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 28, 2005: Vol. 14, No. 04 *** 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 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 _______________________________ | | | [ ] 109136 ) FEATURES: TECH LEADERS CALL FOR GREATER HPC COLLABORATION | | [ ] 109140 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR CLUSTER | | [ ] 109148 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: SUN'S SOLARIS -- OPEN FOR BUSINESS | | [ ] 109166 ) NEWS BRIEFS: SMARR, OTHERS GIVE INPUT AT UCSD'S CNS REVIEW | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74663 ) Intel Strengthens Investment In Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) Architecture With Hiring Of HP Design Team FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 109136 ) GLOBAL TECH LEADERS CALL FOR GREATER HPC COLLABORATION.......6.1K Meeting at the Earth Simulator Center, senior executives representing some of the world's leading HPC sites called for increased global collaboration to speed progress in science and high-performance computing. [ ] 109137 ) BCS PUBLISHES GRAND CHALLENGES FACING COMPUTING EDUCATION....3.3K A cross section of the UK's top computing academics have pooled their views to project the challenges facing computing education in the UK in a new report published by the British Computer Society and based on a recent Grand Challenges Conference. [ ] 109138 ) BLADES OF GAS (TURBINES).....................................7.4K by J. William Bell, NCSA Senior Science Writer Fluid dynamics experts take gas turbines for a spin on NCSA's TeraGrid cluster, concentrating on features that help keep the blades cool. [ ] 109139 ) INTERNET2 INITIATIVES ADVANCE WITH KEY MILESTONE.............5.6K The Internet2 Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) initiative announced its design for a national network testbed infrastructure that, once built, will serve as a foundation for cutting-edge experimentation and a model for the next generation of Internet2's network architecture. [ ] 74666 ) FREE Report Achieving Productivity For High Performance Computing This article from Linux Networx provides a comprehensive outline of the factors that need to be considered to achieve the most productivity from your Linux cluster. CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 109140 ) GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR CLUSTER: TIPS AND HINTS..........14.9K by Tim Curns, Editor Maximizing cluster productivity is high priority among many in the HPC field. HPCwire recently spoke with Tom Quinn, Director of Government Business Development at Linux Networx, to hear his views on choosing the proper architecture and tools to dramatically increase cluster productivity. [ ] 109141 ) NAT'L WEATHER SERVICE USES CLUSTER FOR REAL-TIME UPDATES.....3.7K Penguin Computing announced the National Weather Service (NWS) Southern Region, based in Fort Worth, Texas, has implemented a Penguin Altus cluster with Scyld Beowulf to support its weather information dissemination efforts. [ ] 109142 ) CLUSTERVISION INSTALLS LARGE CLUSTERS AT TOP UK UNIVERSITY...2.8K ClusterVision is pleased to announce the successful supply and full installation of a dual procurement for Compute and Storage clusters for a new undisclosed university customer. [ ] 109143 ) PolyServe LEADS IN FIRST INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK...4.7K PolyServe Matrix Server overwhelmed competitive cluster file system (CFS) products in a performance benchmark conducted by a non-profit computing consortium for Italian universities, PolyServe, Inc. announced. [ ] 74664 ) The University of Oslo Shapes the Future Of High-Performance Computing with an HP Integrity Superdome Based on Intel Itanium 2 Processors _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74603 ) World's Fastest Supercomputers Running on Intel(TM) Processors [ ] 74606 ) More than Flops - Achieve High Productivity Computing from Linux Networx ============================================================================== [ ]74642 ) Introducing the Appro XtremeBlade Next Generation AMD Opteron Blade Server! VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================ [ ] 109144 ) CRAY XT3 TO SHIP TO U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, JAPAN........8K Cray Inc. announced that it has won an order to deliver an XT3 massively parallel processing (MPP) supercomputer system to the computing center for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, the Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) has ordered a Cray XT3. [ ] 109145 ) HP SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS SUPPORT AIRBUS UK, USAERDC..........4.8K High Performance Technical Computing (HPTC) technology from HP, in addition to helping Airbus UK reduce costs, is being used by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center to support military forces. [ ] 109146 ) HYUNDAI SELECTS SGI TO IMPROVE NEW CAR DESIGN AND ANALYSIS.....6K Hyundai Motor Company has purchased computing and storage solutions from Silicon Graphics Korea to address industry challenges. [ ] 109147 ) NASA INVESTS IN MSC.Nastran TO IMPROVE VPD...................3.2K MSC.Software Corp., a leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services, announced that NASA's Langley, Kennedy and Ames Research Centers have made a multi-million dollar investment in MSC.Nastran and related training and support services. [ ] 109148 ) SUN'S SOLARIS: OPEN FOR BUSINESS.............................4.4K Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced that the source code for Solaris 10 will be made available under the OSI (Open Source Initiative) approved Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL). [ ] 74641 ) Myrinet The Leading