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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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74496 ) The Universe Will Have Fewer Secrets SGI - The Source of Innovation and Discovery ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 107095 ) FEATURES: CRAY TO BUY OCTIGABAY | | [ ] 107101 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: ARMY BUYS LINUX CLUSTER | | [ ] 107110 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: HP, AMD POWER SERVER INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE| | [ ] 107124 ) NEWS BRIEFS: SDSC RELEASES MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TOOLKIT | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74497 ) HP Advances Leadership in HPTC Cluster Technology FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 107095 ) CRAY TO BUY OCTIGABAY........................................9.5K by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief HPCwire had an exclusive interview with Cray Chairman and CEO Jim Rottsolk and OctigaBay President and CEO John Seminerio about Cray's recent acquisition of OctigaBay. [ ] 107096 ) AN INTERVIEW WITH NHPCC '04 ORGANIZER JOHN MIGUEL...........11.6K by Mike Bernhardt Mike Bernhardt, HPCwire contributing editor and GRIDtoday editor-at- large, interviewed the National High Performance Computing and Communications conference organizer, John Miguel, to get an advance peek at this year's conference. [ ] 107097 ) QUANTUM PLAYGROUNDS..........................................6.8K by Katherine A. Caponi, NCSA Science Writer Researchers at the University of Georgia analyze the electronic structures of transition-metal carbide nanoparticles. [ ] 107098 ) COLLABORATION COMBINES NEW APPROACH, CTC HPC IN NSF STUDY...10.1K An interdisciplinary team of researchers headed by Cornell Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Shefford Baker is using a unique combination of experiments, modeling, and simulations to study the behavior of defects in and mechanics of thin metal films. [ ] 107099 ) U OF SAN FRANCISCO CLASS TO BUILD "FLASH MOB" SUPERCOMPUTER..3.2K Patrick Miller, while brainstorming with his students at the University of San Francisco, decided that he and his class could build a "flash mob supercomputer" to be included in the list of the world's 500 fastest computers. [ ] 107100 ) U.S. MOVING AHEAD ON DATA-INTENSIVE INTELLIGENCE...............6K The US government is pressing ahead with research to create ultrapowerful tools to mine millions of public and private records for information about terrorists. [ ] 74498 ) 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 ============================================================ [ ] 107101 ) ARMY BUYS LINUX CLUSTER......................................2.1K The Defense Department chose hardware from Linux Networx Inc. in its latest procurement to improve military laboratories' high-performance computing, called Technology Insertion 2004. [ ] 107102 ) QUADRICS RELEASES QSNETII SUPPORT FOR AMD OPTERON PROCESSOR..4.5K Quadrics announced that its QsNetII (elan4) high performance network products are now fully available on AMD Opteron processor-based platforms and is now shipping QsNetII releases to a number of AMD Opteron processor customers. [ ] 107103 ) SYNERGY'S "QUAD" MANTA QX BREAKS 50-GFLOPS BARRIER...........5.9K Synergy Microsystems Inc. announced its first VME board to break the 50-GFLOPS barrier. [ ] 107104 ) POLYSERVE, HP TO SUPPORT SHARED DATA CLUSTERING..............4.4K PolyServe Inc. announced reseller and cooperative support agreements with HP Services to support the growing demand for shared data clustering solutions among commercial enterprises. [ ] 107105 ) DELL, SCALI OPEN VALIDATION CENTRE FOR CLUSTER SOLUTIONS.......4K Dell and Scali have announced the opening of a joint Cluster Expert Centre (CEC) to provide customers with a pre-sales facility to design, validate, and test tailored high-performance computing cluster (HPCC) solutions in a controlled environment. [ ] 74499 ) Intel Outlines Platform Innovations For More Manageable, Balanced And Secure Enterprise Computing _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74500 ) Our Cluster Works. Will Yours? Download the Clusterworx White Paper from Linux Networx to learn more. [ ] 74501 ) MSC.Software Announces New Release of Manufacturing Solutions, MSC.SuperForm and MSC.SuperForge 2004 ============================================================================== [ ] 74502 ) 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 ============================================================= [ ] 107106 ) IBM, DUTCH SCIENTISTS TO EXPLORE FIRST MOMENTS OF UNIVERSE.....7K IBM and ASTRON, a leading astronomy organization in the Netherlands, announced they will use IBM's Blue Gene/L supercomputer technology as the basis to develop a new type of radio telescope capable of looking back billions of years in time. [ ] 107107 ) SKODA AUTO PUSHES CAR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT WITH SGI..........4K Silicon Graphics announced that the computing department of Skoda Auto has selected SGI supercomputing and storage technologies to solve the massive computer-aided engineering (CAE) computation challenges associated with modern car development and design. [ ] 107108 ) SUN FIRST TO ACHIEVE FORD'S QUALITY 1 RECOGNITION............3.6K Sun Microsystems, Inc. has achieved Ford Motor Company's first ever Quality 1 (Q1) Recognition for strategic information technology (IT) vendors. [ ] 107109 ) MSC ACQUIRES ASSETS OF SOFY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION.........3.2K MSC.Software