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 16, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 02 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 301 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74395 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106786 ) FEATURES: INTEL, IBM BACKING NEW FUND TO DEFEND LINUX USERS | | [ ] 106793 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: SCS EXPANDS LINUX'S ROLE IN ASIA-PACIFIC | | [ ] 106795 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: SGI ATTACKS TECH COMPUTING W/ LINUX SERVER | | [ ] 106803 ) NEWS BRIEFS: INFINICON TO SUPPLY INFINIBAND SWITCHING TECH | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74396 ) Learn more about Windows-based High Performance Computing solutions www.microsoft.com/hpc FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106786 ) INTEL, IBM BACKING NEW FUND TO DEFEND LINUX USERS............3.7K Two of the largest backers of Linux, the fast-growing operating system popular with businesses, are contributing to a new fund that will defend Linux users against copyright infringement lawsuits threatened by SCO Group Inc. [ ] 106787 ) CATCH THE WAVE...............................................7.8K by J. William Bell Pennsylvania State University researchers catalog the quantum- mechanical features of thousands of biological macromolecules. [ ] 106788 ) INTEL PLANS TO STRENGTHEN ITANIUM EFFORTS....................2.5K Rather than take its standard processors to a 64-bit architecture, Intel is more interested in pushing Itanium as the 64-bit server platform for cluster and enterprise level computing. [ ] 106789 ) TACC'S TERASCALE MACHINE, LONESTAR, IS IN FULL PRODUCTION....5.7K Lonestar, the new Cray/Dell Linux cluster supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), went into full production on Monday, January 5, 2004, after a two-month "friendly user" period. [ ] 106790 ) DoD CHOOSES LOS ALAMOS TO DESIGN NEXT-GEN SUPERCOMPUTERS.....4.5K Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists will try to predict how the supercomputers of the future will perform under a three-year, $4.2- million grant recently awarded by the research arm of the U.S. Department of Defense. [ ] 74397 ) Linux Networx Complete Cluster Computing Systems For Maximum Sustained Performance & ROI Read our Five Points of Proven Value to Learn More [ ] 74398 ) Korean Telecommunications Provider Moves From RISC-Based Systems To Intel Server Technology CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 106791 ) OSC PICKS VOLTAIRE INFINIBAND FROM ADVANCED CLUSTERING TECH..4.1K Voltaire and Advanced Clustering Technologies announced that the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) has selected Voltaire's high performance InfiniBand solutions to support a large computational Linux cluster. [ ] 106792 ) VIRTUAL COMPUTE SELECTS WESTLIN UNDERGROUND DATA BUNKER......1.9K Westlin Corp is pleased to announce that Virtual Compute (VCC) has selected the Westlin Underground Data Center as the location for their new on-demand supercomputing cluster. [ ] 106793 ) SCS EXPANDS LINUX'S ROLE IN ASIA-PACIFIC.....................3.9K Spurred by interest in Linux by enterprises around the region, mainboard-listed Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) has spun off an independent unit to exploit opportunities in supporting the free operating system. [ ] 106794 ) QLUSTERS TO INTRODUCE CLUSTERFRAME 1.7 AT LINUXWORLD.........2.8K Qlusters, Inc. unveiled ClusterFrame version 1.7. ClusterFrame 1.7 provides cost-effective central management and groundbreaking application recovery, giving Linux enterprises advanced levels of automation, scalability, and high availability. [ ] 74399 ) HP Integrity Servers Trounce the Competition On Linpack and SPEC Benchmarks _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74400 ) Linux Networx Delivers ARL Most Powerful Linux Cluster [ ] 74401 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.Simulation Data Management 2004 ============================================================================== [ ] 74402 ) 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 VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 106795 ) SGI ATTACKS HIGH-GROWTH TECH COMPUTING W/ LINUX SERVER.......8.2K With the release of SGI Altix 350, a new Intel Itanium 2 and 64-bit Linux OS-based server, Silicon Graphics fundamentally changes the price-performance landscape of the high-growth $2.6 billion midrange technical computing market. [ ] 106796 ) IBM BREAKS U.S. PATENT RECORD, TOPS LIST FOR ELEVENTH YEAR...5.5K IBM earned 3,415 U.S. patents in 2003, breaking the record for patents received in a single year and extending its run as the world's most innovative company to eleven consecutive years. [ ] 106797 ) SUN EXPANDS WORLDWIDE JAVA DEVELOPER