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 *** May 6, 2005 Vol. 14, No. 18 *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 _______________________________ [ ] M377690 ) FEATURES: Petaflops' Roadblocks -- Sterling Speaks to the HEC [ ] M378400 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: Microway Intros Personal Bio-Cluster [ ] M376116 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: Using HPC to Optimize Design Processes [ ] M378424 ) NEWS BRIEFS: Leaders, Professors Speak at CTC Symposium ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] A503 ) Clusterworx 3.2 Whitepaper Learn how the comprehensive features of Clusterworx help organizations lower the total cost of ownership, increase cluster performance, and provide better return on investment. - Linux Networx - FEATURES ====================================================================== [ ] M377690 ) Petascale Computer Architecture: HEC Interviews Sterling...30.5K by the High-End Crusader The High-End Crusader interviews innovative computer architect Thomas Sterling about many things, including major roadblocks to general-purpose petascale computing. Sterling calls for new architectures, but stresses the need for appropriate components to build systems. So, no commodity processors but -- in some sense -- no conventional DRAM chips either. Our reliance on aggregating commodity sequential processors to build large parallel systems won't get us where we want to go. [ ] M376858 ) The Story of a Phage........................................8.9K by Celeste Kimbrough, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center bioinformatics training has led to the full sequencing of a little understood bacteriophage. [ ] M377614 ) SDSC SRB Manages Data for Scientific Collaborations........13.9K by Paul Tooby, SDSC Science Writer SDSC's Storage Resource Broker Version 3.3.1, or SRB, is able to support reliable performance in large-scale scientific collaborations and can manage software for demanding major projects. [ ] M376087 ) NSF Sites Awarded 34 Million Hours of Supercomputing Time...2.7K Every three months, a committee of computational scientists from across the country reviews requests for, and awards time at, NSF-supported supercomputing centers. At its recent meeting, 34 million hours of computing time were awarded to 90 projects. [ ] A529 ) Qualcomm Reduces CDMA Chip Design and Test Simulation Runtimes with HP Integrity Servers and SUSE Linux CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================= [ ] M378400 ) Microway Intros Navion-HTX Personal Bio-Cluster.............3.7K Microway will be showing its Navion-HTX Personal Bio-Cluster at the BioIT World Conference and Expo in Boston starting May 17, 2005. This breakthrough in personal supercomputing puts a low-latency, high bandwidth computational cluster in the reach of every scientist. [ ] M377591 ) Linux Labs Int'l Unveils Supercomputing Platform............3.1K Linux Labs International, Inc. (LLII) announced a key milestone for security in supercomputing technology with the release of Nimbus 4.0, an out-of-the-box Linux cluster distribution integrated with SELinux, the Security Enhanced Linux platform. [ ] M377621 ) Electric Cloud Releases Software for Build Clusters.........5.5K Electric Cloud announced the release of Electric Cloud 2.2 which improves build throughput and enhances support for centralized build clusters. Electric Cloud accelerates the software development build process by ten to twenty times by transforming inexpensive servers into parallel build clusters. [ ] 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 ============================================================== [ ] M376116 ) Using HPC to Optimize Design Processes......................5.8K Mike Long, Sr. Applications Analyst, Linux Networx Linux Networx recently presented the topic of how the latest in cluster technologies and applications can speed simulation times at the IDC HPC User Forum, as well as a series of events at major aerospace locations. Here, Mike Long, Sr. Applications Analyst, Linux Networx explains the undeniable importance of HPC in aerospace design and manufacturing. [ ] M378411 ) IBM to Cut Thousands of Jobs................................3.1K by Tim Curns, Editor IBM, the world's largest computer maker, announced plans to cut about four percent of its staff -- around 13,000 jobs -- in strategic efforts to raise profits after disappointing earnings last month. [ ] M376088 ) Licensing Partners, OEMs Expand Market for SGI Tech.........6.1K Inspired by the success of the acclaimed standards-based Linux and Itanium supercomputers, storage and visualization products from Silicon Graphics, a growing list of technology providers announced plans to license powerful SGI technologies for deployment around the world. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M378481 ) "High-end computing is the pathfinder for all of future computing methods. Yesterday's supercomputer is indistinguishable in capability from today's PC and whatever will be our private digital alter ego in the years to come." -- Dr. Thomas Sterling, Faculty Associate Center for Advanced Computing Research, California Institute of Technology [ ] 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 ====================================================================== [ ] M378421 ) OSC Leads OpenFPGA Consortium...............................3.4K [ ] A609 ) Innovation Matters June 20-21, 2005 Sun Microsystems High Performance Computing Consortium - Europe 2005 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc Software ====================================================================== [ ] M376089 ) CEI's Viz Software Supports Mac OS X Tiger..................3.3K [ ] M376084 ) Ascential Software