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 *** March 11, 2005 Vol. 14, No. 10 *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] A528 ) Intel: The preferred choice for high performance computing ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ [ ] M349539 ) FEATURES: Cray Makes Waves With X1E Upgrade, New President [ ] M350228 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: UCSD Installs New Cluster for Bioengineering [ ] M350226 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: IBM Offers Blue Gene On Demand [ ] M348967 ) NEWS BRIEFS: Bodman -- $3.5B Will Go to Supercomputing, Science ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] 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. FEATURES ====================================================================== [ ] M349539 ) Cray Makes Waves With X1E Upgrade, New President...........15.1K by Tim Curns, Editor Cray has been making some big news this week. The company recently appointed a new president, Peter Ungaro, and announced the availability of the Cray X1E supercomputer. Steve Scott, Cray's CTO and chief architect of the Cray X1 series, recently spoke with HPCwire to provide more details about the latter announcement and future Cray plans. [ ] M349498 ) Making Knowledge Work.......................................8.2K by Kathleen Ricker, NCSA science writer Overwhelmed with information? In the future, a globally-networked "extensible brain" could help us use it to manage our lives more effectively. [ ] M349002 ) ESnet's New Architecture To Support Next-Gen DOE Science....4.9K The U. S. Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) has taken the first steps to implement a new network architecture that will increase the reliability and dramatically boost the bandwidth available to the DOE research community. [ ] M350167 ) Simulation Explores Spread of Virus in an Airplane.........12.1K By Chao-Hsin Lin (Boeing) and Sutikno Wirogo (Fluent) NIOSH and Boeing are using computer simulation to investigate the potential spread of viruses and bacteria through the air in the cabin of a commercial airliner. [ ] A529 ) Harvard/Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics Uses HP Solutions to Speed Biomedical Analysis, Collaboration Among Researchers CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================= [ ] M350228 ) UCSD Cluster to be Used for Bioengineering, Biology.........8.5K The University of California, San Diego, with support from the National Institutes of Health and the Whitaker Foundation, has installed a supercomputer dedicated to solving a wide range of challenging biological problems. [ ] M348932 ) SGI Unveils Altix 1350 Cluster in Middle East...............3.8K Silicon Graphics has announced the launch of an SGI Altix 1350 cluster in the Middle East, which delivers SGI's Altix architecture, in a fully integrated cluster solution. The cluster is designed to support the most demanding application mix in a multi-user environment, with high scalability. [ ] M348934 ) EnFuzion 8.2 Enables Large Hierarchical Clusters............3.4K Axceleon announced the immediate availability of a new version of its EnFuzion software. EnFuzion 8.2 provides an easy-to-use and powerful solution to manage groups of compute nodes in a hierarchy, to break the data access bottleneck and to achieve maximum total system performance. [ ] M348969 ) Hummingbird Software Enables Cluster Computing..............3.6K Hummingbird Ltd. announced the immediate availability of Exceed onDemand 5. Exceed onDemand 5 offers users enhanced scalability and manageability with the addition of many features including cluster computing, new management tools and increased security. [ ] A365 ) Introducing the Appro XtremeBlade Next Generation AMD Opteron Blade Server _____________________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 ============================================================== [ ] M350226 ) IBM Offers Blue Gene On Demand..............................6.0K IBM will now allow customers and partners, for the first time ever, to remotely access the Blue Gene supercomputing system through a highly secure and dedicated Virtual Private Network and pay only for the amount of capacity reserved. [ ] M350156 ) Cray X1E Upgrade Nearly Triples Power of Army HPC Center....6.9K Cray Inc. announced that Network Computing Services, Inc. (NCSI) has acquired and installed a Cray X1E vector supercomputer for the Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC). This system upgrade will nearly triple the performance of the AHPCRC's Cray X1 system. [ ] M348954 ) Game On: Developers Play with Intel Dual-Core Platforms.....5.3K Intel Corporation announced it has been working closely with game developers on threading their games and has expanded seeding of its dual-core-based software development platforms. [ ] M348956 ) SGI, ERUCES Work Together to Provide Data Security Shield...4.9K Silicon Graphics and ERUCES Inc. announced a complement of 64-bit technologies that, when compared to traditional 32-bit options, is capable of reducing cryptographic-induced data latencies by nearly eight times. [ ] M349503 ) Sun Highlights Java Tools at Game Developers Conference.....5.9K At the 2005 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sun Microsystems showcased new high-performance offerings designed to provide developers with a more