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 *** March 26, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 12 *** 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74559 ) ALTIX(TM) FAMILY OF SERVERS AND SUPERCLUSTERS SGI Combines the Industry Leading Performance Of the Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) 2 Processor With a Production-Class Linux(TM) Soltion ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 107292 ) FEATURES: ANALYSIS - DO WE REALLY NEED CUSTOM-ENABLED SYSTEMS?| | [ ] 107302 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: UNIVERSITY TO BUILD FLASHMOB SUPERCOMPUTER | | [ ] 107306 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: NEC, HP EXPAND OPERATIONAL MGMNT ALLIANCE | | [ ] 107315 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NCSA HELPS NOVA "HUNT FOR THE SUPERTWISTER" | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74560 ) Intel Itanium 2-Based Servers Enhance China Railway Ticketing System Security FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 107292 ) HEC ANALYSIS: DO WE REALLY NEED CUSTOM-ENABLED SYSTEMS?.....21.1K Commentary from the High-End Crusader Waiting for HECRTF, the High-End Crusader keeps application diversity front and center as he examines COTS-based versus Custom-enabled parallel architectures, architecture opportunities, types of bandwidth, HEC system balance, petaflops architecture families, and rational HEC performance prediction. [ ] 107293 ) LETTER TO THE ED: HYBRID SYSTEMS -- MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE..2.6K A reader and distinguished engineer responds to the High End Crusader's article "US FUNDING PRIORITIES AND ROADMAPS FOR PETAFLOPS" [#107185] from the March 12th edition of HPCwire. [ ] 107294 ) EXPERT OPINION: THE COMING CRISIS IN COMPUTATIONAL SCI (II).42.1K by Douglass Post In response to our March 12 column by the High End Crusader, HPCwire article #107185, US FUNDING PRIORITIES AND ROADMAPS FOR PETAFLOPS, Dr. D. E. Post has allowed us to publish a relevant paper he presented as part of the proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computer Architecture: Workshop on Productivity and Performance in High-End Computing, Madrid, Spain, February 14, 2004, Los Alamos Report LA-UR-04-0388 [ ] 107295 ) HPCWIRE'S TOP PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS TO WATCH.............14.9K As we roll into 2004, we have been thinking of some of the more interesting and colorful people and organizations in HPC to keep an eye on. From a whimsical perspective, here are some of the names we came up with: our "2004 Watch List for HPC." [ ] 107296 ) FORECASTING WITH CHEMICALS...................................8.4K by Kathleen M. Wong, NCSA science writer NCSA supercomputers are helping to predict and resolve fleeting reaction details that puzzle organic chemists. [ ] 107297 ) NSF ITIS REPORTS ON U.S. R&D FUNDING AND PERFORMANCE........13.1K NSF takes a look at IT research and development in the United States via the Information Technology Innovation Survey, conducted in early 2002. [ ] 107298 ) ARSC PREPARES FOR THE FUTURE WITH SUPERCOMPUTER UPGRADES.....3.1K Alaska's Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) is prepared to move into the future after 15 months of installing, testing and adjusting the world's most powerful computers. [ ] 74561 ) Audi to Drive Luxury in-car Experience With Intel Itanium 2 Processor-based HP Integrity Servers CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 107299 ) POLYSERVE SOFTWARE ADDS SUPPORT FOR ORACLE DATABASE 10G......5.7K PolyServe Matrix Server shared data clustering software now supports Oracle Database 10g on Linux, PolyServe Inc. announced. [ ] 107300 ) HA-OSCAR 1.0 BETA RELEASED...................................4.2K The eXtreme Computing Research (XCR) group at Louisiana Tech University is pleased to announce the first public release HA-OSCAR 1.0 beta. [ ] 107301 ) HYPERION, VERITAS