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 *** February 25, 2005 Vol. 14, No. 8 *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article retrieval instructions at end of this file: hpcmore@news.hpcwire.com For subscription information, email sub@hpcwire.tgc.com For a free 4-week trial subscription, e-mail trial@hpcwire.tgc.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] A358 ) 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 _______________________________ [ ] M341413 ) FEATURES: Examination Needed in Evaluating Benchmark Results [ ] M343229 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: 'Crazy Talk' Clutters New Cluster Book [ ] M343278 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: IBM, Intel Begin Oil & Gas Initiative [ ] M342640 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NCSA Assists NASA with Data Management ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] A528 ) Intel Advances Enterprise Platforms From Desktop To Datacenter FEATURES ====================================================================== [ ] M341413 ) Rigorous Examination Needed in Evaluating Benchmark Results...7.4K A reader takes issue with a recent article published in HPCwire by Chris Lazou. He argues that some of the information contained in the awards section of the article is erroneous and shows a lack of data analysis. [ ] M343912 ) Proof Supersedes Authority....................................4.0K by Brian Larson, Multitude Corporation Brian Larson, chairman of Multitude Corporation, criticizes Massively Parallel Technologies' offer to let respected members of the community evaluate its technology. [ ] M343914 ) Amdahl's Law: 1+1 < 1?........................................5.5K by Labro Dimitriou Labro Dimitriou follows up on his recent article regarding the mathematics of Amdahl's law. [ ] M343276 ) Supercomputing Advances Efforts of Kyoto Protocol.............7.0K by Tim Curns, Editor By using some of the world's most powerful supercomputers and analyzing worldwide data, NCAR scientists estimate how natural factors and human-induced changes to the atmosphere are affecting our climate, as well as how agreements such as Kyoto may affect global warming. [ ] M341412 ) Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes -- and Computer Chips........7.7K Computer chip manufacturers traditionally have had a single, simple standard for their product: perfection. But a USC engineer who has spent his career devising ways to have chips test themselves has found that less than perfect is sometimes good enough - possibly good enough to save billions of dollars. [ ] A503 ) 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 ============================================================= [ ] M343229 ) 'Crazy Talk' Clutters New Cluster Book.......................11.2K Glen Otero, Linux Prophet Linux Prophet Glen Otero gives his scathing review of the newest O'Reilly cluster book, "High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks, openMosix & MPI." [ ] M343941 ) DataDirect To Provide Networked Storage For Euro's Tera10.....5.2K DataDirect Networks announced that it has been awarded the contract by Bull to provide the storage for the French CEA Atomic Energy Commission. DataDirect Network's recently introduced S2A9500 will connect to a cluster of Bull NovaScale SMP servers and power "Tera10," the number one supercomputer in Europe and one of the fastest supercomputers worldwide. [ ] M343933 ) Open Source Rocks-Based Cluster Software Available............3.7K BioBrew.org, a Bioinformatics.org sponsored and hosted website, unleashed the enhanced BioBrew-3.1 for Linux clusters. [ ] A529 ) Intel creates a Snowstorm in Norway Intel and HP have delivered Scandinavia's largest, and the worlds most northerly Itanium-cluster, to the University of Tromso in Norway _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] A428 ) World's Fastest Supercomputers Running on Intel(TM) Processors [ ] A322 ) More than Flops - Achieve High Productivity Computing from Linux Networx ============================================================================== [ ] A430 ) Myrinet The Leading TOP500 Interconnect - Myricom - VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================== [ ] M343278 ) IBM, Intel Kick Off Oil & Gas Initiative in Middle East.......8.0K IBM Middle East and Intel unveiled a range of pioneering new solutions at the Energy Competency Center (ECC) located at the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) Center of Excellence for applied Research and Training (CERT) in the city of Abu Dhabi. [ ] M342638 ) Cray XD1 To Aid in Protein Structure Analysis.................4.6K Cray Inc. announced that the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, will use a Cray XD1 supercomputer for advanced research in protein structure analysis and molecular modeling. [ ] M341405 ) Sun Posts New Java Projects, Fosters Community Development....5.6K Sun Microsystems, Inc., a creator and leading advocate of Java technology, announced that it has posted two new projects, Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) and JAI Image I/O Tools to java.net. [ ] M342646 ) Linux Networx Wins IT Edge Award from MEP Utah................3.6K Linux Networx announced that the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a non-profit organization tasked with raising the level of performance and profitability of Utah's manufacturers, named Linux Networx as the winner of the IT Edge award. [ ] M343918 ) MSC.Software Releases MSC.Nastran for 64-Bit AMD Systems......3.5K MSC.Software Corp., a leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services, announced the availability of MSC.Nastran for 32- and 64-bit AMD Opteron processor-based systems. [ ] A466 ) The Most Compact High-Performance Blade Servers Nexcom NexBlade 4U Servers NEXCOM Building The Digital Infrastructure QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M343925 ) "The pillars of scientific methodology are composed now of experimentation, analytical theory and computer simulation." -- Uzi Landman Director, Center for Computational Materials Science, Georgia Institute of