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 *** June 18, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 24 *** 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 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) Solution ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 107850 ) FEATURES: WATANABE DISCUSSES NEC'S POSITION IN HPC INDUSTRY | | [ ] 107854 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: TACC UPGRADES TERASCALE MACHINE, LONESTAR | | [ ] 107860 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: U OF MD GOES GLOBAL WITH SUN MICROSYSTEMS | | [ ] 107874 ) NEWS BRIEFS: TFN ASSISTS SECURITY THROUGH INTERACTIVE TRAINING| |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74588 ) HP solutions for HPTC FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 107850 ) WATANABE DISCUSSES NEC'S POSITION IN HPC INDUSTRY...........10.7K by Christopher Lazou Christopher Lazou interviewed NEC's VP, Mr. Tadashi Watanabe, designer of the NEC SX series, who explained why "vector parallel multiprocessor architecture is the most promising supercomputing path to achieve sustained petaflop/s." [ ] 107851 ) DIGITAL PRESERVATION PROGRAM LAUNCHES GRANTS INITIATIVE........8K The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program of the Library of Congress (NDIIPP) is partnering with the NSF to establish the first research grants program to specifically address digital preservation. [ ] 107852 ) SCIENTISTS DEMONSTRATE QUANTUM TELEPORTATION WITH ATOMS......4.5K Researchers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, in collaboration with a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, announced the first demonstration of the teleportation of a quantum state from one trapped atom to another located 8 microns away. [ ] 107853 ) PUMPING ENERGY TO NANOCRYSTALS FROM A QUANTUM WELL...........3.9K University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory with a colleague from Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new method for exciting light emission from nanocrystal quantum dots. [ ] 74581 ) Sun Microsystems Helps Found The Enterprise Grid Alliance As Blue-Chip Technology Companies Drive Adoption Of Grid Computing CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 107854 ) TACC UPGRADES TERASCALE MACHINE, LONESTAR....................3.3K Lonestar, the Cray/Dell Linux cluster supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at UT Austin, has been upgraded with 128 new, more powerful nodes, for a total of 428 nodes (856 processors), 892 GB of aggregate memory, and 43.6 TB of disk. [ ] 107855 ) CTC CLUSTERS ASSIST WORLD LEADER IN DIGITAL PRINTING.........6.3K Research associates at the Cornell Theory Center (CTC) used the Center's Windows-based HPC clusters to generate digital printing simulations to illustrate specific cause and effect relationships important to the production of images. [ ] 107856 ) TBWA/CHIAT/DAY DEPLOYS CANDERA SCE 510 CLUSTER FOR SAN MOVE..4.1K Candera, Inc. announced that TBWA/Chiat/Day, a leading advertising agency in the U.S., has deployed the Candera SCE 510 Cluster and low- cost Serial ATA (SATA) RAID technology as a primary storage solution in its Los Angeles office. [ ] 74573 ) FREE CASE STUDY Orbital Sciences Deploys Evolocity CFD Cluster Faster Simulations = $130,000 ROI Linux Networx P r o v e n _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74562 ) Our Cluster Works. Will Yours? [ ] 74587 ) Hella Autotechnik s.r.o. Invests in Virtual Product Development With SimDesigner From MSC.Software ============================================================================== [ ] 74590 ) Intel Reduces Barriers To ISV And IHV Certification For OEMs Using Intel(TM) Architecture Server Platforms VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 107857 ) CRAY X1 HAS HIGH REPORTED SCORES ON HPC CHALLENGE TESTS......4.8K Cray Inc. announced that overall customer-reported scores for the Cray X1 supercomputer system are the best for any high-performance computing (HPC) system on the new HPC Challenge benchmark tests. [ ] 107858 ) HP REACHES MILESTONE OF 100,000 BLADE SERVERS SOLD...........7.3K HP announced it has sold more than 100,000 blade servers, retaking the market share lead in the industry's fastest-growing server market segment. [ ] 107859 ) SGI TECH DRIVES INNOVATIONS IN WEATHER PREDICTION, RESEARCH..7.7K As scientists mark the 50th anniversary of operational numerical weather prediction, Silicon Graphics announced that its high- performance computing technology continues to help drive innovations in weather forecasting and climate research the world over. [ ] 107860 ) U OF MD GOES GLOBAL IN 28 COUNTRIES WITH SUN MICROSYSTEMS....5.5K Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced that the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) chose Sun's UltraSPARC systems