TO ENSURE PERFORMANCE, AVAILABILITY........3.9K Hyperion announced a partnership with VERITAS and support for VERITAS Cluster Server, its market-leading, high-availability clustering solution. Hyperion plans to deliver VERITAS clustering capability for Hyperion Essbase. [ ] 107302 ) BAY AREA UNIVERSITY TO BUILD FIRST FLASHMOB SUPERCOMPUTER......6K On April 3, 2004, hundreds of computer enthusiasts will create FlashMob I, the first FlashMob Supercomputer in the world, and attempt to break into the Top 500 Fastest Supercomputers on earth. [ ] 74557 ) HPCwire's - 2004 List of People to Watch Daniel Reed, Larry Davis, Suresh Shukla, Wu Feng, Stephenie McLean, Earl Joseph, Peter Ungaro, William Turnbull, Paul Muzio, John Grosh, Ed Seidel, Deborah Estrin, Mark Graff, Bernard Daines, Apple, Anwar Osseyran, Kimmo Koski From Dan Reed at North Carolina to John Grosh and Larry Davis of the Department of Defense, this year we've put together a list of HPC's heavy hitters!! _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74562 ) Our Cluster Works. Will Yours? [ ] 74563 ) Husqvarna Sweden Adopts MSC.Software's MasterKey License System For Virtual Product Development ============================================================================== [ ] 74564 ) 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 VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 107303 ) IBM DEVELOPS LOW-COST METHOD FOR MAKING SEMICONDUCTORS.......5.8K IBM scientists have achieved a significant scientific milestone toward creating very low-cost electronic circuits with record high performance. [ ] 107304 ) NAVY SELECTS JAVA SYSTEM APP SERVER STANDARD EDITION 7.......2.3K Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced that the U.S. Navy's PEO C4I and Space has selected the Sun Java System Application Server Standard Edition 7 to run all Global Command and Control -- Maritime (GCCS-M) deployments beginning in fiscal year 2005. [ ] 107305 ) VULCANITE GROWS BUSINESS BY SUCCESSFULLY ADOPTING MSC.MARC...5.2K MSC.Software Corp. announced that Sydney, Australia-based Vulcanite has successfully integrated MSC.Marc and MSC.Marc Mentat into their product development processes. [ ] 107306 ) NEC AND HP EXPAND OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE............4.4K NEC Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. announced the expansion of their operational management alliance to provide each company with the rights to OEM each other's operational management solutions. [ ] 107307 ) APPLE BEGINS SHIPPING XSERVE G5 TO CUSTOMERS.................4.1K Apple announced it has begun shipping its Xserve G5, the most powerful Xserve yet, to customers. [ ] 107308 ) STARBRIDGE HYPERCOMPUTER COMPARES CHROMOSOMES IN FIVE DAYS...2.8K Starbridge Systems, Inc., announced that it is the first company to complete a full Smith Waterman comparison of the X chromosome to Y chromosome in less than five days. Grid Computing for Commercial Organizations - Final Days! Join: AOL - Eli Lilly - Boeing - Credit Suisse First Boston - Intel - Acxiom EDS - St. Jude's - IDC - Johnson & Johnson - Wachovia - GGF - Force 10 IBM - DataSynapse - MIT - Sun Microsystems - United Devices -VIEO ...just to name a few of the organizations whose executives will be sharing management challenges, decisions and expertise related to Grid technologies and deployment. Come to Grid Today 2004 (Gt'04), May 25 & 26, Philadelphia,PA Only 6 days left to save $100! Early registrations discounts end March 31! http://www.gridtoday.com QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 107320 ) "Java technology is the juice for game developers to take their exploits to the next level -- blazing graphics and phenomenal effects mean more challenging and exciting games. It means faster time to market, cross-platform portability, fewer bugs to contend with, and the promise to leap into networked games built for Java-technology enabled devices of all sizes." -- Chris