Corp., a leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services, announced the acquisition of the assets of SOFY Technologies Corporation (SOFY). [ ] 107110 ) HP, AMD TO POWER SERVER INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE..............4.7K HP and AMD announced an expanded collaboration to broaden HP's standards-based server portfolio with the introduction of AMD Opteron processor-based systems in the HP ProLiant server family. [ ] 107111 ) MS BUILDS ALLIANCE W/ SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ADVANCE SECURITY....6K At the RSA Conference 2004, an information security event, Microsoft Corp. officially announced formation of the Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety (GIAIS). [ ] 107112 ) HLRS DISCLOSES ITS ACQUISITION PLANS.........................2.6K On February 20th, HLRS (H†chstleistungszentrum Stuttgart) disclosed its plans and timings for their next generation supercomputer. [ ] 74503 ) Appro High Performance Servers AMD Opteron(TM) Processor New! Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solution QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 107100 ) "Our task is akin to finding dangerous groups of needles hidden in stacks of needle pieces. We must track all the needle pieces all of the time." -- Ted Senator, Poindexter Research Manager [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74504 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! NEW ACCESS GRID TUTORIALS RELEASED DMTF ANNOUNCES NEW WORKING GROUP FOR UTILITY COMPUTING http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 107113 ) Intel CTO: Microchips May Soon Need Enormous Power...........1.5K [ ] 107114 ) IBM Adds More Muscle To World's Most Powerful UNIX Server....3.5K [ ] 107115 ) OHSU Researchers Discover Way To Grow Silicon Nanowires......6.6K [ ] 107116 ) OSC Upgrades Vector Supercomputer............................2.9K [ ] 107117 ) Supermicro Releases High Performing 4U Rackmount Server......1.6K [ ] 107118 ) Motorola Processor Delivers Power Mgt Features, Performance..5.2K [ ] 107119 ) NVIDIA Adopts TSMC's 0.11 Micron Technology..................2.3K [ ] 107120 ) First 65-nm X Architecture Interconnect Test Chip Produced...5.7K [ ] 107121 ) Momentum Comp First To Offer Embedded Sys Processor Board....4.4K [ ] 107122 ) A New Step In Spintronics....................................8.6K [ ] 74505 ) SGI InfiniteStorage Gains Momentum in Production And Broadcast Facilities Making Transition to Digital SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 107123 ) Sun Expands HP Away Migration Program For HP-UX Customers....7.9K [ ] 107124 ) SDSC Releases Molecular Biology Toolkit......................7.2K [ ] 107125 ) TimeLogic, OSC Speed OSU's Development Of Horse Microarray...3.1K [ ] 107126 ) 4SC AG Spins Off quattro research GmbH.......................2.9K [ ] 107127 ) Xilinx, Virtex-II Deliver High FPGA Performance Software.....3.9K [ ] 107128 ) Studying Super-Fast Computers................................1.4K [ ] 107129 ) Computer Method Identifies Potentially Active Enzymes........4.7K [ ] 107130 ) Global Hauri To Share Virus Info To Help Protect Microsoft...2.6K [ ] 107131 ) REAL Software Enters Linux Development Tools Market............2K [ ] 107132 ) Autodesk Is Advancing Intelligent Robot Research At Osaka U..3.4K [ ] 74506 ) GRIDToday 2004 WHO'S DEPLOYING GRID COMPUTING AND HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING? Pennsylvania Convention Center May 24 - 26, 2004 www.gridtoday.com NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 107133 ) Appro Announces Broad Range Of Servers Based On Intel Xeon...2.4K [ ] 107134 ) Optical Startup Builds Dispersion Correction 'Holy Grail'....3.2K [ ] 107135 ) Network Instruments Announces New GigaTrunk Probe............4.3K [ ] 107136 ) 360networks Selects Lucent To Integrate Next-Gen Op Networks...3K [ ] 107137 ) APCON Introduces T1, E1, J1 Blade............................1.8K [ ] 74507 ) 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 ====================================================================== [ ] 107138 ) Texas Memory, Sun Certify Ramsan-320 Solid State Disk........1.8K [ ] 107139 ) TeraText Solutions Announces Database System Release 4.2.....2.3K [ ] 74508 ) Myrinet Product Announcement, 14 October 2003 High-End, Two-Port, Myrinet/PCI-X Interface GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 107140 ) Cray Announces Cray X1 Supercomputer Order From India's TIFR.2.2K [ ] 107141 ) HPC User Forum Will Focus On HPC In Manufacturing, I/O Arch..3.4K [ ] 107142 ) India's IT Sector Creates 152,500 Jobs In Year...............2.5K [ ] 107143 ) Leading Cyber Security Firms Form Non-Profit Group...........5.3K [ ] 107144 ) CAE, Northrop Grumman Continue Upgrades For Apache Sims......1.7K [ ] 107145 ) Essex Receives 3-D Imaging Patent Notice.....................2.1K [ ] 74509 ) HP Integrity Servers Trounce the Competition On Linpack and SPEC Benchmarks SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 107146 ) Product Watch: Sun Announces Identity Management Offering.....9K Synopsys Delivers Performance Increase. NVIDIA Sets Standard For Wkstn Graphics. [ ] 107147 ) Financial Update: HP Earnings Rise 30 Percent for 1Q........12.4K MOSAID Announces Third Quarter Results. BEA Reports Financial Results. [ ] 107148 ) Corporate Liaisons: IBM - German Comp Deal Biggest In Years..4.1K ARM, Imagination Tech Collaborates. Xilinx Partners With CMC Limited. [ ] 107149 ) People and Position: PC Designers Win Engineering Kudos........8K Sun Announces Sueltz To Leave Company. Johnson Named VP of Pro Services. 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