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 *** January 09, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 01 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 280 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74376 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106742 ) FEATURES: RUSSIAN MAY HAVE SOLVED POINCARE CONJECTURE | | [ ] 106745 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: HITACHI TO DISTRIBUTE VOLTAIRE INFINIBAND | | [ ] 106752 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: APPLE INTRODUCES XSERVE G5 | | [ ] 106767 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NEW NBOR SOFTWARE TO DEBUT NEXT MONTH | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74377 ) Learn more about Windows-based High Performance Computing solutions www.microsoft.com/hpc FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106739 ) TAKING MEASURE OF AMD OPTERON, INTEL ITANIUM2, IBM P690 P4+.11.5K by Christopher Lazou About 200 people attended the 14th machine evaluation workshop at EPSRC Daresbury Laboratories, UK. The Daresbury Benchmark results and ?tailored system³ solutions were of great interest. [ ] 106740 ) SUN SEEKS TO SIMPLIFY HPC APPLICATIONS.......................2.1K A new run-time environment and programming language similar to Java is being developed by Sun Microsystems executives. The executives believe the new developments could greatly simplify the programming of HPC applications. [ ] 106741 ) NEW VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS RESEARCH IMMERSION.........2K Government scientists are equipping themselves with special software and gear to better explore the tiny particles that inhabit the world around us. [ ] 106742 ) RUSSIAN MAY HAVE SOLVED POINCARE CONJECTURE..................4.3K A publicity-shy Russian researcher who labors in near-seclusion may have solved one of mathematics' oldest and most abstruse problems, the Poincare Conjecture. [ ] 106743 ) RESEARCHERS INTEGRATE SILICON CIRCUIT W/ NANOTUBES...........7.2K The discovery of carbon nanotubes has heralded a new era of scientific discovery that includes the promise of ultra-sensitive bomb detectors and super-fast computer memory chips. [ ] 74378 ) HP is Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into the Enterprise Market [ ] 74379 ) Linux Networx Complete Cluster Computing Systems For Maximum Sustained Performance & ROI Read our Five Points of Proven Value to Learn More CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 106744 ) POLYSERVE RESPONDS TO RED HAT ACQUISITION OF SISTINA.........4.8K PolyServe Inc. remains firmly entrenched as the leading provider of highly available, shared data clustering software for Linux-based data centers in the aftermath of Red Hat's pending acquisition of Sistina Software. [ ] 106745 ) HITACHI TO DISTRIBUTE VOLTAIRE INFINIBAND SOLUTION.............3K Voltaire announced a high performance, standards-based, scalable InfiniBand solution for Oracle Database 10g for the Japanese market. [ ] 106746 ) APPLE PREVIEWS TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE CLUSTER COMPUTING EASY.....3.7K Apple previewed Xgrid, a computational clustering technology from Apple's Advanced Computation Group (ACG)to help scientists and others working in compute intensive environments to fully utilize all IT resources. [ ] 106747 ) DOLPHIN SCI INTERCONNECT HELPS PROBE SECRETS OF UNIVERSE.....3.8K An extraterrestrial-looking array of seven optical reflectors resembling large satellite dishes will soon be scanning the outer atmosphere diligently looking for extremely faint flashes of light lasting mere billionths of a second. [ ] 106748 ) RACKABLE SYSTEMS CHOSEN TO POWER ATI/AMD CYBER X GAMES.......2.7K Rackable Systems, a leading provider of large-scale data center server solutions, announced its participation in the ATI/AMD Cyber X Games: Windows XP Championships, the world's largest live computer gaming competition. [ ] 74380 ) Korean Telecommunications Provider Moves From RISC-Based Systems To Intel Server Technology _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74381 ) Linux Networx Clusterworx(TM) 3.0 Provides Total Cluster Management From One Interface [ ] 74382 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.Patran 2004 ============================================================================== [ ] 74383 ) Force10 Networks