TOP500 Interconnect - Myricom - QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 109170 ) "The success of this project depended on several different areas of science, from the greenhouse to the supercomputer. It demonstrates that to understand extremely complex chemical systems, like photosynthesis, it is essential to combine state-of-the-art expertise in multiple scientific disciplines." -- Graham Fleming, director of Berkeley Lab's Physical Biosciences Division [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74565 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! WiMAX MAY BE USED TO ACCESS GRID COMPUTER SITES WELL-KNOWN HPC VETERAN SEES GRID AS BIG DEAL IN 2005 http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 109149 ) IBM Introduces New Low-Priced POWER5 Server Based On Linux...4.6K [ ] 109150 ) NVIDIA Enters Server And Workstation Segments................4.5K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 109151 ) Teranode Improves Reasearch w/ Simulation, Design Solutions....5K [ ] 109152 ) Firstlogic Announces Formalization Of A Federal Division.....4.7K [ ] 109153 ) Ascential Software Supports Financial Industry With Suite....3.5K [ ] 109154 ) The MathWorks Expands Fixed-Point Design Capabilities........3.1K [ ] 74665 ) MakinaBOX From TRIONIQ Key Component To SGI Servers and Supercomputers NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 109155 ) Expanding The Usefulness Of The Internet.....................4.7K [ ] 109156 ) S2io Changes Name, Releases Fast 10 Gb Ethernet Adapter......3.8K [ ] 109157 ) Foundry Unveils SuperX Family Of 10-GbE Switches...............4K [ ] 109158 ) Perfisans Networks Adds PCI-Express To Product Suite.........3.2K [ ] 109159 ) Broadcom Announces StrataXGS III Ethernet Switch Solutions...6.4K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 109160 ) Arizona Research Awarded With IBM Storage Infrastructure.....4.7K [ ] 109161 ) NEC Looks To Dominate Autoloader Market In North America.....3.6K [ ] 109162 ) Sun Virtualizes The Competition..............................3.7K [ ] 109163 ) Supermicro Supplies Channel w/ SATA-optimized Solutions......2.9K [ ] 109164 ) Hitachi Virtualizes EMC Storage Systems........................9K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 109165 ) Institutions' Tech Advances Oceanographic, Earth Sciences....4.2K [ ] 109166 ) Smarr, Others Give Input At UCSD's CNS Research Review.........6K [ ] 109167 ) Maplesoft Gears Up For 2005 User Conference..................3.3K [ ] 109168 ) Fermilab Allows Additional Public Access To The Site.........2.5K [ ] 109169 ) X-ray Simulations Reveal Insect Flight, Muscle Motion........4.4K [ ] 109170 ) Supercomputers I.D. Key Molecule In Plant Photo-Protection...6.4K [ ] 109171 ) U.S. States Turn to Nanotechnology For Jobs, Investment......5.7K [ ] 109172 ) Pharma Companies Sign Deal To Commercialize Nanotechnology...4.4K [ ] 109173 ) Gates Foundation, Norway Give $1B For Child Immunizations....8.1K [ ] 109174 ) Virtual Iron Launches Company, Prepares For Intro Of Product.6.1K [ ] 109175 ) Sun, HIMSS Healthcare User Group Summit To Meet In Dallas....4.3K [ ] 74615 ) The Most Compact High-Performance Blade Servers Nexcom NexBlade 4U Servers NEXCOM Building The Digital Infrastructure SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 109176 ) Product Watch: Altera Demos 90-nm Leadership With Stratix II.3.6K Actel Offers New Programmer And Starter Kit. Performance Tech Helps Raytheon w/ Simulations. [ ] 109177 ) Financial Update: IBM Board Approves Regular Cash Dividend.....3K SGI Reports Second Quarter Results. StorageTek Announces Fourth Qtr Results. [ ] 109178 ) Corporate Liaisons: RNAi Co. Licenses MetaCore From GeneGo...9.5K Onkyo Issues $7.4M Bond To Intel Capital. AMD Donates Computers to Carnegie Mellon U. [ ] 109179 ) People and Positions: HPC Veteran Nakano To Lead Cray Japan..8.2K Juergen Dormann Elected to IBM Board. StorageTek VP Featured As Super Hero. JOB BANK ===================================================================== *denotes a new listing [ ] 667 ) ARSC, ANL, Brown University, Clearspeed, Cray, D.E. Shaw, *Intel, Linux Networx, LSU, TACC, *Tabor Communications, Inc., *UCSD Cal-(IT)^2, University of Virginia [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 01.28.05)............7.16K Center for Computation & Technology 13th Annual Mardi Gras Conference February, 3-5 2005 Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA http://www.mardigrasconference.org LCI Workshop at NCSA March 1-4, 2005 NCSA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 4, 2005 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/index.html [ ] 74660 ) The 6th Int'l Conference on Linux Clusters: The HPC Revolution 2005 April 26-28, 2005 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE: JANUARY 16, 2005 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution/ [ ] 74661 ) Bio-IT World Conference & Expo May 17-19, 2005 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA http://www.bioitworldexpo.com Commodity Cluster Symposium On the Use of Commodity Clusters for Large-Scale Scientific Applications July 26-28, 2005 Greenbelt, MD, USA CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND ABSTRACTS http://www.arl.hpc.mil/events/Clusters2005/ 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 | | | | | | [ ] 544) Atipa Technologies [ ] 539) Microsoft | | [ ] 545) APPRO [ ] 536) Myricom | | [ ] 552) Aspen [ ] 553) Nexcom | | [ ] 554) Cray [ ] 930) NEC | | [ ] 543) DataDirect Networks [ ] 530) Pathscale | | [ ] 940) Dell [ ] 946) Quadrics | | [ ] 947) Etnus / TotalView [ ] 921) SGI | | [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard [ ] 942) Sun Microsystems | | [ ] 902) IBM Corp. 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