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 12, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 49 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 345 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74336 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106640 ) FEATURES: NCSA'S DIRECTOR LEAVES FOR NORTH CAROLINA | | [ ] 106646 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: ORACLE, HP SET RECORD TPC-C BENCHMARK | | [ ] 106650 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: IBM CLAIMS NANOTECH BREAKTHROUGH | | [ ] 106684 ) NEWS BRIEFS: PHYSICISTS BRIEFLY FREEZE PULSE OF LIGHT | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74337 ) Learn more about Windows-based High Performance Computing solutions www.microsoft.com/hpc FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106640 ) NCSA'S DIRECTOR LEAVES FOR NORTH CAROLINA....................6.8K After 20 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and four years as the director of NCSA, Daniel A. Reed has accepted an appointment as founding director of a new interdisciplinary computing institute based at UNC at Chapel Hill. [ ] 106641 ) INTERVIEW W/ ANDREW FELDMAN, VP OF MARKETING, FORCE10........5.4K by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief HPCwire interviewed Andrew Feldman of Force 10 Networks regarding the company's products, services and future in HPC. [ ] 106642 ) INDIANA UNIVERSITY WINS HPC CHALLENGE AT SC2003..............4.6K A team led by University Information Technology Services (UITS), the Indiana University Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CGB) and the High Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS) won an HPC award last month at SC2003. [ ] 106643 ) OHIO CENTER RECEIVES GRANT TO BUILD SATELLITE STATION........2.5K The federal Department of Energy will provide the Ohio Supercomputer Center with $6 million to construct and staff a satellite supercomputing center in Springfield. [ ] 106644 ) TI DEVELOPS KEY MATERIAL FOR NEXT GENERATION SEMICONDUCTORS..4.2K Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) will present results demonstrating the viability of a new high-k dielectric material at the prestigious International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM). [ ] 74338 ) HP Integrity Servers Trounce the Competition On Linpack and SPEC Benchmarks [ ] 74339 ) Linux Networx Complete Cluster Computing Systems For Maximum Sustained Performance & ROI Read our Five Points of Proven Value to Learn More CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 106645 ) ALTREIA STUDY ON LINUX CLUSTERS IN THE GERMAN INDUSTRY.......2.9K by Uwe Harms Dr. Karsten Gaier, Altreia, recently published a study on the Linux Cluster usage in the German industry evaluating a questionnaire concerning actual aspects of Linux Clusters in the MDA (Mechanical Design Automation) environment. [ ] 106646 ) ORACLE AND HP SET WORLD RECORD TPC-C BENCHMARK RESULT........3.9K Oracle and HP set a new world-record Transaction Processing Council TPC-C benchmark of over one million transactions per minute on a cluster of Linux servers. [ ] 106647 ) OFFMYSERVER INTRODUCES SMALLEST FUNCTIONAL RACKMOUNT SERVER....2K OffMyServer opens the door to cost effective clustering by offering a revolutionary rackmount solution that is only 8.66" deep. [ ] 106648 ) DELL-INTEL CLUSTER TO BE USED AT UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL.....1.1K A new cluster at the University of Liverpool will be used for tracking the outbreak of global viruses like SARS, as well as for nuclear science and physics research. [ ] 106649 ) ACTUATE BEATS CRYSTAL FOR ENTERPRISE REPORTING ON CLUSTERS...5.2K Actuate announced that third-party interactive reporting tests have confirmed that Actuate 7 running on a server cluster of three machines supports 48% more concurrent virtual users than Crystal Enterprise 9 does in a six machine cluster of equivalent hardware. [ ] 74340 ) Intel, Industry Leaders 'Challenge' The Global 500 To Test Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) 2-Based Systems _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74341 ) Linux Networx Clusterworx(TM) 3.0 Provides Total Cluster Management From One Interface [ ] 74342 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.Patran 2004 ============================================================================== [ ] 74343 ) Force10 Networks Delivering High Performance Ethernet [ ] 74344 ) Mellanox Technologies Announces General Availability Of Low Profile PCI-X InfiniBand Adapter VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 106650 ) IBM CLAIMS NANOTECH BREAKTHROUGH...............................2K Researchers at IBM Corp. claim they have made an important breakthrough in the race to design circuitry at the molecular level: a system that works with existing methods of electronics manufacturing. [ ] 106651 ) SUN OUTPACES MICROSOFT WITH NEW CONTRACT.....................2.7K Sun Microsystems, in an effort to outpace rival Microsoft, has signed a contract to provide 500,000 computers with cost-effective software to the British government. [ ] 106652 ) OSHKOSH TRUCK SELECTS MSC FOR ARMY SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY.....3.7K MSC.Software Corp. and Oshkosh Truck Corporation are announcing that Oshkosh Truck Corporation has selected MSC.Software to provide modeling and simulation services for the first phase of the US Army Future Tactical Truck System (FTTS) program. [ ] 106653 ) WICHITA STATE RESEARCHERS BENEFIT