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 *** October 22, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 42 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 245 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 - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #1311 - ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 108601 ) FEATURES: NEC UNVEILS NEW FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER -- 65 TFLOPS | | [ ] 108605 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: LEADING UNIVERSITIES SELECT DELL CLUSTERS | | [ ] 108609 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: ALABAMA SC AUTHORITY CHOOSES CRAY XD1 | | [ ] 108631 ) NEWS BRIEFS: VISIONARY SMARR TO DELIVER SC GLOBAL KEYNOTE | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74627 ) Momentum Builds For Sun Cluster Software FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 108601 ) NEC UNVEILS NEW FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER -- 65 TFLOPS...........5.9K NEC Corporation announced the worldwide launch and availability of the SX series model "SX-8," the world's most powerful vector supercomputer with a peak processing performance of 65TFLOPS. [ ] 108602 ) HPC USER FORUM HOLDS THIRD U.S.-EUROPE MEETING AT CERN......13.7K Senior representatives from leading user and vendor organizations attended the HPC User Forum meeting at CERN last week and heard presentations on new developments and major issues from CERN, Ohio Supercomputer Center, SARA, Boeing, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and others. [ ] 108603 ) PLOTTING PORES WITH SIMULATIONS, CLUSTERS....................7.7K by Trish Barker, NCSA Public Information Specialist Lev Gelb, an assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis, is using computational resources at NCSA to model the spongelike structure of sol-gel materials. [ ] 108604 ) SHODOR-NCCU PARTNERSHIP AWARDED $2.8M FOR NSDL PATHWAY......19.2K The Shodor Education Foundation and North Carolina Central University announced a $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to open a new Pathway to the National Science Digital Library, NSF's online library of resources for education. [ ] 74624 ) INTEL -- Delivering Innovation Beyond the CPU - Visit us at SC2004 in Booth 621 - CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 108605 ) LEADING UNIVERSITIES SELECT DELL SUPERCOMPUTING CLUSTERS.....4.5K High-performance computing clusters (HPCC) continue to gain momentum at the world's leading research institutions, as reflected by three universities that are deploying new or expanding their current standards-based Dell clusters. [ ] 108606 ) SUN CLUSTER SOFTWARE POWERS MLB.COM, OTHERS..................5.9K More and more customers are choosing Sun Cluster software for improved predictability, resiliency and manageability of their most important application services-delivering up to 99.999 percent availability. [ ] 108607 ) INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY ACQUIRES HPC CLUSTER................5.5K Indiana State University officials announced the acquisition of a powerful computer cluster capable of performing nearly a trillion operations per second, a capability that will greatly improve the university's standing as a research institution. [ ] 108608 ) VOLTAIRE INFINIBAND SWITCHES ADDED TO HP CLUSTER CONFIGS.....3.1K Voltaire announced that the Voltaire InfiniBand interconnect solutions for high-speed, low-latency networking capabilities will be integrated into HP high-performance configure-to-order Linux cluster configurations. [ ] 74609 ) Want More? Become a Registered User Today And Receive Free White Papers, Case Studies, and More Linux Networx - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #713 - _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74603 ) World's Fastest Supercomputers Running on Intel(TM) Processors [ ] 74606 ) More than Flops - Achieve High Productivity Computing from Linux Networx [ ] 74617 ) Seeber Italy Invests in the MSC.MasterKey Licensing System To Improve Virtual Product Development ============================================================================== [ ] 74626 ) HP Advances Leadership in HPTC Cluster Technology - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #1220 - [ ] 74625 ) What Are the Top Systems in the World? HPCwire Now Offers Ratings on the Top Systems in the World VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 108609 ) ALABAMA SUPERCOMPUTER AUTHORITY CHOOSES CRAY XD1.............5.2K Cray Inc. announced that it has received an order for a 12-chassis Cray XD1 supercomputer system for the Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA). [ ] 108610 ) SGI SETS PERFORMANCE RECORD FOR MID-SIZED SERVERS............3.6K In recent database benchmark tests, SGI's mid-range Altix system set a new performance record for stand-alone, eight-processor servers. [ ] 108611 ) IBM SERVERS ESTABLISH NEW ECONOMICS FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING..12.8K IBM set a new standard in high-end computing with the introduction of three new POWER5 processor-based servers that establish a new standard for server virtualization capabilities. [ ] 108612 ) MICROSOFT DRIVES MORE VALUE TO ENTERPRISE