Melissinos, Chief Gaming Officer, Sun Microsystems. [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74565 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! IBM, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BUILD 'ICONIC GRID' $48 MILLION COMPUTING COMPLEX AVAILABLE http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 107309 ) ARL MSRC Increases Its Computer Capability...................4.1K [ ] 107310 ) Purdue Research May Change Common Chip Cooling Techniques......2K [ ] 107311 ) EQware Engineering Releases Linux-based Co-processor G4Card..2.9K [ ] 107312 ) Carbon Nanotubes With Big Possibilities......................2.1K [ ] 107313 ) Intel Strips 'Gigahertz' From Computer Chip Names............2.5K [ ] 107314 ) Adaptec Unveils Serial Attached SCSI Controller ASIC.........5.2K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 107315 ) NCSA Helps NOVA "Hunt For The Supertwister"..................6.5K [ ] 107316 ) Apple Updates Cluster Tool...................................1.6K [ ] 107317 ) ANSYS, Inc. Announces ParaMesh 2.3...........................3.6K [ ] 107318 ) Red Hat, IBM Agree To Ship Linux With IBM POWER Systems......3.3K [ ] 107319 ) Rofin Group Selects Solid Edge From UGS PLM Solutions........1.4K [ ] 107320 ) Sun Announces 2004 Java Technology Game Development Contest..2.8K [ ] 107321 ) Novell Launches New Version Of SuSe Linux....................2.2K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 107322 ) Experts Want Warning Network For Internet....................1.9K [ ] 107323 ) Avaya Service Increases Network Capacity, Speeds.............4.6K [ ] 107324 ) China Launches Next Generation Internet........................2K [ ] 107325 ) Cypress Delivers Design Support For Network Search Engines...5.5K [ ] 74566 ) SGI Unveils Breakthrough Support for up to 256 Processors On SGI Altix Systems Running on Single Linux Kernel STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 107326 ) Univ At Buffalo To Use IBM Supercomputer, Storage System.....4.1K [ ] 107327 ) Supermicro Unveils P4 Storage-Optimized Servers..............2.3K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 107328 ) Sun Aids Customer Adoption Of UltraSPARC IV Technology.........8K [ ] 107329 ) SGI's Goh Proclaims Next-Gen Arch Facilitating Sci Discovery...6K [ ] 107330 ) HPC User Forum To Focus On Manufacturing, I/O Architectures..3.4K [ ] 107331 ) SCO Notes Possible Lawsuit Against Energy Labs...............2.3K [ ] 107332 ) CACI Awarded $31 Million Contract To Support Air Force.......3.5K [ ] 107333 ) TSMC Accuses Rival Of Stealing Secrets.......................2.9K [ ] 107334 ) Transoft Migrates Rockland County's Tech Onto Open Systems...2.2K [ ] 107335 ) SAIC's NS&S Business Unit Achieves CMMI Maturity Level 5.....2.2K [ ] 74567 ) Myrinet Product Announcement, 14 October 2003 High-End, Two-Port, Myrinet/PCI-X Interface SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 107336 ) Product Watch: Segue Introduces Load Testing Support.......12.5K Autodesk Is Now Shipping AutoCAD 2005. Radioplan Boosts Ray Tracing Wave Prop. [ ] 107337 ) Financial Update: EU Hits Microsoft With Record $613M Fine...6.1K Synopsys Opens Shanghai Office, R&D Center. [ ] 107338 ) Corporate Liaisons: Novell Announces Agreement w/ IBM........3.9K Virage Logic Teams With Chartered, IBM. LSI To Acquire Velio Communications. [ ] 107339 ) People and Position: Nobel Laureate John Pople Dies at 78....3.7K Quantum3D Appoints Yan As VP Of Ops. [ ] 74568 ) 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 ) Accenture, Adaptec, *C-DAC, Computer Assets, *Cray, *Indiana University, LBNL, PNNL, OctigaBay Sytems, Radstone,*SAIC, ShaoLin Microsystems, *University of Edinburgh, University of Minnesota [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 03.24.04)..............10K [ ] 74556 ) LCI - Linux Cluster Institute April 12 - 16, 2004 IBM T. J. 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