expansive offering of technologies for game creation. [ ] A466 ) The Most Compact High-Performance Blade Servers Nexcom NexBlade 4U Servers NEXCOM Building The Digital Infrastructure QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M350218 ) "The game is over for software that is written only for a single processor." -- Robert Crooke, general manager Business Client Division, Intel [ ] XQUOTE ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] A366 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! View from the GlobusWORLD Floor Carl Kesselman's Urgent Message to U.S. Globus Community http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** Hardware ====================================================================== [ ] M350157 ) NEXCOM Servers Support Linux w/ Oracle 9i/10g RAC...........2.9K [ ] M348386 ) AMD Releases Integrated Hardware, Software Design Solution..5.8K Software ====================================================================== [ ] M348955 ) Vital Images Software Plays Key Role in Cancer Diagnosis....3.5K [ ] M350209 ) Gene Logic Software Improves Discovery of Drug Targets......3.7K [ ] M348951 ) UGS Launches Solid Edge Version 17..........................8.4K [ ] M348968 ) Fluent Previews FloWizard V2 at Design Show.................4.6K Networking ==================================================================== [ ] M349008 ) NLANR's Advisor 2.0 Released for High-Performance Networks..3.0K [ ] M349006 ) OSC-Springfield Significantly Boosts Network Capabilities...2.3K [ ] M349542 ) Force10 Backplane Design Scales Up to Five Terabits.........3.7K [ ] M348965 ) Lambda OpticalSystems Announces New Optical Solutions.......4.8K [ ] M348933 ) AMCC Unveils PowerPC Processor for Networking Apps..........3.6K [ ] M348366 ) Cisco To Demo Vision at CeBIT 2005 .........................7.5K [ ] M348372 ) Extreme Networks to Showcase Open Converged Network.........3.2K [ ] M348373 ) Opsware Fully Automates Management of Network...............5.5K Storage ======================================================================= [ ] M349500 ) NCR Server to Scale to 4.2 Petabytes........................3.3K [ ] M349499 ) EqualLogic Powers Europe's Largest IP SAN...................4.4K [ ] M348476 ) NEC Unveils 90-Nanometer Embedded DRAM Technology...........3.1K General Interest ============================================================== [ ] M348967 ) Bodman Says $3.5B Will Go to Supercomputing, Science........2.6K [ ] M349541 ) MPT Awarded Patent for HOWARD Cascade, Virtual Power Center 3.1K [ ] M350166 ) Simulations Reveal Violence of Black Holes..................6.0K [ ] M348941 ) Nano-Enabled Drug Discovery Market to Reach $1.3B by 2009...4.5K [ ] M349003 ) Diversity Conference Extends Deadline for Papers, Panels....6.0K [ ] M349007 ) University to Hold Celebration of Women in Computing .......3.9K SHORT TAKES =================================================================== Product Watch: [ ] M348420 ) Toshiba Launches New 64-Bit RISC Microprocessor.............7.1K The MathWorks Intros Simulink Verification and Validation IBM Will Offer SAN Brocade Router -- more -- Financial Update: [ ] M348931 ) Cray Files for Convertible Subordinated Notes...............3.6K SteelCloud Announces Fiscal First Quarter Results Corporate Liaisons: [ ] M348369 ) ADIC File System Certified With Engenio Tech................8.5K Rincon Technology Joins SGI Channel Program Microsoft Announces Industry Builder Initiative -- more -- People and Positions: [ ] M348374 ) Cray Appoints Ungaro President..............................9.9K MSC.Software Appoints Mongelluzzo VP TACC Adds HPC Expertise, Experience -- more -- 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 ========================================================== [ ] A368 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 03.04.05).............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/ [ ] A557 ) Computational Engineering and Science Conference CESC 2005: Combustion Simulation Register by: April 5, 2005; Hotel Deadline: March 25, 2005 April 26-27, 2005, Washington DC http://www.cesc2005.org/ [ ] A558 ) Networld + Interop 2005 May 1 - 6, 2005 Las Vegas, NV http://www.interop.com/ [ ] 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 [ ] A344 ) Nexcom [ ] A332 ) Etnus/TotalView [ ] A346 ) Quadrics [ ] A345 ) Myricom [ ] A341 ) NEC [ ] A351 ) APPRO [ ] A470 ) HP [ ] A342 ) Sun [ ] A335 ) IBM [ ] A339 ) SGI [ ] A472 ) Aspen [ ] A518 ) Cray [ ] A337 ) Linux Networx [ ] A373 ) Dell [ ] A338 ) PathScale [ ] A331 ) Intel [ ] A330 ) Atipa [ ] A343 ) Portland Group [ ] A471 ) Voltaire For sponsorship information contact: advertise@hpcwire.com ______________________________________________________________________ *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] M344514 ) NIST Researchers Make 'Quantum' Leaps.......................13.0K [ ] M345709 ) Reader Concerned With MPT Statement.........................3.2K [ ] M344469 ) MPT: Nothing To Hide?.......................................2.5K [ ] M346339 ) Mellanox Provides Infiniband for the Rest of Us.............4.8K [ ] M346301 ) Genomics: A Golden Opportunity for HPC......................5.1K Send info requests (X-marked copy of this message) to hpcmore@news.hpcwire.com -------------------- * -------------------- Copyright 1993-2005 HPCwire. 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