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 *** June 3, 2005 Vol. 14, No. 22 *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 _______________________________ [ ] M391555 ) FEATURES: Japan -- Poised for a Supercomputing Comeback? [ ] M393015 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: IWILL, PathScale Increase HPC Performance [ ] M393029 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: Sun to Buy StorageTek for $4.1B [ ] M389953 ) NEWS BRIEFS: Solving the Mysteries of Quarks ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] A529 ) Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Chooses HP Supercomputer to Accelerate Scientific Discovery FEATURES ====================================================================== [ ] M391555 ) Japan: Poised for a Supercomputing Comeback?................3.4K by Tim Curns, Editor After losing its supercomputing crown last year to IBM's Blue Gene/L, Japan is now regrouping to capture the coveted title. The country is making plans to build a supercomputer 30 times faster than Big Blue's speediest. [ ] M393115 ) HPC Challenge Competition Announced.........................4.1K The DARPA High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) Program and HPCWire are pleased to announce the first annual HPC Challenge Award Competition. [ ] M389954 ) Worldwide Server Market Hits $12.1 Billion..................7.8K According to IDC, factory revenue in the worldwide server market soared at 5.3% year over year to hit $12.1 billion in the first quarter of 2005, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of positive overall revenue growth. [ ] M393059 ) Protein Dynamics on the Supercomputer Big Screen............7.4K By Dan Krotz, LBNL Communications Now playing at a supercomputer near you: proteins in action. Scientists from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley are using one the world's most powerful computers to simulate how protein molecules move, rotate, and fold as they carry out life's most fundamental tasks. [ ] 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 ============================================================= [ ] M393015 ) IWILL, PathScale Team for Increased Performance.............3.7K IWILL Corporation and PathScale have announced that IWILL's AMD Opteron processor-based system boards are being offered with the PathScale InfiniPath InfiniBand HTX Interconnect to deliver increased low-latency performance for HPC users. [ ] M393036 ) PKI Increases Network Performance with Force10..............4.0K Force10 Networks announced that the Peter Kiewit Institute (PKI) at the University of Nebraska has deployed a combination of the E-Series and S50 in its advanced research networks and clusters to increase performance and reliability. [ ] 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 ============================================================== [ ] M393029 ) Sun to Buy StorageTek for $4.1B.............................5.2K Sun Microsystems Inc. and Storage Technology Corp. have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sun will acquire StorageTek. The deal will create a comprehensive network computing and data management entity that collectively had annual revenue of more than $13 billion in the past four quarters. [ ] M391472 ) NASA Surveys Years of Data with SGI.........................4.1K NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, after adopting new SGI resources, is building an initiative to reanalyze 30 years of Earth weather and climate data captured by satellites. [ ] M392242 ) NASDAQ Confirms Cray in Compliance..........................2.8K Though a class-action lawsuit still looms over Cray, the company's potential NASDAQ delisting problem has now been resolved. The supercomputing heavyweight received a letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department indicating that the company has been cleared to trade under its original trading symbol, "CRAY." [ ] M391465 ) HP Enhances Server Reliability..............................8.1K HP announced major innovations across its enterprise portfolio, including a highly reliable server and unified infrastructure management software. [ ] 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 ============================================================= [ ] M393047 ) "...It's exhilarating to be able to compute in days things which take everybody else months...It's like standing on the shore of a new continent after a long voyage; we've chosen our path of exploration, but we don't know what we're going to find." -- Richard Kenway, Tait Professor of Mathematical Physics University of Edinburgh [ ] 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 ====================================================================== [ ] M393123 ) University of Surrey Acquires NEC SX-6......................4.5K [ ] M393122 ) IBM Announces Server Based on X3 Architecture...............4.9K [ ] M392137 ) Freescale, U of Florida Advance Moore's Law.................3.9K [ ] M391486 ) Tyan, AMD Unleash 8-Way Platform System.....................3.8K Software ====================================================================== [ ] M391556 ) Cancer Institute Licenses MetaCore..........................2.3K [ ] M393037 ) Meyn Speeds Up w/ IBM, Dassault and MSC.Software............4.1K [ ] M391452 ) Emageon Enhances Medical Visualization......................5.1K [ ] M393039 ) SolidWorks 2006 Sets Standard for 3D Design ................3.0K [ ] A645 ) IWOMP 2005: First International Workshop on OpenMP June 1-4, 2005 Eugene, Oregon USA Register now! http://www.nic.uoregon.edu/iwomp2005 Networking ==================================================================== [ ] M393051 ) Research Collaboration Network Launched in Americas.........5.5K [ ] M393049 ) MQX Embedded, Interpeak Enhance Networking Support..........3.3K Storage ======================================================================= [ ] M393068 ) Dot Hill Earns Veritas Certification........................3.1K [ ] M393067 ) Broadcom Offers Entry-Level RAID............................4.3K [ ] M391454 ) Promise Announces SATA RAID 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 ============================================================== [ ] M393116 ) Consortium Performs Largest Simulation of Universe..........6.7K [ ] M389953 ) Solving the Mysteries of Quarks.............................5.4K [ ] M392249 ) U.K. University Opens $9M Supercomputing Facility...........5.8K [ ] M392143 ) Barcelona to Host Power.org Conference......................5.5K [ ] M391467 ) HPC Center Announces NGA Funding............................3.9K [ ] M392238 ) Entrust Secures Canadian HPC Labs...........................4.7K [ ] M389965 ) MIT President Calls For Biotech Collaboration...............4.0K [ ] M391557 ) Adding a Shine to Virtual Museums...........................3.8K [ ] M392135 ) Teradyne, Intel and SEMI to Bolster MA Tech.................4.7K SHORT TAKES =================================================================== Product Watch: [ ] M389964 ) Pogo Linux Announces Dual Core Workstation..................2.7K Phoenix Tech to Support AMD Dual-Core. Financial Update: [ ] M393050 ) Microsoft Research Invests in Future of Computing...........5.0K OnStor Receives $24M in Funding Tundra Releases Financial Results. Corporate Liaisons: [ ] M389955 ) IBM, Merrill Lynch and NetScaler Team Up....................5.5K Velocity Micro Partners with AMD ClearSpeed Joins Owen Media List -- more -- People and Positions: [ ] M389963 ) MSC.Software Names Philip Livingston to Board...............3.9K ORNL's Reeves elected FLC Regional Coordinator United Devices Taps Rob Beauchamp for Business Development 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 05.27.05).............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 [ ] A342 ) Sun [ ] A373 ) Dell [ ] A338 ) PathScale [ ] A341 ) NEC [ ] A351 ) APPRO [ ] A470 ) HP [ ] A335 ) IBM [ ] A339 ) SGI [ ] A518 ) Cray [ ] A337 ) Linux Networx [ ] A332 ) Etnus/TotalView [ ] A331 ) Intel [ ] A345 ) Myricom [ ] A330 ) Atipa [ ] A343 ) Portland Group For sponsorship information contact: promote@hpcwire.com ______________________________________________________________________ *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] M387293 ) The HPC War Wages On........................................6.1K [ ] M388654 ) Cray Sued for Violating Security Laws.......................5.4K [ ] M387339 ) Poland's Minister of Science: HPC Needs Development.........9.7K [ ] M386302 ) Forget Star Wars -- BlueGene Brightens Galaxy...............6.2K [ ] M387926 ) Cluster to Help Reconstruct 'Tree of Life'..................5.8K Send info requests (X-marked copy of this message) to hpcmore@news.hpcwire.com -------------------- * -------------------- Copyright 1993-2005 HPCwire. 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