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 15, 2005 Vol. 14, No. 15 *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 _______________________________ [ ] M367542 ) FEATURES: A Perfect Storm For Supercomputing [ ] M365456 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: Dell, UT Benchmark Cluster Performance [ ] M365352 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: Scientists Probe Space With SGI Tech [ ] M364528 ) NEWS BRIEFS: SC|05 Extends Deadline for Papers, Proposals ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] 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 ====================================================================== [ ] M367542 ) A Perfect Storm For Supercomputing.........................23.7K Commentary from the High-End Crusader The High-End Crusader takes a brief look at several recent disappointing events related to federal funding of research and development in high-end computing. Is supercomputing now in such deep trouble that both the computing-research community and the high-end user community (indeed, the entire high-performance computing community) need to join forces and work together to bring a unified protest before Congress? Still, how much consensus can we achieve about what to ask Congress for? [ ] M365394 ) Cray's Ungaro: We Want a Bigger Piece of the Pie...........11.8K On March 11, HPCwire reported on the appointment of Peter Ungaro as the new president of Cray, but the news may have been overshadowed by Cray's release of its newest supercomputer upgrade, the Cray X1E. HPCwire editor Tim Curns recently spoke with Ungaro and Cray Chairman and CEO Jim Rottsolk to further explore this major leadership change. [ ] M366064 ) Letter to the Editor: Benchmarking Buzz....................11.4K Readers weigh in on an article by Dr. Bob Panoff last week in HPCwire. Dr. Panoff responds to the comments as well. [ ] M365455 ) Council on Competitiveness Announces HPC Users Conference...3.6K The Council on Competitiveness announced the Second Annual High Performance Computing (HPC) Users Conference: Accelerating Innovation for Prosperity to be held in Washington, D.C. on July 13, 2005. The conference will feature leading executives from business, academia and the national laboratories. [ ] M367529 ) HPC User Forum Focuses on CFD at Sundance Meeting..........18.4K The HPC User Forum focused on achievements, issues and trends in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) at its semi-annual meeting this week in Sundance. The group also discussed programming languages, performance modeling and benchmarking. [ ] A529 ) HP Offers Researchers a Bold New Choice with 11.8-teraflop Supercomputer CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================= [ ] M365456 ) Dell, U of Texas Benchmark Cluster Performance..............3.7K Dell and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin have teamed to benchmark high-performance computing (HPC) applications on standards-based computer hardware. The organizations' goal is to develop a better understanding of the performance and to enhance the scalability of applications run on these cost-effective supercomputers. [ ] M366063 ) 'Linux Enterprise Cluster' Book Provides Insight............4.4K Nothing demonstrates our dependence on technology more than when a server goes down and office productivity comes to a screeching halt. Author Karl Kopper's real-world response to this scenario is outlined in "The Linux Enterprise Cluster." [ ] M366015 ) ASPEED Software Ships ACCELLERANT 3.1.......................4.7K ASPEED Software Corporation announced the availability of ACCELLERANT 3.1, the first solution to quickly enable high-performance computing single thread and multi-thread applications to leverage the benefits of grid and cluster environments. [ ] 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 ============================================================== [ ] M365352 ) Scientists Probe Space With SGI Tech........................9.2K Throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, the world's leading laboratories are working to find answers to some of the most fundamental questions in science. To fuel their efforts, they have turned to SGI for computation, visualization and storage solutions. [ ] M366778 ) National Geographic, IBM Launch Landmark Gene Project.......7.2K The National Geographic Society and IBM today launched a groundbreaking research initiative that will trace the migratory history of the human species. [ ] M365383 ) Dell Brings Dual-Core Tech to the Workstation...............5.3K Dell announced that its workstation and consumer desktop lines will be among the first to include the enhanced performance enabled by Intel's new dual-core processor technology. [ ] M366022 ) Sun Brings High-End Storage to Mid-Tier Enterprise..........7.1K Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced a comprehensive set of enhancements to the Sun StorEdge 6920 system that deliver high-end features and functionality -- such as heterogeneous virtualization -- at mid-tier prices. [ ] A466 ) The Most Compact High-Performance Blade Servers Nexcom NexBlade 4U Servers NEXCOM Building The Digital Infrastructure QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M367607 ) "In a world where many nations have embraced market economies and can compete on traditional cost and quality terms, it is innovation--the ability to create new value--that will confer a competitive advantage for the United States." -- Deborah L. Wince-Smith President, Council of Competitiveness [ ] XQUOTE ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] A366 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURE 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 ====================================================================== [ ] M367531 ) NCAR Selects IBM Supercomputer..............................2.9K [ ] M365450 ) Material Structure Produces World's Fastest Transistor......3.0K [ ] M367530 ) Cooling Device Will Have Military, Computer Uses............9.7K [ ] M367550 ) Engineer Sows Seeds for Faster, Cheaper Nanotubes...........5.5K [ ] M365375 ) RT-LAB, InfiniBand Drive Automotive HIL Systems.............3.7K [ ] A609 ) Innovation Matters June 20-21, 2005 Sun Microsystems High Performance Computing Consortium - Europe 2005 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc Software ====================================================================== [ ] M365457 ) LANL, Eclipse Intro Parallel Tools Platform Project.........5.2K [ ] M366014 ) Apple Announces Mac OS X Server 'Tiger'.....................6.0K [ ] M366116 ) SDSC's NEESit Introduces NEEScentral 1.0....................2.4K [ ] M366738 ) Euro Auto Manufacturers Broaden Agreement with MSC.Software.2.5K [ ] M365381 ) VMware Unveils Desktop Virtualization Software..............8.7K [ ] M366126 ) Fluent Showcases FLUENT 6.2 for Auto at SAE.................3.6K [ ] M366725 ) Mercury Announces Visualization Software for Mac OS X.......3.1K [ ] M366780 ) Dassault Systemes, IBM PLM Solutions Drive Innovation.......7.5K [ ] 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 ==================================================================== [ ] M365447 ) IEEE USA: Gigabit Networks Should be National Priority......4.2K [ ] M366120 ) ADVA Optical Networking Joins Internet2.....................4.4K [ ] 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 ======================================================================= [ ] M366122 ) Mellanox, Terrascale Up Storage Throughput..................3.0K [ ] M365371 ) Fujitsu, LSI, AMD Team to Drive Storage.....................5.7K [ ] M365378 ) EqualLogic to Support Microsoft SAN Program ................4.9K [ ] M366020 ) Maranti Announces Clustered Network Storage Controller......4.7K [ ] M366051 ) Engenio Enhances SAN Management Capabilities................4.2K [ ] M367536 ) Chelsio's 10 GbE TOE Adapter Certified by FalconStor........3.3K [ ] 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 ============================================================== [ ] M364528 ) SC|05 Extends Deadline for Papers, Proposals................2.5K [ ] M365444 ) LBNL to Host Workshop on DOE ACTS for HPC Apps..............5.6K [ ] M367534 ) LITE Groundbreaking Marks Innovative Collaboration..........6.1K [ ] M366106 ) Optical Computer Made From Frozen Light.....................2.8K [ ] M365449 ) Survey: 'Good Enough' Thinking Contributes to E.U. Caution..5.4K [ ] M364530 ) Deakin Joins VPAC for Advanced Computing Support............2.9K [ ] M365454 ) Apple to Hold SoHo Xserve HPC Event.........................2.2K [ ] M366127 ) NIST and University of Colorado Establish Partnership.......4.0K [ ] M365453 ) Solution Found for Cosmology's Great 'Pancake Mystery'?.....5.2K [ ] M366717 ) Cornell Theory Center Invites Community to Open House.......5.1K [ ] M366735 ) Conference to Explore Emerging Information Technologies.....7.2K [ ] M365377 ) LSI Logic Receives Certification for Aerospace Apps.........4.1K SHORT TAKES =================================================================== Product Watch: [ ] M364461 ) LITHIUM 2.1 Enhances Collaboration Among Chemists...........7.9K Philips, Xilinx Deliver Programmable PCI Express Solution PLX Announces Tools for PCI Express Switches -- more -- Financial Update: [ ] M364463 ) IBM Reports 2005 First-Quarter Results......................8.4K Foundry Networks Announces First Qtr Results Apple Reports Second Quarter Results -- more -- Corporate Liaisons: [ ] M364462 ) US Army Awards Boeing CONECT Contract.......................7.1K NEXCOM Signs Global OEM Agreement With RLX Pacific Title & Art Studio Picks SGI -- more -- People and Positions: [ ] M365370 ) Engenio Names Managing Dir to Global Ops....................4.3K Sandia Labs Undergoes Mgt Changes Horton, Lowndes to Lead ORNL Nanoscience Center 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 04.15.05).............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 [ ] A633 ) May 8-11, 2005 HP-Cast 4/HP's Worldwide HPC User Conference Krakow, Poland http://www.hp-cast.org REGISTER NOW! 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