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 *** January 14, 2005: Vol. 14, No. 02 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 231 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 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 _______________________________ | | | [ ] 109060 ) FEATURES: ENVISIONING HPC ROADMAPS FOR THE FUTURE | | [ ] 109066 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: PathScale SHIPS EKOPath COMPILER SUITE 2.0 | | [ ] 109064 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: SGI PROVIDES SCIENTISTS w/ UNIQUE SOLUTIONS | | [ ] 109091 ) NEWS BRIEFS: RESEARCH TIME AVAILABLE ON SYSTEM X | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74656 ) Oracle Uses Intel's 64-Bit Software Tools, Platforms To Make Latest Database Fly FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 109060 ) SUN'S GUSTAFSON ON ENVISIONING HPC ROADMAPS FOR THE FUTURE..19.6K by Tim Curns, Editor HPCwire tracked down John Gustafson, a senior scientist and a principal investigator for Sun's HPCS Program, to examine some of his thoughts on the hot topics in HPC today. [ ] 109061 ) FORECASTING THE FOLD...........................................8K by Katherine A. Caponi, NCSA science writer Using NCSA's Tungsten and Platinum supercomputing clusters, researchers are simulating the folding and unfolding processes of small proteins and comparing their findings to experimental results from other research groups. [ ] 109062 ) COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS RELEASES HPC USERS CONF. REPORT...3.7K The Council on Competitiveness issued the final report from the High Performance Computing Users Conference: Supercharging U.S. Innovation & Competitiveness, held in July 2004. [ ] 109063 ) SUPERCOMPUTER 'DRIVES' F1 TEAM...............................1.9K Only nine months after the launch of its ultra-modern wind tunnel, Sauber Petronas presented a new supercomputer for CFD calculations to international media representatives at its headquarters in Hinwil. [ ] 74654 ) Scalable Cluster Storage Learn How Xilo Overcomes Traditional Complexities of Managing Global Storage Linux Networx CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 109066 ) PathScale SHIPS EKOPath COMPILER SUITE 2.0 FOR CLUSTERS......4.2K PathScale, developer of innovative software and hardware solutions to accelerate the performance and efficiency of Linux clusters, is now shipping Version 2.0 of its industry-leading EKOPath compilers for C, C++, and Fortran 77/90/95. [ ] 109067 ) LEARN PARALLEL PROCESSING W/ CTC WINDOWS-BASED HPC WORKSHOP..3.9K The Cornell Theory Center (CTC) is offering a hands-on, two-day technical training course for members of organizations interested in implementing high-performance computing on Windows-based clusters. [ ] 109068 ) 128-Xserve G5 CLUSTER ACHIEVES 1.21 TeraFlop.................3.8K Software written by researchers at Dauger Research and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) achieved over 1.21 trillion floating-point operations per second on a cluster of 128 dual-processor Xserve G5s. [ ] 109069 ) PENN STATE DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES IN HPC CLUSTER...........3.5K Force10 Networks announced that the High Performance Computing and Visualization group at the Pennsylvania State University has deployed the E-Series in its newest cluster LION-XO to provide scalable and reliable bandwidth for the computational needs of faculty and researchers. [ ] 74659 ) HP Cluster Computing Helps University of Georgia Researchers Unlock Secrets of Carbohydrate/Protein Interaction _____________________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 ============================================================= [ ] 109064 ) SGI PROVIDES WEATHER SCIENTISTS WITH UNIQUE HPC SOLUTIONS...10.7K Silicon Graphics announced its continued commitment to providing high- performance computing, visualization and storage solutions that help to drive global innovations in meteorology and climatology, including research and forecasting. [ ] 109065 ) ETNUS TotalView CHOSEN AS 'THE' DEBUGGER FOR CRAY XT3........3.2K Etnus announced that TotalView, chosen as THE debugger for the new Cray XT3 supercomputer product line, is immediately available for these systems. [ ] 74662 ) First Institute of Oceanography Uses SGI Supercomputer for Ocean Environment Research QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 109062 ) "There is great potential for increased productivity, innovation and competitive advancement across the private sector if certain business and technical barriers can be successfully addressed." -- Dr. Karen Holbrook, HPC Advisory Committee Co-Chair and President of Ohio State University [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74565 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! TONY HEY ON THE NEED FOR WEB SERVICES STANDARDS EGA FOUNDER: DOOR STILL OPEN FOR IBM, MICROSOFT http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 109070 ) NCSA Adds 6.5 Teraflops With SGI Altix SMP System............3.5K [ ] 109071 ) Environment Canada Uses IBM Supercomputer For Forecasting....2.3K [ ] 109072 ) FIO, Alabama SC Center Use SGI For Research, Power..........10.4K [ ] 109073 ) Latest ART VPS Hardware Optimized For Power Mac G5, Mac OS X.1.6K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 109074 ) Modeling Shows Global Warming Key In Burgeoning Drought......4.3K [ ] 109075 ) IBM Pledges Patents To Open Source In Support Of Innovation..5.5K [ ] 109076 ) Image Sensor Will Show What The Eyes See, And Camera Cannot..3.4K [ ] 109077 ) Maplesoft Collaborates With National Instruments.............2.5K [ ]74642 ) Introducing the Appro XtremeBlade Next Generation AMD Opteron Blade Server! NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 109078 ) University of Tokyo, Foundry Set Internet2 Land Speed Record...4K [ ] 109079 ) Foundry Announces Certification w/ Oracle App Server 10g.....2.6K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 109080 ) Dalhousie U Chooses SGI To Research Pollution...............13.7K [ ] 109081 ) StorCase, Zetera Unveil New Family Of IP Storage Solutions...2.4K [ ] 109082 ) Brocade SAN Switch Solution Added To HP StorageWorks.........2.7K [ ] 109083 ) Broadcom Achieves Unprecedented 1 GB/s SATA RAID Performance.4.3K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 109084 ) New Year's Resolution Met: Half Of PSC's XT3 Up And Running..1.9K [ ] 109085 ) $93M Goes To High-Tech Life Sciences Center At Swansea U.....1.2K [ ] 109086 ) Computer Pioneer, Technology Entrepreneur Jim Thornton Dies..2.1K [ ] 109087 ) NCI, Locus Collaborate For Cancer Treatment..................2.6K [ ] 109088 ) Conf. Examines Creation Of Vibrant, High Tech Industries.....4.8K [ ] 109089 ) Linux Cluster Institute Extends Call For Papers Deadline.....2.5K [ ] 109090 ) NASA Free Computer Model Available To Classrooms.............2.8K [ ] 109091 ) Research Time Available On System X..........................1.5K [ ] 109092 ) UK Scientific Research Gets New Funding Plan From Government.4.7K [ ] 74641 ) Myrinet The Leading TOP500 Interconnect - Myricom - SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 109093 ) Product Watch: Intelligent Light Announces FIELDVIEW eXtreme.4.1K Data Translation Announces New USB Module. Avnet Launches Evaluation Kit For Virtex-4 SX. [ ] 109094 ) Financial Update: Cray Announces Investor Conference Call....6.9K Intel Announces Record Revenue. Software Mergers Rebound. [ ] 109095 ) Corporate Liaisons: Sun Completes Acquisition of SevenSpace..7.9K Leading Chinese Linux Developer Joins OSDL. Terrascale, Angstrom Announces OEM Deal. [ ] 109096 ) People and Positions: Berman Appointed To Nat'l Sci Council..9.6K SGI Names Miltin VP of EMEA Region. Visual Numerics Promotes Fraher To CEO. 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