Technology [ ] XQUOTE ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] A366 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! Managed Network Services: The Way to Interconnect Grid Sites? Report Predicts Grid Market to Hit $19 Billion by 2010 http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** Hardware ====================================================================== [ ] M343283 ) Server Blade Summit 2005 Signals Blade Industry On The Rise...7.7K Software ====================================================================== [ ] M343916 ) IBM Intros eServer X3 Architecture For Intel-Server Segment...6.9K [ ] M343919 ) Microsoft Announces Expanded SQL Server 2005 Product Line....13.0K [ ] M343282 ) OpenIB Workshop Accelerates Open Source InfiniBand Software...4.4K [ ] M342651 ) SolidWorks To Assist Global Architectural Facade Leader.......3.7K [ ] M342635 ) Semifinalists Announced for TopCoder Collegiate Challenge.....4.8K [ ] A530 ) SGI and Arkeia deliver High Performance Backup Solution for Linux Environment Offering Drives Down the Price of Reliable Data Protection Networking ==================================================================== [ ] M343217 ) Cisco, HP Increase Data Resilience Center Services in EMEA....4.4K [ ] M341406 ) Foundry Captures #1 Spot In Layer 3 10GbE For 2004............5.0K [ ] M343231 ) China Netcom Builds 21-City Converged Network.................3.2K [ ] M342627 ) Powersurge Tech Boosts Reliability w/ New Network.............3.2K [ ] M342712 ) Metanetworks Announces Wire-speed 10-Gbps Network IDPS........3.7K Storage ======================================================================= [ ] M342631 ) PolyServe Sponsors Network File System Protocol Development...4.7K [ ] M343905 ) HP Unifies Server and Storage Management......................5.2K [ ] A365 ) Introducing the Appro XtremeBlade Next Generation AMD Opteron Blade Server General Interest ============================================================== [ ] M342640 ) NCSA Assists NASA with Data Management........................3.9K [ ] M341425 ) Scientists Use Simulations To Explore Nano-Phenomena..........4.8K [ ] M343279 ) LBNL, NERSC Use Supercomputers to Map Cosmos..................7.3K [ ] M342707 ) Cornell Teaches Computers to Solve Tasks the Human Way........6.0K [ ] M342663 ) Super-heavy Nuclei Take Shape in 'Extreme' New Theories.......5.5K [ ] M343208 ) IBM Molds Future Innovators Through Engineers Week Programs...5.6K [ ] M343212 ) CAE Wins $34M in New Business From U.S. Navy..................4.9K [ ] M342711 ) Deadline Approaches for Diversity in Computing Conference.....5.8K SHORT TAKES =================================================================== Product Watch: [ ] M342633 ) NEC Launches New Midrange Fault Tolerant Server...............6.3K Intel Intros New Embedded Processors Discreet Intros 3ds max 7.5 to Subscribers Financial Update: [ ] M342702 ) IBM Expands Position in Global Server Revenue.................3.6K Tundra Releases Q3-Fiscal 2005 Results CSP Reports First-Quarter Fiscal 2005 Results Corporate Liaisons: [ ] M342632 ) NEC Visual Systems to Become NEC Wholly-Owned Subsidiary......7.9K LION bioscience Teams with HP IBM, Dassault Systems Announce PLM Solution People and Positions: [ ] M341402 ) HP Appoints Russell Reynolds To Lead CEO Search...............8.1K DOE Award Presented to PNNL Researcher LBNL Director Announces Management Team JOB BANK ====================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] FL356 ) ARSC, ANL, Brown University, ClearSpeed, *Cray, D.E. Shaw Group, Intel, Linux Networx, LSU, *NCSA, Tabor Communications, TACC, UCSD Cal-(IT)^2, University of Virginia [ ] XJOBRATES ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations............................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] FL357 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 02.11.05).............7.5K [ ] A514 ) USENIX's Annual Technical Conference 2005 April 10-15, 2005 Anaheim, California http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/hpc [ ] A534 ) The 6th Int'l Conference on Linux Clusters: The HPC Revolution 2005 April 26-28, 2005 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC - REGISTER NOW - ADVANCED REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 25, 2005 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution/ [ ] A478 ) Bio-IT World Conference & Expo May 17-19, 2005 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA http://www.bioitworldexpo.com [ ] A535 ) FiRe 2005 Future in Review: A Strategic News Service Conference May 23-26, 2005 San Diego, CA http://www.futureinreview.com/ [ ] A533 ) LCI Workshop at OSCER June 21-24, 2005 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 20, 2005 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/index.html [ ] A500 ) 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/ ______________________________________________________________________ Full background information on all leading HPC solution providers [ ] A517 ) Data Direct [ ] A341 ) NEC [ ] A338 ) PathScale [ ] A344 ) Nexcom [ ] A373 ) Dell [ ] A346 ) Quadrics [ ] A345 ) Myricom [ ] A351 ) APPRO [ ] A470 ) HP [ ] A342 ) Sun [ ] A335 ) IBM [ ] A339 ) SGI [ ] A472 ) Aspen [ ] A518 ) Cray [ ] A337 ) Linux Networx [ ] A332 ) Etnus/TotalView [ ] A331 ) Intel [ ] A330 ) Atipa [ ] A343 ) Portland Group [ ] A471 ) Voltaire For sponsorship information contact: advertise@hpcwire.com ______________________________________________________________________ *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] M338952 ) Pankaj Shah Selected to Lead OSC's Networking Division......4.7K [ ] M338950 ) Chelsio, Scali to Deliver Standards-Based Cluster Solutions.4.4K [ ] M339575 ) Mandrakesoft Announces Linux system for Parallel Computing..4.7K [ ] M338946 ) Italy's CINECA Selects Cray XD1 For Advanced Research .....4.9K [ ] M340171 ) Pathscale, Sun Set New Records at LinuxWorld................6.1K Send info requests (X-marked copy of this message) to hpcmore@news.hpcwire.com -------------------- * -------------------- Copyright 1993-2005 HPCwire. 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