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 27, 2005 Vol. 14, No. 21 *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 _______________________________ [ ] M387293 ) FEATURES: The HPC War Wages On [ ] M387926 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: Cluster to Help Reconstruct 'Tree of Life' [ ] M386302 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: Forget Star Wars -- BlueGene Brightens Galaxy [ ] M387288 ) NEWS BRIEFS: SDSC and Calit2 Open Synthesis Center ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] A529 ) Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Chooses HP Supercomputer to Accelerate Scientific Discovery FEATURES ====================================================================== [ ] M387293 ) The HPC War Wages On........................................6.1K Letters to the Editor Readers offer their opinions on the recent debate raging in HPCwire over the future of high-performance computing in the United States. [ ] M388654 ) Cray Sued for Violating Security Laws.......................5.4K Cray has been hit with a proposed class-action suit filed on behalf of investors. The complaint charges Cray with hiding damaging information about the company's operational and financial problems while Cray's executives sold $4.6 million in Cray shares at inflated prices. [ ] M387339 ) Poland's Minister of Science: HPC Needs Development.........9.7K At the HPC User Forum's fourteenth meeting and fifth international gathering, Michal Kleiber, Poland's Minister of Science and Information Society Technologies, argued for further HPC center developments. [ ] M387935 ) DOE to Include Industry in INCITE 2006 CFP..................3.3K The Department of Energy (DoE) has adopted the Council on Competitiveness' recommendation to open the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program to industry proposals for the first time ever. The change in the INCITE program is a result of recommendations developed by the Council's High Performance Computing Initiative. [ ] 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 - CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================= [ ] M387926 ) Cluster to Help Reconstruct 'Tree of Life'..................5.8K A new supercomputing cluster designed for the phylogenetic research community has been installed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). The cluster will help researchers understand the evolutionary relationships between all living organisms. [ ] M388590 ) Voltaire to Power Institute's HP Cluster....................3.9K Voltaire announced that its InfiniBand-based grid interconnect solutions are part of an HP supercomputer selected by the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) to advance its life sciences computational biology research. [ ] M389396 ) Linux Networx Offers Dual-Core Evolocity Systems............2.7K Linux Networx announced it will offer its Evolocity cluster systems with the option of using Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors. The new processors will provide increased processing capacity in the same amount of space and are ideally suited for multi-threaded and multi-tasking environments. [ ] M388582 ) Raytheon Taps Terrascale for HPC Architecture...............3.0K Terrascale Technologies announced that Raytheon's Intelligence and Information Systems business has selected its TerraGrid product as the I/O platform for its new Toro high-performance computing (HPC) cluster architecture. [ ] 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 ============================================================== [ ] M386302 ) Forget Star Wars -- BlueGene Brightens Galaxy...............6.2K by Tim Curns, Editor Astrophysicists at ASTRON have recorded the brightest and fastest radio blasts ever seen in the sky. Using a protype of a new high-tech radio telescope (LOFAR), along with IBM's BlueGene supercomputer, the researchers showed that the radio flashes are produced in the Earth's atmosphere by the impact of the most energetic particles produced in the cosmos. [ ] M388603 ) Microsoft Unveils Road Map for Oil and Gas Industry.........9.9K Microsoft's worldwide oil and gas industry unit has teamed with dozens of leading industry vendors to unveil a portfolio of Microsoft-based solutions that will create an interconnected IT infrastructure to help oil and gas companies reach peak performance. [ ] M387920 ) Cray Supports U.S. Gov't, Distributes in Europe ............5.8K Cray announced that it has signed an agreement with the U.S. government to continue the development of next-generation supercomputer technologies. In addition, Cray partnered with antauris AG and Synective Labs AB to market its systems in Europe. [ ] M387297 ) NBA Taps SGI for High-Tech Help.............................6.0K Signaling a new age for professional sports, NBA Entertainment announced it has contracted Silicon Graphics to engage as a vendor partner. The group plans to use computing technologies to become a high-tech powerhouse in the world of sports. [ ] A609 ) Innovation Matters June 20-21, 2005 Sun Microsystems High Performance Computing Consortium Europe 2005 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M389401 ) "Fostering innovation is critical to the growth of the U.S. economy, and high-performance computing accelerates the innovation process by shrinking time to insight." -- Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President Council on 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 ====================================================================== [ ] M388577 ) Scottish Alliance to Build FPGA Supercomputer...............6.3K [ ] M389399 ) RIKEN-BNL