Delivering High Performance Ethernet VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 106749 ) MSC ANNOUNCES MSC.SIMULATION DATA MANAGEMENT 2004..............6K MSC.Software Corp., a leading global provider of virtual product development products including simulation software and services, announced the availability of MSC.Simulation Data Management (SDM) 2004. [ ] 106750 ) ORACLE DATABASE 10g ON HP INTEGRITY SERVER SETS RECORD.........3K Oracle Corp. announced with HP a world record non-clustered TPC-H 10 terabyte benchmark result for Oracle Database 10g running on an HP Integrity Superdome server with HP-UX. [ ] 106751 ) IBM MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF ESERVER p690 W/ UNIX BENCHMARKS.....3.8K IBM announced the two-year anniversary of its eServer p690 system with nearly 4000 units shipped in less than two years. The IBM eServer p690 is now the industry's most popular high-end UNIX server. [ ] 106752 ) APPLE INTRODUCES XSERVE G5...................................5.7K Apple introduced Xserve G5, the most powerful Xserve yet, delivering over 30 gigaflops of processing power per system, about 60 percent more than the PowerPC G4-based Xserve. [ ] 106753 ) GATES DETAILS VISION OF SEAMLESS COMPUTING..................11.5K In his keynote address at the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Bill Gates expanded on the company's vision for "seamless computing," demonstrating software breakthroughs that deliver unified digital experiences. [ ] 74384 ) Mellanox Technologies Announces General Availability Of Low Profile PCI-X InfiniBand Adapter QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106779 ) "Search has to evolve. It can't just be Google sitting there with a stash of places they've crawled on the Web. People are becoming more astute and demanding better results, and they're demanding a more powerful search experience. People like to get a landscape of information once they've found out there's one available." -- R.J. Pittman, Chief Executive, Groxis [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74385 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! HARVARD USES IBM TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE 'CRIMSON GRID' WORLD'S LARGEST GRID-BASED SUPERCOMPUTER GIVEN GO-AHEAD http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106754 ) Chemical Comp MOE Users Enjoy The Power Of IBM Systems.......1.6K [ ] 106755 ) New Ultra-Slim IBM Blade Is Smallest 4-Way Server............4.8K [ ] 106756 ) Parama Introduces Chip To Reinvigorate Telecom Networks......4.6K [ ] 106757 ) AMD Unveils Mobile AMD Athlon Processors.....................7.8K [ ] 106758 ) Transmeta To Offer Even Smaller Processors...................3.2K [ ] 106759 ) Light-Emitting Transistor May Shake Up Electronics Industry..4.2K [ ] 74386 ) 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 SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106760 ) IBM, Dassault Plan Solution For Electronics Manufacturers....3.8K [ ] 106761 ) U Of Montana Selects Finjan As Internet Security Provider....3.3K [ ] 106762 ) Asians To Develop Linux-Based Platform.........................2K [ ] 106763 ) IP Infusion Boosts Its ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite..........4.3K [ ] 106764 ) HOOPS 3D Product Suite v. 10.0 Released By TSA...............2.2K [ ] 106765 ) NVIDIA, Creature Shop Bring Cinematic Computing To Life......3.3K [ ] 106766 ) Software Minimizes Facial Disfigurement......................3.9K [ ] 106767 ) New NBOR Software To Debut Next Month..........................4K [ ] 106768 ) Java Tools Community Formed To Improve Development Tools.....3.3K [ ] 74387 ) Wichita State University Sciences, Math and Engineering Researchers Benefit from Integrated SGI Altix 3000 Solution NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 106769 ) Board Approves Award For Nanotech Infrastructure Network.....2.6K [ ] 106770 ) GFI Releases Freeware Version Of GFI Network Server Monitor..2.3K [ ] 74388 ) 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 ====================================================================== [ ] 106771 ) CNT Adds IBM XRC FICON Support To UltraNet Storage Director..2.9K [ ] 106772 ) Personal Server Offers Painless Backup.......................2.9K [ ] 74389 ) HP Integrity Servers Trounce the Competition On Linpack and SPEC Benchmarks GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106773 ) Cray Inc. Announces European Supercomputer Order.............1.2K [ ] 106774 ) UNC, Duke, NCSU To Form Institute For Renaissance Computing..4.5K [ ] 106775 ) EMEA Data Networking Market To Model Worldwide Performance...3.2K [ ] 106776 ) NCSA To Study Disability Programs............................3.3K [ ] 106777 ) 50-Year-Old Magnetic Mystery Solved..........................6.3K [ ] 106778 ) CTCNet Represents Disadvantaged USA Communities At WSIS........3K [ ] 106779 ) Next-Generation Sites Help Narrow Internet Searches..........5.6K [ ] 74390 ) Myrinet Product Announcement, 14 October 2003 High-End, Two-Port, Myrinet/PCI-X Interface SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 106780 ) Product Watch: Autodesk Launches Revit 6.....................10K Codetek Introduces Codetek VirtualDesktop. Kaidan Announces Piximation. [ ] 106781 ) Financial Update: Semiconductor Nov. Sales Rose 25.7%........2.9K Cocobase O/R Cuts Cost Of Database Access. [ ] 106782 ) Corporate Liaisons: HIFN Acquires PowerNP Products From IBM..1.8K net.com, Acorn To Bring WAN To Promina. [ ] 106783 ) People and Position: Knighthood For A Father Of The Web......9.4K Lawrence Joins Apple's Board Of Dir. Zander Takes Over As New Motorola CEO. [ ] 74391 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution JOB BANK ============================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] 667 ) *Adaptec, Inc., AIST, ARSC, CalTech, GlaxoSmithKline, General Dynamics Decision Systems, Indiana University, Intel, Linux Networx, *Merk Frosst & Co., *netASPx, *RadStone Technology, *RedSheriff, SGI, *ShaoLin Microsystems, *Swiss Center for Scientific Computing, University of California, San Diego, University of Manchester, University of Southern California, Sun Microsystems [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K [ ] 74392 ) 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 01.09.04) 0K [ ] 74393 ) LCI - Linux Cluster Institute February 2-6, 2004 NCSA UIUC, Urbana Champaign, IL REGISTER NOW Deadline: January 16, 2004 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org [ ] 74394 ) globusWORLD The premier GRID conference featuring the Globus Toolkit January 20-23, 2004 - San Francisco, CA http://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 | | | | | | [ ] 549) Mellanox Technologies [ ] 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. [ ] 552) Appro | | [ ] 536) Myricom [ ] 942) Sun Microsystems | | [ ] 537) PLATFORM [ ] 548) CSILabs | | [ ] 551) DataDirect Networks [ ] 527) Intel | | [ ] 553) Force10 Networks | | | | | | For sponsorship information contact: advertise@hpcwire.com | |______________________________________________________________________| -------------------- * -------------------- This year, HPCwire proudly celebrates its twelfth consecutive year of service to the scientific, industrial and commercial HPC communities: 1992-2004. *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] 106696 ) DAN REED: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON A CAREER IN HPC..........9.1K [ ] 106698 ) A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM........................................9.2K [ ] 106702 ) OSCAR 3.0 RELEASED.............................................2K [ ] 106700 ) RESEARCHERS AT SDSC TRACK DoS ATTACK AGAINST SCO GROUP.......6.6K [ ] 106784 ) TOP 20 REQUESTED ARTICLES FROM LAST WEEK'S HPCwire...........1.5K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for your continued support of HPCwire. Paid subscribers have unlimited access to all HPCwire articles via our email and Web versions. RETRIEVE ARTICLES ON THE WEB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HPCwire's URL: http://www.hpcwire.com Remember, a username and password must be registered with your subscription to view articles via our Web version. Once at the HPCwire Web site, assign yourself a username and password by clicking on Password Registration. RETRIEVE ARTICLES VIA EMAIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REPLY to HPCwire's Table of Contents Place an X or x (no other character please) in between the [ ]'s of the article you wish to read. QUESTIONS? Send a detailed message to: help@hpcwire.com ~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from our mailing list send to stop@hpcwire.com Ref: hc4a11184