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 *** December 05, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 48 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 329 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74316 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106588 ) FEATURES: INTEL CHIP TRICKS EXTEND MOORE'S LAW, AGAIN | | [ ] 106595 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: DUKE RESEARCH TO BENEFIT FROM CLUSTER FARM | | [ ] 106598 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: IBM eSERVER - A BILLION DOLLAR BET PAYS OFF | | [ ] 106604 ) NEWS BRIEFS: MATERIALS COULD MAKE SUPER LEDS, CHIPS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74317 ) Learn more about Windows-based High Performance Computing solutions www.microsoft.com/hpc FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106588 ) INTEL CHIP TRICKS EXTEND MOORE'S LAW, AGAIN.................12.7K by Ed Rosenfeld, eIntelligence Showing some of the next steps in Moore's law, Intel announced this month it had built test chips with new technology for chips with features as small as 65 nanometers (nm). [ ] 106589 ) LOOKING AT ESNET: AN INTERVIEW WITH BILL JOHNSTON...........12.6K by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief HPCwire interviewed Bill Johnston of ESnet to get his views on where he thinks ESnet is heading, and how it will get there. [ ] 106590 ) INTERVIEW WITH DAVID MARKOWITZ, DATASYNAPSE..................4.8K by Tim Curns, Assistant Editor, HPCwire An interview with DataSynapse's David Markowitz, VP of Product Martketing, concerning the company's goals and future plans. [ ] 106591 ) OPEN-SOURCE PRACTICES MAY HELP IMPROVE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING..7.3K Walt Scacchi of UC Irvine and his colleagues are conducting formal studies of the informal world of open-source software development in which a distributed community of developers produces software source code that is freely available to share. [ ] 74318 ) Intel Demonstrates Next Generation Process Technology [ ] 74319 ) Linux Networx Complete Cluster Computing Systems For Maximum Sustained Performance & ROI Read our Five Points of Proven Value to Learn More CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 106592 ) LINUX NETWORX ANNOUNCES TWO CLUSTERS RANKED WITHIN TOP 10....3.3K Linux Networx announced it has two systems ranked within the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world according to the Top500 list. [ ] 106593 ) DATADIRECT WON HIGH PERFORMANCE BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE AWARD....3.1K DataDirect Networks announced that the ?Distributed Lustre File System Demonstration³ team was awarded the ?Both Direction Award³ at the fourth annual High Performance Bandwidth Challenge held at SC2003. [ ] 106594 ) ARMY TO USE LINUX CLUSTER IN MAJOR SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER.....1.4K The military recently began to use a 256-processor Linux cluster in one of its four major supercomputing centers. [ ] 106595 ) DUKE RESEARCHERS WILL REAP BENEFITS FROM CLUSTER FARM........8.6K A new cluster farm of high-end computers is expected to give researchers a new level of computing power. [ ] 74320 ) HP Joins with BAE SYSTEMS, Others on Grid for Advanced Aerospace and Defense Design _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74321 ) Linux Networx Clusterworx(TM) 3.0 Provides Total Cluster Management From One Interface [ ] 74322 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.Patran 2004 ============================================================================== [ ] 74323 ) Mellanox Technologies Announces General Availability Of Low Profile PCI-X InfiniBand Adapter [ ] 74324 ) PHOTOS FROM SC03 HPCwire Presents Readers Choice Awards at SC03 Photos of SGI's Bob Bishop, Sun's Shahin Khan, Cray's Jim Rotsolk, Linux Networx's Dean Hutchings, IBM's Dave Turek and others. VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 106596 ) SGI DEMOS FUTURE OF DEFENSE VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS AT I/ITSEC.7.2K Delivering the highest level of supercomputing power and breathtaking photo-realism, Silicon Graphics, Inc. demonstrated solutions for government and defense this week at the annual Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC). [ ] 106597 ) LINUX NETWORX, MSC TO DELIVER CLUSTER SYSTEM FOR VPD.........4.8K Linux Networx announced a partnership with MSC.Software Corp. to provide manufacturers an integrated software and cluster computing system for computer-aided engineering (CAE) and VPD. [ ] 106598 ) IBM eSERVER - A BILLION DOLLAR BET PAYS OFF BIG..............2.5K Three years ago, as head of IBM Systems Group, Sam Palmisano made a billion dollar bet on a revolutionary eServer strategy. Today, the eServer brand is acting as a key part of massive corporate data centers and small businesses around the globe. [ ] 106599 ) ZHR AND NEC COLLABORATE ON BIOINFORMATICS SOFTWARE.............4K The Centre for High-Performance Computing (ZHR) at the Technical University of Dresden and NEC are collaborating on the testing and provisioning of bioinformatics software for modelling biological processes on vector super computers. [ ] 106600 ) SUN OFFERS VISUALISATION, TECHNICAL COMPUTE MARKET PRODUCTS..5.6K Sun Microsystems, Inc. introduced new products that help customers to reduce the cost of high-performance visualisation and technical computing. [ ] 74325 ) Force10 Networks Delivering High Performance Ethernet QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106591 ) "Free