based on the highly reliable, secure, and industrial-strength Solaris Operating System to run its global PeopleSoft implementation. [ ] 74589 ) DB2 Universal Database Now Certified On Full Line of SGI Altix Servers QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 107873 ) "I don't think any of us realized how popular - and how enduring - the site would become. What started as something of an experiment has become an institution." -- Bill Johnston, head of the Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), LBNL. [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74565 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! GRID TOP DOGS ON GGF11, COOPERATION WITH EGA TOPSPIN, PLATFORM TO GRID-ENABLE CAPITAL MKTS, RISK MGMT APPS http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 107861 ) Intel Begins 300 mm Production At New Facility In Ireland....2.3K [ ] 107862 ) Cray Announces Order For Cray XD1 System From DoE'S PNNL.....4.4K [ ] 107863 ) Xilinx, UMC Develop FPGAs To Utilize Triple-Oxide 90nm Tech..2.1K [ ] 107864 ) AMD Announces Milestone With Its Multiple-Core Strategy......3.4K [ ] 107865 ) Bull Extends NovaScale Range w/ NovaScale 6000, 9000 Servers.4.9K [ ] 107866 ) Teradyne Intros Guidelines For High-Performance Circuits.....2.2K [ ] 107867 ) Tarari To Accelerate High-Throughput XML-Based Apps..........3.6K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 107868 ) DB2 Universal Database Certified On Line Of SGI Altix Server...4K [ ] 107869 ) ESI Group Sim Software Targets New Manufacturing Process.....2.8K [ ] 107870 ) Steintek OEM Agreement To Provide Geomagic With 3D Scanner...1.5K [ ] 107871 ) RLX Tech Raises The Bar With Release Of Server Mgt Suite.....3.5K [ ] 107872 ) Visual Kinematics, Inc. Incorporates OpenHSF Export..........1.5K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 107873 ) Virtual Frog Web Site Still Making A Splash After 10 Years...6.4K [ ] 107874 ) TFN Assists Homeland Security Through Interactive Training...3.6K [ ] 107875 ) CTC Resources Enhance Partnership Between CU, Syracuse U.....5.2K [ ] 107876 ) MCI, CIENA And Mintera Demo Long-Haul Connection At 40 Gbps..5.2K [ ] 107877 ) De Beers Scales Up 10-Gigabit Ethernet Tech From Enterasys...3.1K [ ] 107878 ) InfiniCon To Bring InfiniBand Solutions To The Intel ESAA....2.6K [ ] 107879 ) Siliquent Emerges From Stealth Mode w/ Ethernet Coprocessor..4.2K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 107880 ) Brocade Storage Infrastructure Chosen For MS Tech Centers....2.8K [ ] 107881 ) HighPoint Intros PCI-X To SATA RAID 5 Host Adapter...........2.5K [ ] 107882 ) Promise Launches iSCSI 'SAN-for-the-Masses' Solution.........4.8K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 107883 ) LANL Wins 2004 Nucleus Research And ROI Award With NetPro....3.1K [ ] 107884 ) NSF Reports On Status Of Women, Minorities In S&E..............3K [ ] 107885 ) IDC Expects Demand In 2004 Server Market To Produce Growth...3.2K [ ] 107886 ) Celebration Of Women In Computing 2004 Registration Open.....1.9K [ ] 107887 ) Engenio Joins Industry Leaders To Form OpenIB Alliance.......2.7K [ ] 107888 ) NY State Has Necessary Factors For Bioscience Success........6.4K [ ] 107889 ) Distributed Information Systems Lab Dedicated At Sandia-CA.....4K [ ] 74567 ) Myrinet/PCI-X Interfaces High Performance Low Prices SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 107890 ) Product Watch: AMD Unveils Design For AMD-8000 Series........6.1K LSI Demos 12 Gbit/S Serial Interface Circuitry. 3Dlabs Unleashes Wildcat Graphics Accelerator. [ ] 107891 ) Financial Update: SGI Finalizes Sale of Alias Business.......6.8K SI Tech Reports Third Qtr Operating Results. Mercury Receives Order For Phase II Of MP-RTIP. [ ] 107892 ) Corporate Liaisons: U.S. Courts Selects BakBone, HP Servers..6.3K Axeda Expands IBM Platform Support. Metatomix, Sun Deliver Risk-Mgt Solutions. [ ] 107893 ) People and Position: Kay Wins Third Major Scientific Honor...5.7K J. Markee Joins Dot Hill As Director. GMSI CEO Augustine, Jr. Claims Awards. JOB BANK ===================================================================== *denotes a new listing [ ] 667 ) Accenture, Adaptec, C-DAC, Center for Deep Earth Exploration, ClearSpeed Technology, Computer Assets, Cray Inc., D.E. Shaw Group, *European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Instrumental, Inc., LLNL, Microsoft Corporation, PathScale, TACC, Voltaire [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 06.16.04)..............10K 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 | | | | | | [ ] 556)*Annapolis Micro Systems [ ] 536) Myricom | | [ ] 554)*Cray [ ] 930) NEC | | [ ] 947) Etnus / TotalView [ ] 540)*Paracel | | [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard [ ] 530)*Pathscale | | [ ] 902) IBM Corp. 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