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 *** August 27, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 34 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 273 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 _______________________________ | | | [ ] 108259 ) FEATURES: NEW, POWERFUL CHIP BOASTS 160 TO 230 GIGAFLOPS | | [ ] 108264 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: HELIX SUPERCOMPUTER SET TO DOUBLE | | [ ] 108267 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: IBM ADVANCES SUPERCOMPUTING FOR OIL AND GAS | | [ ] 108280 ) NEWS BRIEFS: COULD YOUR COMPUTER HELP CURE ALZHEIMER'S? | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74601 ) Sun Drives Linux Interoperability with Breakthrough Application Compatibility Technology FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 108259 ) NEW, POWERFUL CHIP BOASTS 160 TO 230 GIGAFLOPS...............2.9K Researchers elaborated on a new life sciences chip that could become the foundation of a supercomputer operable at petaflop power. [ ] 108260 ) MAXIMIZING PERFORMANCE WITH INTER-PROCEDURAL OPTIMIZATION....8.7K by Dr. Fred Chow, Director of Compiler Engineering, PathScale Developers need tools that can take advantage of all program information to better apply analysis and optimization techniques and create high performance applications. Dr. Fred Chow, of Pathscale, outlines how the company's EKO Compiler Suite helps developers do this. [ ] 108261 ) NANOSTRUCTURES: THEY'RE COOL, BUT HOW CAN WE USE THEM?.......8.1K Paul Alivisatos, director of Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division, and his research team have demonstrated a general approach for fabricating inorganically coupled colloidal quantum dots and rods. [ ] 108262 ) PROTEIN MOTORS INCORPORATED..................................8.8K by Michael Schneider, Senior Science Writer, PSC With quantum simulations on PSC's Jonas, Klaus Schulten and colleagues arrived at several key findings about nature's smallest motor. [ ] 108263 ) FALLOFF IN FREEZES: COMING YEARS WILL SEE LESS FROST.........5.2K Days and nights when the air temperature dips below freezing will become increasingly less common by the late 21st century across much of the world, according to a modeling study by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). [ ] 74609 ) Learn more about Linux Clusters Download Technical White Papers, Case Studies, And Webinars From Linux Networx CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 108264 ) HELIX SUPERCOMPUTER SET TO DOUBLE............................3.5K Just two years ago, Helix was ranked the most powerful in the country and one of the top 500 supercomputers in the world. Now, an even more powerful cluster, Double Helix, has been commissioned by Massey University. [ ] 108265 ) DELL RECORDS CLUSTERED EXCHANGE SERVER 2003 BENCHMARK RESULT.2.3K Dell PowerEdge servers have achieved the first Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 benchmark for a clustered configuration. [ ] 108266 ) NOVELL CLUSTERING SOFTWARE AUTOMATES DISASTER RECOVERY PREP..2.9K Novell announced the availability of Novell Business Continuity Clustering 1.0, software that automates the configuration and management of high-availability, geographically dispersed clustered- server solutions. [ ] 74607 ) Who's Boosting Opteron Performance at AMD, IBM and Sun? That would be us. Who's Ready for a FREE Trial? Thant would be you. Try our PathScale EKO Compiler FREE for 30 days. _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74598 ) MSC.Software Announces Availability of MSC.MasterKey Licensing System for University Customers [ ] 74603 ) World's Fastest Supercomputers Running on Intel(TM) Processors [ ] 74606 ) More than Flops - Achieve High Productivity Computing from Linux Networx ============================================================================== [ ] 74604 ) HP Breaks Price-performance Barriers, Broadens Customer Choice with Expanded ProLiant Server Line VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 108267 ) IBM ADVANCES SUPERCOMPUTING FOR OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.........5.4K In response to the petroleum industry's increasing need for supercomputing power in oil exploration and production, IBM announced its plans to open the third IBM Deep Computing Capacity on Demand (DCCOD) center in Houston, TX. [ ] 108268 ) IDC NAMES SUN A LEADER IN WORKSTATION MARKET.................3.2K Based on market share data released by IDC, Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced its 40th consecutive quarter as a leader in Traditional Workstation (TWS) unit shipments and revenue with both quarter-over- quarter and year-over-year share increases. [ ] 108269 ) CRAY TO PRESENT AT SG COWEN 32ND ANNUAL TECH CONFERENCE......1.3K Cray Inc. announced that Cray executives will present on September 9th at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) at the SG Cowen Fall Technology Conference, to be held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. [ ] 74602 ) Powerful New Intel Server Platforms Feature Array Of Enterprise-Class Innovations QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 108262 ) "If you want to do careful calculations, you have to invest a lot of computing power. It would make no sense to approach this important problem with cheap methodology. We decided to do the most advanced calculation that people do today when simulating a biological reaction." -- Klaus Schulten, biophysicist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74565 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! THE GRID: DEFINING THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET (Part 2 of 3) IBM SHOWCASES NEW GRID TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPERS http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 108270 ) Mayo Clinic Uses Supercomputer To Model SARS Enzyme..........3.7K [ ] 108271 ) Alienware Dominates Competition In Graphics Performance......3.5K [ ] 108272 ) High-Bandwidth Serial RapidIO Enables Twice The Performance..2.2K [ ] 108273 ) Think Computer Releases High-Performance ThinkTank Q-Station.2.2K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 108274 ) IBM Simplifies Java On Linux w/ Free Eclipse Tools Bundle....1.3K [ ] 108275 ) ANSYS Tools Help Drive Success For Dale Earnhardt, Inc.......1.7K [ ] 108276 ) Vehicle Simulation Software Wins R&D 100 Award...............2.8K [ ] 108277 ) Getinge USA Chooses AEI Digital For 3D Interactive OR Sim....3.2K [ ] 108278 ) Versata Logic Server Now Available On IBM eServer iSeries....3.2K [ ] 108279 ) GROMACS Software Ported To ClearSpeed's Processor............3.1K [ ] 74605 ) University of Minnesota Selects SGI Altix 350 Cluster With Voltaire Interconnect Solution for Supercomputing-Class Performance NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 108280 ) Could Your Computer Help Cure Alzheimer's Disease?...........4.6K [ ] 108281 ) Comcast Peers With PSC's Pittsburgh GigaPoP..................2.4K [ ] 108282 ) HP ProCurve Networking Secures No. 2 Switch Vendor Position..2.7K [ ] 108283 ) Japanese Utility Selects Juniper Networks Routing Platforms..4.2K [ ] 108284 ) Network Systems Design Conference Has A New Name, Focus......3.1K [ ] 108285 ) NextHop Supports Network Clustering With FTS Manager 1.0.....2.3K [ ] 108286 ) Foundry Reorganizes To Promote Marketshare Growth............4.8K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 108287 ) LSI Enables Best In Class Memory Interface Solutions.........2.2K [ ] 108288 ) BlueArc Storage Is Gold Standard For NBC Olympic Graphics....2.8K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 108289 ) Sun Says Network Conference May Not Happen As Planned........1.1K [ ] 108290 ) IEEE Vis 2004 Advanced Registration Now Open.................2.2K [ ] 108291 ) GE Foundation Awards $100,000 To CTC's SciCentr Initiative...4.9K [ ] 108292 ) PNNL Invites Submission Of White Papers On Sci Computing.....1.2K [ ] 108293 ) DOE's ESnet To Host Collaborative Services Workshop At LBNL..2.2K [ ] 108294 ) Homeland Security Initiative Takes ORNL Tech To The Nation...2.5K [ ] 108295 ) NanoDynamics Awarded Carbon Nanotube Patent..................3.8K [ ] 108296 ) Liker, DaimlerChrysler's Achram To Keynote CPD Conference....2.7K [ ] 108297 ) Small Businesses To Utilize Federal Funding For Advanced R&D.4.9K [ ] 74591 ) Myrinet Used in 187 Of The June-2004 TOP500(TM) SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 108298 ) Product Watch: BEA Ships BEA WebLogic Platform ISV Edition...6.5K VMware P2V Is Key To Virtual Infrastructure. STMicroelectronics Adds 8-Mbit Chip To BIOS Group. [ ] 108299 ) Financial Update: Polyserve Secures $20M In Series D Funds...3.6K Intel Cuts Chip Prices By A Third. Sun Leads Worldwide Server Growth In Report. [ ] 108300 ) Corporate Liaisons: Chorus Systems Joins IBM Initiative........6K DSL Awarded Contract By Air Force. Agilent To Acquire Silicon Genetics. [ ] 108301 ) People and Position: EI Names Chun Xia VP Of Solutions Org...6.8K Maxtor Names Michael Bless As CFO. China's NSF Honors Lin-Wang Wang w/ Award. JOB BANK ===================================================================== *denotes a new listing [ ] 667 ) ClearSpeed Technology, *Cray Inc., D.E. Shaw Group, Indiana University, LSU, *Raytheon, *Tabor Communications, *TACC, University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 08.20.04)..............10K Cluster 2004 The 2004 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing September 20-23, 2004 Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, CA, USA grail.sdsc.edu/cluster2004/ ** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ** [ ] 74608 ) CALL FOR PAPERS BRIDGING KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY October 28-29, 2004 SAS Campus, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Deadline: Sept. 10, 2004 SC2004 BRIDGING COMMUNITIES November 6-12, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2004/ 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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