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 *** April 8, 2005 Vol. 14, No. 14 *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 _______________________________ [ ] M363815 ) FEATURES: Benching the Benchmarks in HPC [ ] M363049 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: Microsoft -- 'Cluster' Server Not Yet Ready [ ] M363050 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: IBM Supercomputer Used for Crash Simulations [ ] M362387 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NASA Awards $49.4M for Supercomputing Research ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] 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 ====================================================================== [ ] M363815 ) Benching the Benchmarks: Measuring Performance in HPC......14.9K by Dr. Robert Panoff, Shodor Foundation HPCwire contributor Dr. Robert Panoff examines the effectiveness of current benchmarking practices in high-performance computing -- and highlights the aspects that are often ignored. [ ] M363048 ) The Eye of a 'Red Storm' on the Swiss Horizon..............12.0K by Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants HPCwire contributor Christopher Lazou takes a closer look at recent Cray wins in Europe, most notably with the Swiss National Supercomputing Center. [ ] M360895 ) Cluster Revolution Set to Explode in North Carolina.........7.3K by Tim Curns, Editor HPCwire editor Tim Curns explores 'HPC Revolution 2005' -- the premier international forum designed to foster interactions among people who are working with Linux clusters. [ ] A529 ) Beyond Silicon: HP Outlines Comprehensive Strategy for Molecular-scale Electronics CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================= [ ] M363049 ) Microsoft: Windows 'Cluster' Server Not Yet Ready...........2.4K Microsoft said it won't be ready to release its high-end "compute cluster" version of Windows until probably 2006. The software giant cited the need for additional management and deployment upgrades. [ ] M363060 ) Mellanox Launches First 10Gb/s Server I/O Module............2.7K Mellanox Technologies launched the world's first dual-port 10Gb/s Server I/O Module (SIOM) Adapter, expanding the flexibility and serviceability of InfiniBand server clusters. [ ] M362405 ) Isilon Launches Next Generation Clustered Storage...........7.4K Isilon Systems announced the next generation of its award-winning Isilon IQ clustered storage family -- the Isilon IQ 1920, 3000 and 4800 storage systems and the newest version of its award-winning OneFS distributed file system software. [ ] 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 ============================================================== [ ] M363050 ) IBM Supercomputer Used for Crash Simulations................2.6K IBM announced that it has been selected by Volvo Car Corporation to build a powerful supercomputer to perform critical automobile crash simulations. IBM will provide both hardware and services to help increase the "design-for-safety" approach. [ ] M362409 ) HP Unveils 11.8-teraflop Supercomputer......................3.9K HP announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's new state-of-the art research supercomputer has completed a two-year acceptance process by the agency's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). [ ] M362406 ) PathScale Announces 'Trade-Up' Program......................3.9K PathScale announced a special "Trade- Up" program for users of PGI compilers for FORTRAN, C, and C++ to upgrade to the PathScale EKOPath Compiler Suite. [ ] M362402 ) Cray Launches New Channel Partner Program...................3.9K Cray Inc. announced that it has launched a Channel Partner Program devoted to marketing and supporting the Opteron/Linux-based Cray XD1 supercomputer. [ ] M362407 ) Microsoft Visualization Brings Info to Life.................7.6K Computer scientists from Microsoft Research labs worldwide shared the results of more than 25 research papers at the CHI 2005 conference, a leading forum for the exchange of ideas and information about human-computer interaction (HCI). [ ] A466 ) The Most Compact High-Performance Blade Servers Nexcom NexBlade 4U Servers NEXCOM Building The Digital Infrastructure QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M363898 ) "Cyberinfrastructure is truly global, it knows no national boundaries and, in many fields, the best research can only be done in a global context." -- Michael McRobbie, VP Research and Information Technology, Indiana University [ ] XQUOTE ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] A366 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! The Path to Grid-Friendly Software Licensing World's Largest Computing Grid Surpasses 100 Sites http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** Hardware ====================================================================== [ ] M363054 ) Japanese Institute Selects 'Red Storm'......................2.8K [ ] M362316 ) Fujitsu Unveils Server for Linux AND Windows................5.1K [ ] M362303 ) Velocity Micro Announces Intel Dual Core Systems............4.0K [ ] M360826 ) AMD64 Redefines Movie Making in All-Digital 'Sin City'......3.3K [ ] M363818 ) Fakespace Systems Intros Stereoscopic Visualization.........3.6K [ ] A609 ) Innovation Matters June 20-21, 2005 Sun Microsystems High Performance Computing Consortium - Europe 2005 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc Software ====================================================================== [ ] M362404 ) Researchers Develop New Tool for Writing Code...............3.8K [ ] M363058 ) Linux Itanium, GCC Communities Target Performance...........5.9K [ ] M363850 ) MSC.Software