Dedicates Supercomputer for Research..............4.5K [ ] M386212 ) Bull Announces Eight-Processor Ultra Compact Servers........4.6K [ ] M387337 ) Mercury Provides Multicomputer to Lockheed Martin...........3.4K [ ] M388567 ) AMD Releases 'Pacifica' Specification.......................3.7K Software ====================================================================== [ ] M386211 ) Wolfram Research Announces 'Mathematica Lite'...............3.9K [ ] M389400 ) SGI, ESI Group Improve Auto Simulations.....................4.1K [ ] M388566 ) Chrysler Drives VPD w/ MSC.Software.........................3.3K [ ] M388609 ) Raindrop Announces Advances in Geomagic Studio 8............5.6K [ ] A645 ) IWOMP 2005: First International Workshop on OpenMP June 1-4, 2005 Eugene, Oregon USA Register now! http://www.nic.uoregon.edu/iwomp2005 Networking ==================================================================== [ ] M388597 ) SilverStorm Powers High-Performance Networking Apps.........2.3K [ ] M387930 ) Trueserver Deploys Force10 in 10GbE Core Upgrade............4.1K [ ] M388665 ) Fujitsu Announces 10Gbps Ethernet Switch Chip...............4.6K [ ] M387924 ) Visual Networks Debuts Network-Wide Dashboard...............3.5K [ ] M386228 ) Coraid Enhances Infrastructure for Hungarian Project........4.4K Storage ======================================================================= [ ] M387298 ) IBM, Infineon and Macronix Launch Research Initiative.......3.6K [ ] M388584 ) Constant Data Extends Support for IA64......................2.3K [ ] M388599 ) Brocade Expands SAN Connectivity for Intel Server...........3.3K [ ] M388628 ) Zetera to Package DataPlow Tech w/ Products.................3.6K [ ] 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 General Interest ============================================================== [ ] M387344 ) HPCwire Contributor Awarded Honorary Degree.................3.5K [ ] M386208 ) CTC Leadership Team Members Assume New Roles................6.0K [ ] M387287 ) NCAR Researcher Sheds Light on Solar Storms.................5.3K [ ] M386209 ) SIGGRAPH 2005 Announces Festival Program...................13.0K [ ] M387288 ) SDSC and Calit2 Open Synthesis Center.......................6.3K [ ] M387925 ) Eleven Chosen as NCSA/UIUC Faculty Fellows..................4.8K [ ] M386229 ) Researchers Closer To Nanoscale Photonic Tech...............8.2K [ ] M386287 ) Fakespace Visualization System Opens at ASU.................8.0K [ ] M388598 ) SDSC Enables Sky Survey with Highest Resolution Ever........3.4K [ ] M387286 ) Prudhomme to Lead NCSA's Applied Social Sciences............7.1K SHORT TAKES =================================================================== Product Watch: [ ] M387922 ) Dassault Systemes, IBM Announce V5R15 of PLM Portfolio......6.4K IP Core for FPGA Achieves Greater Densities MPC Computers Intros NetFRAME 1620, 2620 Servers -- more -- Financial Update: [ ] M387301 ) HP Board Declares Regular Dividend..........................2.7K Isilon Secures $20M in Financing. Corporate Liaisons: [ ] M386210 ) GenoLogics, ISB Form Life Sciences Partnership..............3.1K Nortel, IBM Sign Development Center Agreement SGI, VRSim Announce Reseller Agreement. People and Positions: [ ] M387296 ) Cray Taps Brian Henry for CFO...............................4.0K Abhi Talwalkar Named LSI Logic CEO Bush Nominates Jeffrey as NIST Director. 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 Guidelines..........................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A368 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 05.13.05).............7.5K [ ] P357M382451 ) LCI Workshop at OSCER June 21-24, 2005 Norman, OK REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 20, 2005 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/ [ ] P357M382452 ) OMG's Sixth Annual Workshop on Distributed Object Computing for Real-time and Embedded Systems July 11-14, 2005 Washington, DC Presentations, panels & discussions http://www.omg.org/hpc-rte/ [ ] P357M320047 ) Commodity Cluster Symposium On the Use of Commodity Clusters for Large-Scale Scientific Applications July 26-28, 2005 Greenbelt, Maryland CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND ABSTRACTS http://www.arl.hpc.mil/Clusters2005 [ ] P357M382453 ) Security '05 14th USENIX Security Symposium August 1-5, 2005 Baltimore, Maryland http://www.usenix.org/events/sec05/ [ ] P357M389465 ) **"Data Mining: Levels I, II & III" September 26-30, 2005 San Diego, California [ ] P357M382454 ) SC|05 - Gateway to Discovery November 12-18, 2005 Seattle, Washington 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 [ ] A341 ) NEC [ ] A351 ) APPRO [ ] A470 ) HP [ ] A342 ) Sun [ ] A335 ) IBM [ ] A339 ) SGI [ ] A518 ) Cray [ ] A337 ) Linux Networx [ ] A332 ) Etnus/TotalView [ ] A373 ) Dell [ ] A346 ) Quadrics [ ] A338 ) PathScale [ ] A331 ) Intel [ ] A330 ) Atipa [ ] A345 ) Myricom [ ] A343 ) Portland Group For sponsorship information contact: promote@hpcwire.com ______________________________________________________________________ *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] M382456 ) 'Sound the Alarm' -- Congress Gets Candid...................6.8K [ ] M385631 ) The HPC War: Seeking Common Ground..........................6.7K [ ] M384760 ) Giving Innovation a Boost...................................12.8K [ ] M384203 ) NEWS FLASH: Tony Hey Joins Microsoft........................4.2K [ ] M384186 ) NASA Awards $50M for Supercomputing Support.................1.9K Send info requests (X-marked copy of this message) to hpcmore@news.hpcwire.com -------------------- * -------------------- Copyright 1993-2005 HPCwire. 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