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[ ] 74633 ) Migrate to serious performance, open standards and value -Free trade-in credit: up to $2,000/processor -Free migration project evaluation and roadmap -Discounts on education for SGI Linux Curriculum Migrate to the powerful SGI Altix family of servers ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 108981 ) FEATURES: TeraShake -- SDSC SIMULATES THE 'BIG ONE' | | [ ] 108985 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: IBM, HP, DELL EMBRACE MVD IPMI PowerCockpit| | [ ] 108988 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: GERMANY'S FZJ SELECTS CRAY XD1 FOR SYS EVAL | | [ ] 109010 ) NEWS BRIEFS: CTC PRESENTS COMPUTATIONAL AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE| |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74656 ) Oracle Uses Intel's 64-Bit Software Tools, Platforms To Make Latest Database Fly FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 108981 ) TeraShake: SDSC SIMULATES THE 'BIG ONE'.....................16.6K by Paul Tooby, SDSC Senior Science Writer A collaboration of scientists has produced the most detailed simulation yet of just what may happen during a major earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault. The simulation, known as TeraShake, used the new 10 teraflops DataStar supercomputer and large-scale data resources of the SDSC. [ ] 108982 ) NEW METHOD RANKS IMPACT OF FUNDING AGENCIES, INSTITUTIONS5.....9K Researchers in the School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) at Penn State have developed a new method which can automatically extract and identify acknowledgments of funding agencies, institutions and individuals in papers available on the Internet and indexed on CiteSeer. [ ] 108983 ) MACHINE EVALUATIONS WORKSHOP: CHALLENGES OF MANAGING CHANGE...14K by Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants, Ltd. Christopher Lazou provides notes and commentary on his visit to the 15th annual machine evaluation workshop at The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Daresbury Laboratories in the UK. [ ] 108984 ) IT'S ALL IN THE SOLUTION.......................................9K by Kathleen Ricker, NCSA science writer Combining molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics, a Hope College chemistry professor and his student are developing a computational method in order to study how substances dissolve. [ ] 74654 ) Scalable Cluster Storage Learn How Xilo Overcomes Traditional Complexities of Managing Global Storage Linux Networx CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 108985 ) IBM, HP, DELL EMBRACE MVD'S IPMI INTEGRATED PowerCockpit.....5.5K by Tim Curns, Editor Mountain View Data, Inc. (MVD) has announced the launch of a beta program for their IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) software module licensed from OSA Technologies integrated into PowerCockpit, a management framework for large-scale server deployments. [ ] 108986 ) CLUSTER-MIDDLEWARE PARASTATION GOES OPEN SOURCE..............4.3K by Uwe Harms, Harms-Supercomputing-Consulting There was a successful meeting last month at Research Center Jlich at ZAM (Central Institute of Applied Mathematics) and NIC (John von Neuman Institute for Computing) between Munich-based Partec and academic partners to start a ParaStation Consortium. Uwe Harms gives some details of last month's activities. [ ] 74655 ) HP Reduces Complexity to Advance the Power of Clusters _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74603 ) World's Fastest Supercomputers Running on Intel(TM) Processors [ ] 74606 ) More than Flops - Achieve High Productivity Computing from Linux Networx ============================================================================== [ ] 74657 ) 10GbE Gives Networks Backbone for New Speed Challenges VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 108987 ) SGI TO POWER GERMANY'S NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING SYSTEM CENTER.6.8K The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) has selected the latest generation of SGI Altix systems from Silicon Graphics to power Germany's new national supercomputing system. [ ] 108988 ) GERMANY'S FZJ SELECTS CRAY XD1 FOR SYSTEM EVALUATION.........4.5K Cray Inc. announced that Germany's Research Center Juelich (FZJ) has selected a Cray XD1 supercomputer for advanced scientific research and to evaluate its potential as a future leadership-class system. [ ] 108989 ) HP OPENS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SECTOR IT THOUGHT LEADERSHIP......3.8K HP announced the opening of the HP Center for Public Sector IT Thought Leadership, located within HP's downtown Washington, D.C. facility. The center is a virtual hub to HP's network of more than 80 solution centers around the globe. [ ] 108990 ) MSC.Software GETS EXPANDED INVESTMENT FROM JOHN DEERE........2.8K MSC.Software Corp. announced that Deere & Company, a leading manufacturer of agricultural and forestry equipment, has increased its investment in the MSC.MasterKey Licensing System. [ ] 74652 ) HPCwire's DOCUMENT REPOSITORY HPCwire presents a list of White Papers, Case Studies, Technical Reports and informative documents from the companies that you know best. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 108995 ) "It is well known that there is a power barrier for future increases in process speeds and device sizes, and to overcome this, the world needs a new, disruptive technology." -- Christian Schlegel, Professor at iCORE High-Capacity Digital Communications Laboratory [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74565 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! GRID DOMINATES FLOOR AT ORACLE OpenWorld DELL, EMC, INTEL, ORACLE LAUNCH 'PROJECT MegaGrid' http://www.gridtoday.com/ [ ] 74643 ) 100% Custom HPC Solutions Designed to Exceed Your Expectations. - Aspen Systems - HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 108991 ) Benchmarks Show SGI Altix 350 Leads Mid-Range Servers........5.6K [ ] 108992 ) AMD, IBM Announce Semiconductor Breakthrough...................4K [ ] 108993 ) NEC Implements Leading-Edge Supercomputer Chipset w/ Cadence.1.7K [ ] 108994 ) AMD Provides Solutions For Industrial Computing Applications.1.8K [ ] 108995 ) Chip Uses 100 Times Less Energy, Offers Exciting Potential...3.6K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 108996 ) LANL Selects Objectivity/DB For Alexandria Project...........4.5K [ ] 108997 ) IMSL Fortran Library v5.0 Now Available For Mac OS X.........5.6K [ ] 108998 ) Maplesoft Upgrades E-Learning Products.......................2.2K [ ] 108999 ) Actify Visualization Tech Proving Valuable To Auto Industry..3.9K [ ] 74658 ) SGI Altix 350 Dominates Mid-Range Servers On Scientific and Engineering Benchmark NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 109000 ) Record-Breaking Gaming Festival Powered By Extreme Networks....2K [ ] 109001 ) Foundry Expands Award-Winning ServerIron Family Of Switches..4.1K [ ] 109002 ) Siliquent Helps Found UNH-IOL iWARP Consortium To Foster HPC.3.8K [ ] 109003 ) Gartner Places ProCurve Networking By HP In Challenger Quad....2K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 109004 ) SC|05 StorCloud Announces Vendor Call For Participation......2.9K [ ] 109005 ) LBNL's DataMover Reaches Milestone With Automated Transfer...4.3K [ ] 109006 ) UK Financial Institution Protects Data w/ StoreAge Solutions.3.8K [ ] 109007 ) Rackable Systems Launches iSCSI Storage Target Appliance.....3.2K [ ] 109008 ) nStor Expands NEC OEM Relationship w/ NexStor SATA Systems...3.3K [ ] 109009 ) Actel FPGAs Chosen By Institute For Seismograph Research.....2.9K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 109010 ) CTC To Present Computational Agriculture Initiative..........4.6K [ ] 109011 ) PhD Grad Uses Supercomputer To Research 'Genetic Alphabet'...4.4K [ ] 109012 ) Carbon Nanotubes Yield A New Class Of Biological Sensors.......2K [ ] 109013 ) DOE Extends UT-Battelle Management Contract Of ORNL............2K [ ] 109014 ) NanoMarkets Addresses Nanotech, Impact on Pharmaceuticals......3K [ ] 109015 ) PACS Alliance Training Group Releases Final WebCT Course.....3.1K [ ] 109016 ) CPU Tech Earns ISO 9001: 2000 Certification..................1.5K [ ] 109017 ) MPC Computers Wins Multiple Awards At Gov't Solution Summit..1.3K [ ] 109018 ) Altera's First FPGA Lab In India Opens.......................3.2K [ ] 74641 ) Myrinet The Leading TOP500 Interconnect - Myricom - SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 109019 ) Product Watch: Sun Unveils Next Generation Client Tech......10.1K NEC Electronics Announces Single-Chip Solution. Xilinx Ships World's Largest FPGA Device. [ ] 109020 ) Financial Update: Linux Market To Exceed $35 Billion By 2008.5.8K $53M Grant Enables Life Sci Apps At Indiana U. SteelCloud Awarded $1M To Design Servers. [ ] 109021 ) Corporate Liaisons: Oracle Buys PeopleSoft...................9.1K NCSA Partners With Exxon Mobil. Intel Hires HP Team To Strengthen Itanium. [ ] 109022 ) People and Position: Bush Names New Secretary Of Energy.......10K Intel Names New Vice Presidents. SGI CEO To Receive Honorary Doctorate. [ ]74642 ) Introducing the Appro XtremeBlade Next Generation AMD Opteron Blade Server! HPCwire's Tim Curns interviewed Daniel Kim, Appro's CEO, about the company's recent wins and future goals. JOB BANK ===================================================================== *denotes a new listing [ ] 667 ) ClearSpeed Technologies, Cray Inc., Dartmouth College, D.E. 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