FROM SGI ALTIX 3000........6.1K Wichita State University sciences, math and engineering researchers now have access to the most powerful computing architecture available with the installation of a SGI Altix 3000 supercluster. [ ] 106654 ) INTEL, INDUSTRY LEADERS CHALLENGE THE GLOBAL 500.............2.7K Intel Corporation is challenging companies to compare Intel Itanium 2- based servers head-to-head against proprietary systems during a free trial period that is part of a new "try-and-buy" program. [ ] 74345 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106688 ) "We believe the language of behavior is common between robots and animals. That means, potentially, that we could videotape ants for a long period of time, learn their 'program' and run it on a robot." -- Tucker Balch, Assistant Professor of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74346 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! GRID SUPERCOMPUTER UNEARTHS LARGEST PRIME SO FAR TAKING CUES FROM MOTHER NATURE TO FOIL CYBER ATTACKS http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106655 ) China Produces Commercialized High-Performance Server........2.5K [ ] 106656 ) Xilinx Unveils Revolutionary FPGA Architecture...............4.7K [ ] 106657 ) Nassda Awarded Patent For Transistor Level Circuit Simulator.0.9K [ ] 106658 ) Sony, Toshiba Form Allianace To Develop 65-Nanometre Chips.....2K [ ] 106659 ) Supermicro Releases First Viable 1U Itanium 2 Server.........3.2K [ ] 74347 ) Myrinet Product Announcement, 14 October 2003 High-End, Two-Port, Myrinet/PCI-X Interface SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106661 ) MathWorks Announces SimPowerSystems 3..........................3K [ ] 106662 ) Synopsys TCAD Now Offers Atomic-level Accuracy...............3.2K [ ] 106663 ) Carnegie Mellon Tool Digitally Enhances Underexposed Photos..2.2K [ ] 106664 ) SolarMetric Releases Latest Version Of Popular Kodo JDO......2.7K [ ] 106665 ) Winners Announced In 2003 Topcoder Open Sponsored By Intel...4.3K [ ] 106666 ) Jboss Unveils Jbosscache To Optimize Clustering Performance..2.9K [ ] 74348 ) Wichita State University Sciences, Math and Engineering Researchers Benefit from Integrated SGI Altix 3000 Solution NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 106667 ) Sigma-Aldrich Deploys Synthematix Chemical Search Engine.....2.3K [ ] 106668 ) Cisco Beefs Up High-End Routers................................2K [ ] 106669 ) Open Source Scalable CFS Gains Luster By Hitting Milestones..1.9K [ ] 106670 ) Copper Wire Competes With Fiber Optic Cable For LANs.........3.1K [ ] 106671 ) Paderborn Leverages Scali's Interconnect Independent MPI.....3.7K [ ] 74349 ) 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. STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 106672 ) Quantum DLT VS160 Strengthening IBM eServer xSeries..........3.8K [ ] 106673 ) Purdue's Self-Assembled Nanorings Could Boost Memory.........5.3K [ ] 74350 ) HP Joins with BAE SYSTEMS, Others on Grid for Advanced Aerospace and Defense Design GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106674 ) IBM Wins National Weather Service Deal.......................1.7K [ ] 106675 ) HP Announces $1 Billion In Service Deals.....................0.9K [ ] 106676 ) Platform Computing Launches Global Partner Program...........5.1K [ ] 106677 ) Simulations Show Possibility Of A Less Dusty Future............3K [ ] 106678 ) Infinicon Elected To Infiniband Trade Association Committee..1.9K [ ] 106679 ) University Auto Research Center Uses HPC.....................2.7K [ ] 106680 ) Cincom Joins Companies To Form Computational Med Center......2.1K [ ] 106681 ) Community Tech Network Launches At UN World Summit...........1.6K [ ] 106682 ) DOE'S LBNL Seeking Post-Doctoral Fellowship Applicants.......4.9K [ ] 106683 ) More Classified Data Missing At U.S. Weapons Lab.............2.2K [ ] 106684 ) Physicists Briefly Freeze Pulse Of Light.....................2.1K [ ] 106685 ) SCO Group Web Site Hacked Again..............................1.9K [ ] 106686 ) Gelato Members, Sponsors Take 28 Slots In TOP500.............3.8K [ ] 106687 ) Gov't Agencies Fail Cybersecurity Test For The Fourth Time...1.8K [ ] 106688 ) Computer Analysis Of Bee Behavior May Yield Better Robots....6.3K [ ] 106689 ) CSG Systems Processes Telecom Transactions On HP Servers.....2.3K [ ] 74351 ) 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. SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 106690 ) Product Watch: Blazent Deploys Solution For IT Intelligence.12.2K Actel Enhances Libero Tool Suite. Aegis Offerings Meet Biotech, Pharm Needs. [ ] 106691 ) Financial Update: October Semiconductor Sales Accelerate.......6K Numbers Show IBM Leading As Server Leader. Sun Leads In Server Unit Shipment Growth. [ ] 106692 ) Corporate Liaisons: Acquisition Of Datadirect By Progress....7.6K 3Dlabs Selected for Sun Accelerator. Inxight Drives Discovery Tech Adoption. [ ] 106693 ) People and Position: Baker Resigns From EDS Board of Dir.....6.4K SteelCloud Exec Tapped As New COO. ProClarity Appoints New Board Members. [ ] 74352 ) 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, *ARSC, CalTech, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, General Dynamics Decision Systems, HP, *Indiana University, 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 [ ] 74353 ) 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 12.10.03)..............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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