COMMUNITY OUTREACH......6.3K Sun Microsystems, Inc., the creator and leading advocate of Java technology, announced the next generation of its on-line developer workspace, Sun Developer Network. [ ] 106798 ) JAVELIN TECH RELEASES PERFORMANCE RESULTS ON INTEL SYSTEMS...4.3K Javelin Technologies announced that the Company's flagship FIX and financial protocol infrastructure engine, Appia, achieved a five time increase in its throughput as a result of recent performance testing and tuning. [ ] 74403 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106786 ) "The threats from SCO were becoming louder and more frequent that they are going to sue an end user. We don't want the Linux community to have this cloud over their head...or to see the momentum or deployment of Linux slowed down." -- Stuart Cohen, chief executive of OSDL [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74404 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! APPLE STORMS MARKET WITH XGrid LARGEST PUBLIC RESEARCH GRID SURPASSES 2.5 MILLION MARK http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106799 ) SGI Leaps Into Mid-Range Technical Computing Market..........1.4K [ ] 106800 ) Bristol-Myers Squibb To Use IBM Supercomputer................2.5K [ ] 106801 ) NASA JPL Explores Surface Of Mars In 3D With Help From SGI...3.7K [ ] 106802 ) Mercury Delivers TeraFLOP Performance In RapidIO System......4.9K [ ] 106803 ) InfiniCon To Supply InfiniBand Switching Technology..........2.6K [ ] 106804 ) Instant Start-Up For PCs.....................................3.6K [ ] 74405 ) Force10 Networks Delivering High Performance Ethernet SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106805 ) RealNetworks, IBM Unveil Framework For Media Services........5.6K [ ] 106806 ) Microsoft's Windows Services For UNIX Now Free Of Charge.....6.3K [ ] 106807 ) CFS To Release Lustre File System For Mac OS X.................2K [ ] 106808 ) Novell Launches Linux Indemnification Program................2.8K [ ] 106809 ) CMS Launches Architecture For Improving App Functionality....4.5K [ ] 106810 ) Ascential Software Named As Finalist For Codie Award.........2.5K [ ] 106811 ) Genedata And Schering Expand Genomics-Based Drug Discovery...2.1K [ ] 106812 ) Toronto Star Selects CA Software To Improve Mainframe Mgmnt.3.6K [ ] 106813 ) OC Systems Announces Universal Agent W/ Patented Aprobe Tech.3.1K [ ] 106814 ) Geac Wins $500,000 Contract W/ Major Netherlands University..3.1K [ ] 106815 ) Storage Computer To Display Software At Linux World In NY......2K [ ] 106816 ) 64-bit Linux Compilers Shipping To PathScale Beta Users......2.5K [ ] 74406 ) Mellanox Technologies Announces General Availability Of Low Profile PCI-X InfiniBand Adapter NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 106817 ) Alcatel Apps Save Network Admin Time, Ensure Secure Mgmnt....5.5K [ ] 106818 ) Verizon To Build Packet Network..............................2.8K [ ] 106819 ) Cuba Tightens Its Control Over Internet......................2.1K [ ] 74407 ) HP is Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into the Enterprise Market STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 106820 ) Dell And HP Back New Blu-Ray DVD Standard....................2.3K [ ] 106821 ) Veritas Simplifies, Streamlines Disaster Recovery..............3K [ ] 74408 ) Wichita State University Sciences, Math and Engineering Researchers Benefit from Integrated SGI Altix 3000 Solution GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106822 ) Sun Microsystems, ICSynergy, Fatwire Team To Suit Retailer...5.3K [ ] 106823 ) Sun Opens Rfid Test Center To Help Suppliers.................4.1K [ ] 106824 ) Microsoft Announces Over $25 Million In Potential Grants.....5.4K [ ] 106825 ) AMS, State of Texas Complete Second Cyber-Terrorism Exercise.3.6K [ ] 106826 ) SFI Awards EUR69 Million To Researchers......................3.1K [ ] 106827 ) Anteon Awarded $12.7M Contract Award To Support DSCA.........1.2K [ ] 106828 ) India Sets Up Facilities For Advanced Computing................3K [ ] 74409 ) 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. SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 106829 ) Product Watch: RiT Introduces PVMax PatchView Platform.....14.6K Nat'l Semiconductor Introduces SCAN50C400. EMCORE Unveils 10 Gb Ethernet Transceiver. [ ] 106830 ) Financial Update: HP Sets Record W/ $2.5B In Linux Revenue.....8K Intel Reports Record Fourth-Quarter Sales. IBM Earnings Top Wall Street Expectations. [ ] 106831 ) Corporate Liaisons: Novell Completes SuSE Acquisition........6.9K R2 Tech, U of Chicago Announce Agreement. Alcatel Selected By Shandong Netcom. [ ] 106832 ) People and Position: UCSD's Graham Elected To AAAS Council..24.3K Berkeley's Sethian Receives Prize. Muzio Elected Chair Of HPC User Forum. 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