Releases MSC.Nastran 2005 r2...................3.3K [ ] M363853 ) Maplesoft Announces Rapid Control Development Tools.........4.2K [ ] M362306 ) Dassault Systemes, CAXA Announce CAXA V5 PLM Solutions......4.7K [ ] M362307 ) MicroStrategy to Offer its Platform on HP-UX 11i............3.1K [ ] M363901 ) Meiosys Breaks Barrier for Fault Tolerance Tech.............6.2K [ ] M362315 ) Study: Mid-Sized Companies Not Interested in Linux..........3.4K [ ] 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/ Networking ==================================================================== [ ] M362971 ) HP Wins DARPA Contract to Improve Internet Reliability......5.6K [ ] M362304 ) International TransPAC2 Inaugurated.........................5.3K [ ] M362311 ) Cisco Helps Community College Build Optical Network.........3.4K [ ] M362408 ) MCI Connects Cray to IPv6 Next-Gen Network..................4.5K [ ] A568 ) Cray User Group 2005 Conference, Petroglyphs to Petaflops May 16-19, 2005 Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.cug.org/1-conferences/CUG2005/index.html Storage ======================================================================= [ ] M360827 ) German Bank Builds New Storage Infrastructure With IBM......6.0K [ ] M360894 ) U.S. Air Force Selects Asigra For Backup....................5.1K [ ] M362309 ) Brocade, Sun Take Storage Networking to Next Level..........3.8K [ ] M362973 ) IBM and Network Appliance Team to Take on EMC...............3.7K [ ] M363059 ) SysCon Utilizing EtherDrive Storage Blades..................4.1K [ ] A571 ) CCGrid 2005: Cluster Computing and Grid http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/ccgrid2005/ Cardiff, UK (May 9-12, 2005) (Registration now Open) General Interest ============================================================== [ ] M362387 ) NASA Awards $49.4M for Supercomputing Research..............2.1K [ ] M362322 ) CTC Series Discusses Seamless HPC for New Users.............4.3K [ ] M362391 ) Deadline Nears for Diversity Conference Proposals...........5.8K [ ] M362383 ) NCSA to Host Computational Chemistry Workshop...............2.8K [ ] M362312 ) CACI Awarded $27M Contract With U.S. Army...................3.9K [ ] M362314 ) U.S. Air Force, Sun to Open Java Center of Excellence.......4.8K [ ] M362338 ) OSC Announces Deadlines for Summer Programs.................2.9K [ ] M362398 ) Multimax Wins $4M Air Force NETCENTS Task Order.............3.3K [ ] M362399 ) Research and Markets to Survey Some 600 Life Scientists.....4.6K [ ] M363055 ) DEISA Consortium to Host HPC Symposium......................1.8K SHORT TAKES =================================================================== Product Watch: [ ] M362295 ) Xilinx Ships Virtex-4 LX200.................................4.1K Alcatel Intros Ethernet Switches Array Networks Announces GSLB-enabled ArrayOS Financial Update: [ ] M360828 ) Cray Files Report on Form 10-K..............................5.8K SGI Announces Prelim Results Dell Reaffirms Guidance for First Qtr Revenue -- more -- Corporate Liaisons: [ ] M362302 ) Emic Joins ObjectWeb Consortium.............................4.4K NEC, Sun Expand Strategic Alliance AMD Forges Strategic Relationship With GTSI -- more -- People and Positions: [ ] M360829 ) Stephenie McLean to Lead TACC EOT Programs..................7.7K Carlos Ghosn Resigns from IBM Board PNNL Names New Leaders -- more -- JOB BANK ====================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] FL356 ) ClearSpeed, Cray, D.E. Shaw Group, NASA, NSF, LSU, OSC, TACC, SBE, UCSD [ ] XJOBRATES ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations..........................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A368 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 04.08.05).............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/ [ ] A604 ) Western Grid Summit 2005 April 19-20, 2005 Banff, Alberta http://www.westgrid.ca/gridsummit.html [ ] A558 ) Networld + Interop 2005 May 1 - 6, 2005 Las Vegas, NV http://www.interop.com/ [ ] A592 ) Forbes Seminar: The Business of Grid Computing May 5, 2005 The Harvard Club of New York, NY www.forbesconferences.com [ ] A593 ) Forbes Seminar: The Business of Grid Computing May 11, 2005 The City Club of San Francisco, CA www.forbesconferences.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/ [ ] A565 ) Security '05 14th USENIX Security Symposium August 1-5, 2005 Baltimore, Maryland http://www.usenix.org/events/sec05/ ______________________________________________________________________ Full background information on all leading HPC solution providers [ ] A517 ) Data Direct [ ] A330 ) Atipa [ ] A345 ) Myricom [ ] A373 ) Dell [ ] A346 ) Quadrics [ ] A339 ) SGI [ ] A341 ) NEC [ ] A351 ) APPRO [ ] A470 ) HP [ ] A342 ) Sun [ ] A335 ) IBM [ ] A472 ) Aspen [ ] A518 ) Cray [ ] A337 ) Linux Networx [ ] A332 ) Etnus/TotalView [ ] A331 ) Intel [ ] A338 ) PathScale [ ] A343 ) Portland Group [ ] A471 ) Voltaire For sponsorship information contact: advertise@hpcwire.com ______________________________________________________________________ *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] M360316 ) Taming the Wild Cluster.....................................22.6K [ ] M359111 ) HPCC Brings 'Supercomputing to the Masses'..................8.6K [ ] M360295 ) Designing Science-Friendly Supercomputers...................6.9K [ ] M360257 ) SGI Altix Soars in HPC Challenge Benchmark Tests............5.9K [ ] M360270 ) Linux Networx Awarded Patent, Appts Copeland to Global Sales 6.0K Send info requests (X-marked copy of this message) to hpcmore@news.hpcwire.com -------------------- * -------------------- Copyright 1993-2005 HPCwire. 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