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 *** February 06, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 05 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 308 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74448 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 106942 ) FEATURES: DoE SLATES $204M FOR ADVANCED SCI COMP RESEARCH | | [ ] 106949 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: LINUX LABS RELEASES CLUSTERED DATABASE | | [ ] 106955 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: SGI RAISES BAR W/ FASTER MIPS ENGINE | | [ ] 106980 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NOMINATIONS NOW ACCEPTED FOR ANITA BORG AWARD | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74449 ) New Software Addition Will Enhance 32-Bit Capability Of Intel Itanium 2 Processor-Based Systems FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 106942 ) DoE SLATES $204M FOR ADVANCED SCI COMP RESEARCH..............1.8K The Energy Department is asking for the largest budget amount in the department's history for 2005, a 4 percent increase over 2004. [ ] 106943 ) SUN'S OPEN LETTER TO ECLIPSE MEMBERSHIP......................6.8K Sun Microsystems writes an open letter congratulating the Eclipse organization's new independence in the Java community. [ ] 106944 ) COLD DIFFUSION...............................................8.6K by Kathleen Ricker,NCSA Science Writer In his current work, Fabian Heitsch and his collaborators at UWM and the University of Oxford are investigating how magnetic fields might diffuse in a turbulent environment, ultimately leading to the collapse within the molecular cloud. [ ] 106945 ) LARGEST-EVER SIM OF COSMIC EVOLUTION CALCULATED AT SDSC......7.6K Michael Norman, a professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Science at UCSD, together with colleagues at SDSC, has just run the world's largest and most complex scientific simulation of the evolution of the universe ever performed. [ ] 106946 ) THE ROAD TO 99.99% AVAILABILITY, MGMNT FROM THE GROUND UP....7.7K By Dr. Paul Terry, CTO, OctigaBay Systems HPC application uptime is critical for users. It's no wonder that pushing product reliability beyond 99 percent uptime is a constant endeavor for designers of HPC systems. [ ] 74450 ) Is a cluster the right fit for your life sciences needs? Download Case Studies, White Papers and Learn More About our Linux Cluster Training Program. Linux Networx P r o v e n CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 106947 ) PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES PICKS FORCE10 E-SERIES SWITCH/ROUTER....5K Force10 Networks announced that Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), an oilfield services company with headquarters in Norway and Houston, Texas, has deployed the E-Series to increase performance and reliability in its UK data center. [ ] 106948 ) ASPEN SYSTEMS INTRODUCES GLACIER DUAL BLADE SERVER SYSTEM....5.3K Aspen Systems introduces the Glacier Dual Blade Server System, based on dual Intel Xeon processors. [ ] 106949 ) LINUX LABS RELEASES CLUSTERED POSTGRESQL DATABASE............3.9K Linux Labs, the world leader in third-generation Linux-based supercomputers, announced at the LinuxWorld trade show a key stepping stone towards large-scale deployment of the Linux Operating System. [ ] 106950 ) OHIO ADVANCES RESEARCH SUCCESS W/ CLUSTER OHIO AWARDS........4.8K The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) has awarded five AMD Athlon clusters to Ohio research teams as part of its Cluster Ohio program. [ ] 106951 ) AMD64 SPEEDS INTO MOTORCYCLE RACING W/ DUCATI CORSE TEAM.....3.6K AMD announced that Ducati Corse plans to implement a server cluster based on the AMD Opteron processor, as well as AMD Opteron processor- based workstations in its research and development department. [ ] 74451 ) HP Integrity Servers Trounce the Competition On Linpack and SPEC Benchmarks _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74452 ) Our Cluster Works. Will Yours? Download the Clusterworx White Paper from Linux Networx to learn more. [ ] 74453 ) MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.Simulation Data Management 2004 ============================================================================== [ ] 74454 ) 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============================================================== [ ] 106952 ) SAAB AEROSTRUCTURES INVESTS IN MSC.SOFTWARE'S MSC.MASTERKEY..3.1K MSC.Software Corp. announced that Saab Aerostructures, a business unit of the Saab group, has upgraded to the MSC.MasterKey license system. [ ] 106953 ) HP COLLABORATES WITH UB TO ADVANCE COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH....4.8K HP announced it has joined forces with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York (UB), to deploy infrastructure technology and academic resources that will power the university's world-class Center for Computational Research. [ ] 106954 ) LINUX NETWORX HIRES HPC VETERANS TO BOOST INT'L EFFORTS......5.1K Linux Networx announced the addition of two new executives as part of its long-term growth strategy to expand the company's presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and in worldwide government markets. [ ] 106955 ) SGI WORKSTATIONS RAISE BAR W/ FASTER MIPS ENGINE.............7.5K Silicon Graphics announced that its improved workstation lineup achieves a price/performance increase of up to 25 percent in the industry-leading Silicon Graphics Fuel and Tezro visual workstations. [ ] 106956 ) MICROSOFT IIS SERVES MORE HIGH TRAFFIC SITES THAN ANY OTHER..2.5K A new survey conducted by Port80 Software of the 1000 most-visited Web sites on the Internet reports that Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) serves more high traffic sites than any other Web server, including open source Apache. [ ] 106957 ) SUN'S STAROFFICE 7 SUITE AVAILABLE FOR SOLARIS OS X86........3.8K Sun Microsystems, Inc. an open-source based, comprehensive, multi- platform office productivity suite, is available immediately for the growing enterprise-class Solaris Operating System (OS) x86 Platform Edition. [ ] 74455 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 106945 ) "Computational science -- using computer simulations to explore the consequences of physical laws -- has become an essential part of modern physics and astronomical research. Astronomers, after all, don't have any other way to bring galaxies into the laboratory and perform experiments on them." -- Robert Harkness, SDSC computational astrophysicist [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74456 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! IAN FOSTER ON GLOBUS: ACCOMPLISHMENTS, VISION, WHAT'S TO COME HP FIRST COMMERCIAL MEMBER OF CERN LHC COMPUTING GRID http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106958 ) HP To Begin Offering Opteron-Based Servers...................3.8K [ ] 106959 ) IBM Receives $325 Million From Sony For Chip Production......1.9K [ ] 106960 ) BAE Systems-Built "Brains" Are Guiding Mars Rovers...........1.9K [ ] 106961 ) Vendors Demonstrate 10 Gbps NRZ Backplane Reference Design...2.5K [ ] 106962 ) Sony Earmarks $1.14 Billion For New Microchips...............2.9K [ ] 106963 ) Xilinx Virtex-II Pro The Fastest Available FPGA..............1.9K [ ] 106964 ) Altera's Stratix II Expands FPGA Market......................4.2K [ ] 74457 ) Force10 Networks Delivering High Performance Ethernet SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 106965 ) Sun Announces Sizzling Beta Version Of New Java Platform.....5.9K [ ] 106966 ) SGI, Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie Team For Power Grid Sim.......4.8K [ ] 106967 ) Faraday Sets Stage For Structured ASIC Tech Benchmarking.....3.5K [ ] 106968 ) UGS PLM Solutions, Intel And HP Expand Global Support Lab....4.4K [ ] 106969 ) i2 Surpasses Its Previous Performance Benchmark..............2.9K [ ] 106970 ) Oracle Database Software Offered At Lower Price..............1.9K [ ] 74458 ) Mellanox Technologies Announces General Availability Of Low Profile PCI-X InfiniBand Adapter NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 106971 ) Microsoft Offers Reward For Info On Mydoom.B Perpetrators....3.3K [ ] 106972 ) Racksaver Helps Mars Rovers Find The Perfect Landing.........2.9K [ ] 106973 ) Extreme Networks Unveils 48-Port Switch w/ 10 Gig Uplinks....3.2K [ ] 106974 ) Abilene Network Upgrade To 10 Gbps Complete..................3.9K [ ] 106975 ) Optillion Announces Swappable 10 Gbps Ethernet Transceiver...2.7K [ ] 74459 ) SGI and Voltaire Bring High-Speed InfiniBand Clusters to Altix Family STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 106976 ) AMCC Wins Supplier Performance Award.........................1.4K [ ] 106977 ) LSI Logic Storage Systems Expands Horizons...................1.9K [ ] 74460 ) HP is Pioneering Grid Computing's Move Into the Enterprise Market GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 106978 ) Microsoft Sets Up Alternate Web Site.........................1.1K [ ] 106979 ) Gates, Zajac Exchange Security Views At Euro IT Conference...3.4K [ ] 106980 ) Nominations Now Accepted For Anita Borg Award................4.3K [ ] 106981 ) Patent For High Security Genetic Banking System Issued.......1.8K [ ] 106982 ) Comp Engineering Program Moves Closer To Implementation......4.2K [ ] 106983 ) Novell Launches Certifications To Promote Linux Adoption.....3.6K [ ] 106984 ) OSC, Ohio Med Centers Receive Funds For Cancer Research........4K [ ] 106985 ) Clustervision Reports Top Year 2003..........................5.2K [ ] 74461 ) 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 ================================================================== [ ] 106986 ) Product Watch: SciTech Offers New SNAP Graphics IES........15.6K Gateway PCs Accelerate The Applications. Actel Libero IDE Enables More For FPGAs. [ ] 106987 ) Financial Update: Ascential Reports Fourth Quarter Revenue...3.9K Oracle Raises Offer For PeopleSoft. [ ] 106988 ) Corporate Liaisons: Gateway to Acquire eMachines.............9.7K IBM Combines Microchip, Comp Divisions. Sprint, IBM Announce Agreements. [ ] 106989 ) People and Position: Inventor of 'CtrlAltDelete' Retires....11.5K J.P. London Receives Einstein Award. Cray Names Kerl Dir. Of HPC Unit. 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