COMPUTING..........5.3K Microsoft Corp. announced its decision on how the company will license server software on new servers with multicore processors expected in the market next year. [ ] 108613 ) EUROPEAN COMPANIES PREFER SUN'S JAVA ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.......7.9K Customers in Vertical Markets From Financial Services to Telecommunications Benefit From Sun's Open, Standards-Based, Highly Secure Software System. [ ] 74628 ) Got a Big Cluster? Get a Big Switch. Voltaire 288 Port InfiniBand Switch for HPC - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #1616 - QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 108633 ) "The lack of women in information technology (IT) reduces the nation's technological workforce, hinders women's economic advancement, and undermines the creativity and success of the IT industry." -- Gregory Andrews, NSF division director. [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74565 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! TeraGrid ENTERS FULL PRODUCTION PHASE SUN'S NEW GRID GUY ADDRESSES 'FREE' SECURITY http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 108614 ) Suite Of HyperTransport 2.0 Devices Announced................6.1K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 108615 ) The Sun Java Enterprise System Selected By Orange SA...........5K [ ] 108616 ) IBM Offers Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Ed....2.9K [ ] 108617 ) OSU Students Design Fastest Electrical Car w/ SolidWorks.....4.2K [ ] 108618 ) Teranode Unveils First Closed-Loop R&D Platform For LS.......4.5K [ ] 108619 ) EI Announces MPI-XF Support For AMD Opteron Processors.......2.3K [ ] 108620 ) BMW Stays Ahead With ESI Group's Virtual Human...............2.6K That's a Switch! See the new Myrinet switches in Myricom's SC2004 booth #1721 NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 108621 ) 10-Gigabit Ethernet Distance Record Claimed..................3.3K [ ] 108622 ) Intel Expands Network Processor Line w/ Two New Families.....4.1K [ ] 108623 ) PNNL To Take Advantage Of New High-Speed Network Connection..4.2K [ ] 108624 ) Scott McNealy Addresses Security, Compliance Issues..........4.2K [ ] 108625 ) Chelsio Expands Partnerships w/ Distributions In Japan.......5.2K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 108626 ) Exanet Breaks Industry Record Performance Levels.............4.6K [ ] 108627 ) Apple Xserve RAID System Now Capable Of 5.6 TB Of Storage......3K [ ] 108628 ) StorCase Releases SCSI/SATA RAID Enclosures..................1.6K [ ] 108629 ) StorageTek Takes Industry By Storm At Home Of The Alamo......4.8K [ ] 108630 ) Kashya Unveils Advanced Data Protection Appliance For SAN....3.9K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 108631 ) Internet Visionary Smarr To Deliver SC Global Keynote..........3K [ ] 108632 ) SDSC Director To Speak At Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference..2.1K [ ] 108633 ) NSF Funds $3.25M Award To Boost Women's Involvement In IT....4.8K [ ] 108634 ) Four N.C. Universities Join IBM's Academic Initiative........4.7K [ ] 108635 ) Altera Opens New Japanese Sales Office.......................1.1K [ ] 74622 ) More Energy Exploration Firms Turn to SGI Altix To Maximize Output from Oil and Gas Discoveries - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #1311 - SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 108636 ) Product Watch: Supercomputer-based Software Tool Released...13.8K Sun Aims Creator Tool At Mac, x86 Developers. NEC Launches Series Of Microcontrollers. [ ] 108637 ) Financial Update: Sun Reports Year Over Year Revenue Growth..9.3K SGI Reports First Quarter Results. IBM Reports 2004 Third-Quarter Results. [ ] 108638 ) Corporate Liaisons: DOE, SGI To Accelerate Research w/ Tool..9.8K Sun, SeeBeyond Bring SOA To Customers. Cray Extends Altair OEM Agreement. [ ] 108639 ) People and Position: MSC.Software Appoints John Laskey CFO...7.5K Red Hat Hires Sun Exec Tegan-Padir. Porto Heads Tech Commercialization At ORNL. 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Shaw Group, LSU, PSC, Tabor Communications, *TACC [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K [ ] 74615 ) Nexcom NexBlade Servers >The Best Blade Solution for HPC< >AMD 64-bit Server Blade Available< NEXCOM Building The Digital Infrastructure CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 10.20.04)..............10K SC2004 BRIDGING COMMUNITIES November 6-12, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2004/ [ ] 74623 ) International Congress of Nanotechnology and Nano World Expo 2004 November 7-11, 2004 San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel http://www.nanotechcongress.com [ ] 74616 ) Lisa'04 The 18th Large Installation System Administration Conference November 14-19, 2004, Atlanta, GA 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 [ ] 541) MSC Software | | [ ] 544)*Atipa Technologies [ ] 536) Myricom | | [ ] 545)*APPRO [ ] 553)*Nexcom | | [ ] 554) Cray [ ] 930) NEC | | [ ] 947) Etnus / TotalView [ ] 540) Paracel | | [ ] 543) DataDirect Networks [ ] 530) Pathscale | | [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard [ ] 946) Quadrics | | [ ] 902) IBM Corp. 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