMedia, Inc. announced significant improvement in True Wire-Speed operation within connected clusters at the Supercomputing Conference in Phoenix. [ ] 106538 ) AMD ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF SERVER CLUSTER TO DEVELOPER CENTER...3K AMD announced availability of an AMD Opteron processor Model 244-based cluster at its Sunnyvale, Calif. AMD Developer Center. The cluster was created to provide developers with a powerful, scalable HPC application test and development platform. [ ] 74301 ) Intel Demonstrates Next Generation Process Technology _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74302 ) Linux Networx Clusterworx(TM) 3.0 Provides Total Cluster Management From One Interface [ ] 74303 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.Patran 2004 ============================================================================== [ ] 74304 ) Force10 Networks Introduces the Industrys First Line-Rate Small Form Factor Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch/Router VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 106539 ) INTEL UNVEILS NEXT GENERATION CHIP...........................2.6K Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of semiconductors, said it has built test chips using next-generation 65 nanometer technology which would allow the company to put 10 million transistors on the top of a ball point pen. [ ] 106540 ) ETNUS TOTALVIEW RELEASE SUPPORTS NEW COMPILERS, PLATFORMS....2.7K Etnus announced availability of Etnus TotalView version 6.3.1. This new release includes support for Linux on AMD's Opteron computing systems, HP-UX on Intel Itanium-based systems, and the Absoft Fortran 95 version 8.2 compiler. [ ] 106541 ) 4GHZ P4 INTEL PRESCOTT CHIP SET FOR Q4 '04 RELEASE...........1.5K During an analysts conference yesterday, Intel's president Paul Otellini promised to unveil a 4GHz Pentium 4 by the end of 2004. The 4GHz will be Intel's 90nm Prescott chip. [ ] 106542 ) AIR FRANCE PICKS SUN FOR WORLDWIDE EMPLOYEE PORTAL SERVICES..4.2K Sun Microsystems Inc. announced that Air France -- a major leading airline in Europe, with annual revenues of 12.687 billion Euros ($14.912 billion USD) -- chose Sun to meet its worldwide, business- critical communication and collaboration needs. [ ] 106543 ) SGI SUPPORTS MERCK RESEARCH EFFORTS..........................4.1K The Department of Bioinformatics at Merck & Co., Inc. has turned to SGI to support ongoing informatics efforts at its Merck Research Laboratories (MRL). [ ] 106544 ) BLADE FUSION ANNOUNCES THE IP-X 1000 APPLIANCE SERVER........4.6K Blade Fusion Technologies, Ltd., announced the availability of its multi-gigabit IP-X 1000 Multi-Bladed Security Appliance that has been server proven on IBM's industry leading BladeCenter. [ ] 106545 ) ACUCORP COMPLETES HP E3000 APPLICATION MIGRATION PROJECT.....4.4K Acucorp, Inc., an international developer of legacy application extension solutions, announced the completion of an HP e3000 application migration project with L'Oreal Mexico, a subsidiary of the French cosmetics giant L'Oreal. [ ] 74305 ) Mellanox Technologies Announces General Availability Of Low Profile PCI-X InfiniBand Adapter QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106570 ) "Trust and security are crucial components in the information society. As information flows freely across national borders, so will the network and information security problems." -- Erkki Liikanen, EU's Information Society Commissioner [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74306 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! GRIDS MOVING BEYOND ACADEMIA, GETTING HOTTER U.S. TRAILS EUROPE IN GRID COMPUTING RACE http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106546 ) X-Ray Inspection May Meet Computer Chip-Making Need..........2.2K [ ] 106547 ) DNA Used To Create Self-Assembling Nano Transistor...........4.6K [ ] 106548 ) Molecule By Molecule, Scientists Design A New Transistor.....5.1K [ ] 106549 ) New, Playable Nanoguitar Promises Circuit Applications.......6.2K [ ] 106550 ) New USC Process Offers