Supports Solaris 10......................4.4K [ ] M376085 ) Absoft Announces Fortran Compiler for Mac Tiger OS..........6.0K [ ] M378399 ) Summit Calls for 'National Software Strategy'...............6.3K [ ] M376757 ) ASC Chooses MSC.Software To Improve VPD.....................5.1K [ ] M376194 ) GeneGo Releases MetaCore Version 2.5........................3.4K [ ] M376856 ) Accelrys Announces 2005 Product Launch for Scientists.......5.1K [ ] M377590 ) Valeo, IBM Unite for Automotive Software Development........3.0K [ ] A643 ) Second Annual High Performance Computing Users Conference: Accelerating Innovation for Prosperity July 13, 2005 Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Register Now! www.hpcusersconference.com Networking ==================================================================== [ ] M377595 ) The World Bank Joins Internet2..............................3.4K [ ] M377593 ) iGrid to Push Edge of Networking Frontier..................6.6K [ ] M376758 ) Foundry Networks, Spirent Set New Record....................5.7K [ ] M376759 ) Agere Systems Announces Gigabit Ethernet Advance............7.1K [ ] 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 ======================================================================= [ ] M378486 ) EMC Dantz Rides Tiger Bandwagon.............................2.0K [ ] M378405 ) Emulex Drivers Support Linux 2.6 Kernel, x64 OS.............6.3K [ ] 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 ============================================================== [ ] M378424 ) Leaders, Professors Speak at CTC Symposium..................9.7K [ ] M377689 ) NIH Funds Bio Workbench for Bioinformatics at SDSC..........4.9K [ ] M376860 ) HCL Tech, IIT Delhi Join Hands..............................4.6K [ ] M376090 ) Internet2 Netcasts Highlights of Member Meeting.............2.9K [ ] M378483 ) United Devices Launches HPC Seminar Series..................2.8K [ ] M376086 ) Conference Agenda Announced for NanoBusiness 2005...........3.0K [ ] M376756 ) New Bioinformatics Channel Launched.........................3.1K [ ] M376075 ) USC College Dedicates New Facility..........................8.6K [ ] M378404 ) SIGGRAPH Animation Festival Hits High Notes.................6.7K [ ] M376863 ) Deadlines Extended for Tapia Diversity Conference...........6.2K SHORT TAKES =================================================================== Product Watch: [ ] M376097 ) Actel Slashes Prices for Flash FPGAs........................4.5K SMC Networks Selects Vativ's 10Gb Transceiver DataCore Releases SANmelody 2.0 Corporate Liaisons: [ ] M376102 ) IBM Completes Acquisition Of Ascential Software.............3.4K Sun Teams With Oracle. People and Positions: [ ] M377588 ) Penguin Computing Recruits Sun Veteran......................3.0K Galas Named VP for Life Sciences at Battelle JOB BANK ====================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] FL356 ) ANL, Caltech, ClearSpeed, Cray, D.E. Shaw Group, Intertek, LSU, Mountain View Data, NCAR, RIKEN, TACC, Texas A&M [ ] XJOBRATES ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations..........................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A368 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 04.29.05).............7.5K [ ] A633 ) May 8-11, 2005 HP-Cast 4/HP's Worldwide HPC User Conference Krakow, Poland http://www.hp-cast.org REGISTER NOW! [ ] A593 ) Forbes Seminar: The Business of Grid Computing May 11, 2005 The City Club of San Francisco, CA www.forbesconferences.com [ ] A644 ) Third Annual National Conference for High Performance Computing Technology May 23-25, 2005 Knoxville, TN http://highperformancecomputing.org/events/3nc/ [ ] 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/ [ ] A645 ) IWOMP 2005: First International Workshop on OpenMP June 1-4, 2005 Eugene, Oregon USA Register now! http://www.nic.uoregon.edu/iwomp2005 [ ] 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 [ ] A651 ) OMG's Sixth Annual Workshop on Distributed Object Computing for Real-time and Embedded Systems. July 11-14, 2005 in the Washington, D.C area. Presentations, panels & discussions http://www.omg.org/hpc-rte [ ] 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/ [ ] A647 ) "Data Mining: Levels I, II & III" September 26 - 30, 2005 San Diego, California $200 DISCOUNT FOR DSstar SUBSCRIBERS http://www.the-modeling-agency.com/dsstar [ ] A650 ) SC|05 - Gateway to Discovery November 12-18, 2005 Seattle, Washington, USA Housing Now Open to All Attendees! http://sc05.supercomputing.org/travel ______________________________________________________________________ Full background information on all leading HPC solution providers [ ] A517 ) Data Direct [ ] A639 ) Microway [ ] A339 ) SGI [ ] A341 ) NEC [ ] A351 ) APPRO [ ] A470 ) HP [ ] A342 ) Sun [ ] A335 ) IBM [ ] A518 ) Cray [ ] A337 ) Linux Networx [ ] A332 ) Etnus/TotalView [ ] A373 ) Dell [ ] A346 ) Quadrics [ ] A331 ) Intel [ ] A338 ) PathScale [ ] A345 ) Myricom [ ] A330 ) Atipa [ ] A343 ) Portland Group For sponsorship information contact: advertise@hpcwire.com ______________________________________________________________________ *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] M374548 ) House Passes HPC Bill: But How Much Progress Are We Making?.10.0K [ ] M373999 ) Scaling Up Productivity in Scale-Out Clusters...............22.5K [ ] M372635 ) Orion Makes Desktop Supercomputing a True Reality ..........7.6K [ ] M373934 ) NCSA Allows Faster, Better, Cheaper Engineering.............9.3K [ ] M372702 ) Future Computer: Atoms Packed in 'Egg Carton' of Light?.....6.1K Send info requests (X-marked copy of this message) to hpcmore@news.hpcwire.com -------------------- * -------------------- Copyright 1993-2005 HPCwire. 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