and open-source software development is faster, better and cheaper in building a community and at reinforcing and institutionalizing a culture for how to develop software. We're not ready to assert that open-source development is the be-all end-all for software engineering practice, but there's something going on in open-source development that is different from what we see in the textbooks." -- Walt Scacchi, Senior research scientist UC Irvine's Institute for Software Research [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74326 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! IBM GPFS SCORES TOP MARKS IN BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE AT SC2003 INTERVIEW WITH LARRY SMARR, Cal-(IT)2 http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106601 ) Predixis Brings Supercomputing To Digital Music Industry.....1.7K [ ] 106602 ) Denali, StarGen Team On Advanced Switching Product Roll-out..3.4K [ ] 106603 ) QPI Sales Selects Tarari For Reconfigurable HPC Solutions....2.5K [ ] 106604 ) Materials Could Make For Super LEDS, Solar Cells, Chips......4.3K [ ] 106605 ) Molecular Memories, Once Doubted, Prove Durable, Practical...3.6K [ ] 106606 ) Dupont-Led Scientists Unveil Key Nanotechnology Discovery....3.9K [ ] 74327 ) SGI Altix Achieves World Record Memory Bandwidth Of 1 Terabyte per Second on Stream Triad Benchmark SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106607 ) IBM To Sell Software Specialized For Industries..............1.2K [ ] 106608 ) Sun Announces Vast Solaris Performance Improvements..........8.4K [ ] 106609 ) Sun Announces Tech Preview For Anticipated Sun Java Tool.....6.2K [ ] 106610 ) Tom Sawyer Shows Visualization, Analysis Tech At Conference..2.9K [ ] 106611 ) JMP Extends Statistical Analysis Software To Linux Community.2.4K [ ] 106612 ) MultiGen-Paradigm Announces Creator 2.6 For SGI IRIX.........2.5K [ ] 106613 ) A Fault Tolerant Version Of MPI (FT-MPI).....................1.7K [ ] 106614 ) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 By PNY Outperforms Competitors.........3.2K [ ] 106615 ) netbeans.org Details Roadmap For Java Tools Framework.........10K [ ] 74328 ) 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 =================================================================== [ ] 106616 ) Leading Chinese Universities Deploy Force10 E-Series.........4.6K [ ] 106617 ) Foundry Provides Network Backbone For Record HPC Demos.......3.7K [ ] 74329 ) HP Leads TOP500 Supercomputer List for Fourth Consecutive Time STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 106618 ) Spinnaker Networks Teams With Digital Tech Corporation.......2.6K [ ] 106619 ) Sony Ships Blue Laser-Based Pro Disc For Data Drives...........4K [ ] 106620 ) SST, Powerchip Semiconductor To Advance Superflash Tech......4.3K [ ] 74330 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106621 ) U.S. Army Center To Use SGI Technology To Design Vehicles....5.8K [ ] 106622 ) Lockheed Martin Selects SGI To Build Pilot Simulation........5.7K [ ] 106623 ) IBM Deep Computing On Demand Helps Drive AIDS Cure Search....3.3K [ ] 106624 ) Oceanography Centre Signs Up To Bull's HPC Solution..........3.1K [ ] 106625 ) Virtual Supercomputer Unearths Largest Prime So Far..........3.7K [ ] 106626 ) NSF Announces $30 Million Program In "Cyber Trust"...........2.9K [ ] 106627 ) FCC Chairman To Address Academic, Telecom Industry Leaders...3.4K [ ] 106628 ) Genedata, UMN Expand Efforts For Gene Expression Analysis....3.1K [ ] 106629 ) NSF Awards Raindrop $100,000 Grant To Research Morse Theory..1.9K [ ] 106630 ) Quantum3D, AAgility Solutions Selected By U.S. NADS..........4.2K [ ] 106631 ) Red Hat Offers Certification Program.........................1.3K [ ] 106632 ) Cybersecurity Summit Hoped To Grab Government Attention......3.2K [ ] 106633 ) AHPCRC Reports Record Results Run On Cray X1 Supercomputer...6.1K [ ] 106634 ) Supercomputer Center Planned.................................1.1K [ ] 74331 ) Myrinet Product Announcement, 14 October 2003 High-End, Two-Port, Myrinet/PCI-X Interface SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 106635 ) Product Watch: Sun Attacks Cost, Complexity w/ X86 Blade.....8.9K User Groups Applaud Autodesk Products. Linux Demystified With Hello Linux! Book. [ ] 106636 ) Financial Update: October Semiconductor Sales Accelerate.......6K Numbers Show IBM Leading As Server Leader. Sun Leads In Server Unit Shipment Growth. [ ] 106637 ) Corporate Liaisons: SENSE, Applied DNA Sciences Join Forces..3.3K Autodesk Names Pathtrace As CAM Partner. [ ] 106638 ) People and Position: Novell Adds Two To Board of Directors..9.5K Valen Announces Board Of Directors. CA Exec Named Co-Chair of Task Force. [ ] 74332 ) 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, CalTech, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, General Dynamics Decision Systems, HP, Infosys, Intel, LBNL, Linux Networx, Microsoft, PSC, Queensland University, SGI, *University of California, San Diego, *University of Manchester, *University of Southern California, *Sun Microsystems [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K [ ] 74333 ) 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 ================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 12.03.03)..............10K [ ] 74334 ) LCI - Linux Cluster Institute Mark Your Calendars For Our Upcoming Workshops December 8-12, 2003 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/ [ ] 74335 ) 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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