Faster, Cheaper 3D Printouts..........3.7K [ ] 106551 ) 3D Scanner Gives The Full Picture............................2.6K [ ] 74307 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106552 ) Sun Signs China Desktop Linux Software Deal..................3.1K [ ] 106553 ) Autodesk Offers Solution w/ New Software, Services...........7.4K [ ] 106554 ) Pathscale Offers Cluster Industry Insight....................2.2K [ ] 106555 ) Raindrop Geomagic Releases Cadmus Fashion Design Software....2.5K [ ] 106556 ) AMD Core Math Library 1.5 Expands Platform Support...........2.4K [ ] 106557 ) Digitized Humans Come Alive With NVIDIA Graphics...............4K [ ] 106558 ) Contracts, Continued Cross-Selling Positive Trend For Avatar.2.8K [ ] 106559 ) Etnus Announces CodeRoad 2.0, Seamless Debugging For C/C++...3.3K [ ] 74308 ) 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. NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 106560 ) IBM Power Arch Available On Blades For High-Volume Market....3.3K [ ] 106561 ) HP Integrity Servers Trounce The Competition On Benchmarks...5.3K [ ] 106562 ) IBM Announces WebSphere Portal-Express for iSeries...........2.7K [ ] 106563 ) ORNL To Design High-Speed Experimental Network...............4.4K [ ] 106564 ) Foundry Provides Backbone For Record-Setting SC Demos........3.7K [ ] 74309 ) SGI Altix Achieves World Record Memory Bandwidth Of 1 Terabyte per Second on Stream Triad Benchmark STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 106565 ) MIT Team Mines For New Materials With A Computer.............4.4K [ ] 106566 ) ESG Releases Profile Of AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite.........2.8K [ ] 74310 ) HP Leads TOP500 Supercomputer List for Fourth Consecutive Time GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106567 ) Letter To The Editor Re SC2003...............................1.2K [ ] 106568 ) IBM Expands Lead As Number One Server Vendor In The World....1.7K [ ] 106569 ) HP Heads Up Unix Server Market...............................1.4K [ ] 106570 ) EU Sets Up Internet Security Agency............................1K [ ] 106571 ) National Research Council Looks For Supercomputing Answers...1.3K [ ] 106572 ) NCEITA Names Raindrop Geomagic Private Company Of The Year...2.2K [ ] 106573 ) ESMF Project Commences Industry Partners Forum.................2K [ ] 106574 ) Intl Collaborators To Form The Worldwide Protein Data Bank...2.9K [ ] 106575 ) Industry Leaders Identify Key Technology Trends..............2.9K [ ] 106576 ) Dell Cancels Indian Tech Support.............................2.2K [ ] 106577 ) Feds Simulate Terrorist Cyberattack..........................2.8K [ ] 106578 ) Taking Cues From Mother Nature To Foil Cyber Attacks.........3.2K [ ] 106579 ) Computer Model Shows How Brain Draws Picture Of World........4.8K [ ] 106580 ) Digital Imaging System Helps Bakery Produce Perfect Buns.....3.6K [ ] 106581 ) Washington Votes On Supercomputing Funds.....................1.6K [ ] 74311 ) Myrinet Product Announcement, 14 October 2003 High-End, Two-Port, Myrinet/PCI-X Interface SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 106582 ) Product Watch: InfoVista Announces Pre-Packaged Analytics...10.8K Parasoft's Software In Visionary Quadrant. Alienware, Aurora Systems Outperform Mac G5. [ ] 106583 ) Financial Update: Network Assc To Purchase Its Common Stock..0.7K [ ] 106584 ) Corporate Liaisons: Cedara Signs Agreement With IBM China....2.2K [ ] 106585 ) People and Position: Intel Appoints New Senior Fellows.......17K Student Honored For SARS Research. Silicon Valley Pioneer Dies. [ ] 74312 ) 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 [ ] 74313 ) 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 11.26.03)..............10K [ ] 74293 ) LCI - Linux Cluster Institute Mark Your Calendars For Our Upcoming Workshops December 8-12, 2003 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/ [ ] 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 | | | | | | [ ] 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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