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With Intel Platforms, Technologies and Tools. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ [ ] M414962 ) FEATURES: Cray -- '100 Percent Focused on HPC' [ ] M417632 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: Enabling Clusters for HPC and Beyond [ ] M413885 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: HP Eyes Optical Quantum Computing [ ] M416111 ) NEWS BRIEFS: HPTi Advances $80M DOJ Task Order ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] A694 ) HP Updates Unified Cluster Portfolio; Next Generation HP Scalable File Share FEATURES ====================================================================== [ ] M414962 ) Cray: '100 Percent Focused on HPC'.........................19.5K Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants There's no doubt about it: Cray is all about HPC. Here, CTO Steve Scott opens up to Chris Lazou about some recent developments at Cray, and elaborates on the company's plans to lead the HPC market. [ ] M413734 ) Researchers Hope for High-Performance Hearts................7.7K Researchers at LBNL has developed software that simulates the flow of blood through a human heart, and this could lead to 3-D digital models of an individual patient's cardiovascular system and internal organs. [ ] M412003 ) HPC User Forum Lowers Rates, IDC Findings Revealed..........5.2K HPC User Forum officials are advising the the global HPC community to register soon for the next meeting in September. To encourage greater participation, individuals employed in any university-owned facility can attend this special meeting free of charge. [ ] M416109 ) Council on Competitiveness Announces HPC Software Study.....5.3K The Council on Competitiveness announced the completion of the first-ever comprehensive study of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) serving the HPC market. [ ] 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 ============================================================= [ ] M417632 ) Enabling Next Generation Clusters for HPC and Beyond........9.5K HPCwire editor Tim Curns speaks with Appro's CEO Daniel Kim. Their conversation focuses on a variety of topics including high-performance cluster computing and database customers, as well as future computing trends and strategies. [ ] M416794 ) CSP Inc. Announces Sale of Scanalytics, Inc.................2.1K CSP Inc. announced the sale of the assets of its Scanalytics, Inc. subsidiary to Atto Bioscience, Inc. in a cash transaction valued at $453,000. [ ] A681 ) Do More With Dual! Explore the Latest in Dual Core and Dual Graphics Free one-hour webinar July 14, 2005 8am PDT Sponsored by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] A428 ) World's Fastest Supercomputers Running on Intel(TM) Processors [ ] A322 ) More than Flops - Achieve High Productivity Computing from Linux Networx ============================================================================== [ ] A365 ) High-Performance Computing Meets Dual-Core Appro HyperBlade Cluster Solutions VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================== [ ] M413885 ) HP Eyes Optical Quantum Computing...........................5.3K Researchers from HP Laboratories in Bristol, UK have proposed an approach to distributed optical quantum computing with a technique that is highly efficient, flexible and scalable. [ ] M416110 ) CD-adapco Adapts with Cray Systems..........................4.1K CD-adapco, an internationally based software developer and consultancy specializing in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), announced that the company has purchased two additional Cray XD1 supercomputers to help boost productivity in the company's growing consulting business. [ ] M416492 ) NASA Embraces SGI for Return to Flight Initiative...........5.5K With the eyes of scientists and space flight enthusiasts gazing skyward once more, NASA centers are relying on technology from Silicon Graphics to help safely realize the agency's first space shuttle mission in two years. [ ] A430 ) Myricom Unites High-Performance Computing and 10-Gigabit Ethernet QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M417633 ) "It's not a binary, win/lose situation...it's entirely possible for the U.S., or any other global region, to win the market battle with clusters and still fall behind in basic science and industrial competitiveness." -- Steve Scott, CTO Cray, Inc. [ ] XQUOTE ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] A366 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURE STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! Ian Foster on the Impact of 'Service-Oriented Science' It's Alan's Turn to Cry http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** Hardware ====================================================================== [ ] M416770 ) Intel Processor Beefs up Benchmarking Results...............2.7K [ ] M413715 ) Dell Delivers Blade Options.................................3.6K [ ] M412004 ) Cray Powers Space and Missile Defense Command...............2.5K Software ====================================================================== [ ] M414856 ) MPT Tests Bioinformatics Solution...........................4.5K [ ] M412009 ) IBM Identifies with SGI.....................................4.9K [ ] M416124 ) Constant Data Supports Windows Database Servers.............2.7K Networking ==================================================================== [ ] M412012 ) SC Desktop Brings SC|05 to Office...........................4.0K [ ] M414859 ) Juniper to Power AARNet Backbone Network....................4.2K [ ] M412069 ) OSC, OSU Cut Columbus Free-Net..............................5.9K Storage ======================================================================= [ ] M417907 ) BakBone Beckons Federal Sales...............................4.2K [ ] M413744 ) Nexsan, PacketLight Certify for Disaster Recovery ..........2.9K [ ] 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 ============================================================== [ ] M413710 ) PSC Pumps Up Storm Forecasts................................5.9K [ ] M413712 ) CIPA Awards Focus on Innovation.............................3.4K [ ] M416491 ) SDSC to Visualize at SIGGRAPH 2005..........................3.5K [ ] M417543 ) ESMF Community Meeting Shaping Up...........................5.3K [ ] M413762 ) NIH Awards $50M for Protein Research.......................10.8K [ ] M416111 ) HPTi Advances $80M DOJ Task Order...........................2.5K [ ] M413753 ) Introducing the Nanofluidic Transistor......................7.2K SHORT TAKES =================================================================== Product Watch: [ ] M414989 ) Sienabiotech SpA Licenses MetaCore..........................2.0K Financial Update: [ ] M416114 ) SGI Announces Prelim Results for Fourth Qtr.................2.9K Corporate Liaisons: [ ] M412013 ) Microsoft to Pay $775M to IBM...............................3.8K Cray Eyes Japan Market for XD1 Symantec and VERITAS Complete Merger. People and Positions: [ ] M412014 ) Cray Appoints Independent Auditor...........................3.0K Keenan of HPTi Wins Ernst & Young Award. JOB BANK ====================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] FL356 ) Arete Assoc., Cray, D.E. Shaw Group, Linux Networx, LSU OSU, ShaoLin Microsystems, TACC, Utah State University [ ] XJOBRATES ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..........................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A368 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 06.03.05).............7.5K [ ] 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/ [ ] P357M405146 ) Linux Networx User Group Conference September 12-14, 2005 Snowbird, Utah http://www.linuxnetworx.com/ug/ [ ] P357M389465 ) "Data Mining: Levels I, II & III" September 26-30, 2005 San Diego, California http://www.the-modeling-agency.com/dsstar [ ] P357M409987 ) Mark your Calendar for the Upcoming LCI Workshop in France September 27-30, 2005 IBM STC Center, Montpellier, France Registration Deadline: August 26, 2005 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org [ ] 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 [ ] A351 ) APPRO [ ] A330 ) Atipa [ ] A518 ) Cray [ ] A373 ) Dell [ ] A470 ) HP [ ] A335 ) IBM [ ] A331 ) Intel [ ] A337 ) Linux Networx [ ] A345 ) Myricom [ ] A339 ) SGI [ ] A342 ) Sun For sponsorship information contact: promote@hpcwire.com ______________________________________________________________________ *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] M411230 ) Let's Remember: The Noun is 'Science'.......................13.6K [ ] M408522 ) HEC in Ireland: Spawning the 'Celtic Tiger'.................23.3K [ ] M410037 ) ISC2005 - Celebrating 20 Years of HPC.......................18.4K [ ] M408437 ) Addressing Performance Focused Compiler Usage...............9.9K [ ] M410160 ) Penguins Release Supercomputers into the Wild...............3.4K Send info requests (X-marked copy of this message) to hpcmore@news.hpcwire.com -------------------- * -------------------- Copyright 1993-2005 HPCwire. 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