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HPCwire's "72 HOURS IN THE NEWS"... ...HPC News Every Minute of Every Day! \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** May 17, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 19 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 282 Pages of Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article retrieval instructions at end of this file more@hpcwire.tgc.com For subscription information, email sub@hpcwire.tgc.com For a free 4-week trial subscription, e-mail trial@hpcwire.tgc.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73053 ) Sun Cluster Grid Solutions for Education and Research 34 Gigaflops, Sun(tm), SPARC(r), Solaris(tm): The end of Beowulf nightmares! Sun offers two affordable turnkey Cluster Grid solutions with the reliability and ease of administration you expect from Sun, the #1 UNIX vendor. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 102725 ) FEATURES: SUN SAYS IT TURNED THE CORNER IN ASIA | | [ ] 102729 ) SCIENCE NEWS: DYNAMIC DNA THAT OPERATE AS REPAIR SYSTEMS | | [ ] 102732 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: DATADIRECT DISCUSSES THE FUTURE OF SANS | | [ ] 102742 ) NEWS BRIEFS: PLATFORM PROVIDES WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT SOLUTION | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73054 ) The New HP is The Market Leader in HPTC HP's HPTC Strengths Compaq's HPTC Strengths *high capacity servers and workstations *large capability systems *mechanical engineering *national laboratories *government defense *scientific research *electronic design simulation *life sciences *modeling *materials science The New HP *43% market share *The Best Technologies from HP and Compaq *Full-Range Product Set, From Desktops Through Multi-Teraflop Capability Systems FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 102724 ) IDC REPORTS LATEST SUPERCOMPUTER RANKINGS....................4.9K IDC reported the newest rankings of supercomputer performance based on its comprehensive standard test, called the IDC Balanced Rating. [ ] 102725 ) SUN SAYS IT TURNED THE CORNER IN ASIA........................3.7K Sun Microsystems, which has been fighting for months to grab a larger share of shrinking spending on information technology, says it has finally turned the corner in Asia. [ ] 102726 ) WEARABLE COMPUTERS ENHANCE THE WORLD.........................5.9K Columbia University graduate assistant Tobias Hollerer gets an augmented look at reality with a new system that combines computing and GPS navigation. [ ] 73055 )GREAT NEWS FOR TRUE64 UNIX AND OpenVMS AlphaServer CUSTOMERS! Our committment to you.... SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 102727 ) UNITED DEVICES SUPPORT OPEN GRID SERVICES ARCHITECTURE.......2.4K United Devices announced support for the new Open Grid Services Architecture standards specification effort. [ ] 102728 ) NCAR TO BUILD SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEXT-GENERATION......4K Scientists and engineers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research are leaders in a national collaboration to build a software framework that will take computer modeling of the Earth's weather and climate to the next level. [ ] 102729 ) DYNAMIC DNA THAT OPERATE AS REPAIR SYSTEMS...................7.2K Deep in the heart of every living cell the DNA police are out in force. One squad, known as the nucleotide excision repair system, is so indispensable that no cell, whether from a bacterium or a blue whale, can go on for long without them. [ ] 102730 ) MATHEMATICAL MODEL HELPS ASSESS THE SPREAD OF ANTHRAX........7.8K A mathematician at Vanderbilt and an expert in infectious diseases at the New York University School of Medicine have teamed up to produce a mathematical model of how anthrax can be spread through the mail. [ ] 73056 ) Introducing the Sun Fire 12k Server The Ideal Platform for Large-Scale High Performance Computing _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73057 ) The Portland Group Announces an Alliance With Linux NetworX to Offer Integrated Cluster Development Software. [ ] 73058 ) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Uses Linux NetworX Cluster to Aid in Drug Discovery Linux Cluster Helps Pharmaceutical Company Improve Efficiency and Save Time [ ] 73059 ) The Ohio Supercomputer Center at The Ohio State University is accepting applications for the position of Director, Enabling Technologies at ASC. [ ] 73060 ) What Scalable Storage Networking Solution Easily Handles Multi-Teraflop Environments? Find out what Sandia National Laboratory Knows... Storage Networking Appliances from DataDirect Networks. [ ] 73061 ) IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY-The Center for Physical and Computational Mathematics and the Applied Mathematical Sciences Program is seeking a Systems Support Specialist [ ] 73062 ) The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is Currently Seeking Energetic and Innovative Professionals to Fill the Positions of Executive Director and Program Director. [ ] 73063 ) The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is Currently Seeking Energetic and Innovative Professionals to Fill the Positions of Grid Developer and Deployment Group Leader. [ ] 73064 ) AVAKI Announces Three Customers to Accelerate Drug Discovery Using Comprehensive Grid Software Product AVAKI 2.1 is the First Commercially-available Software Product to Combine the Power of Compute Grids and Data Grids ______________________________________________________________________ Reed Presents Distinguished Lecture NCSA and Alliance Director Dan Reed was the speaker at a National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecture on April 10. The lecture, which addressed the emerging infrastructure for computational science that promises to transform the way scientists and engineers conduct research, is archived on the NSF website at http://www.cise.nsf.gov/lecture_2002_04_10.htm . The lecture series is sponsored by the NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering (CISE). INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS Offering Technology Solutions for Industry. ============================================================================== Centers Actively Seeking Partners [ ] 95000 ) Pacific Northwest National Lab [ ] 95005 ) Indiana University [ ] 95002 ) Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center [ ] 95003 ) Ohio Supercomputer Center [ ] 95004 ) San Diego Supercomputer Center COMMERCIAL NEWS ============================================================== [ ] 102731 ) SUN TARGETS $1 BILLION MAINFRAME MARKET OPPORTUNITY..........3.9K Building on its successful replacement program for IBM's abandoned NUMA-Q users, Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s Project "Blue Away" is now targeting IBM's midrange capacity mainframe customers. [ ] 102732 ) DATADIRECT NETWORKS' VP DISCUSSES THE FUTURE OF SANS.........4.3K DataDirect Networks discussed real-world uses of storage network appliances and benefits they can bring to small and midsized business in a panel at the SAN West 2002 conference. [ ] 102733 ) IBM REPORTEDLY PLANS LAYOFFS.................................3.8K In what would be its largest reduction in nearly a decade, IBM reportedly will soon lay off as many as 8,000 workers. [ ] 102734 ) NEW CELERONS BUILT LIKE PENTIUM 4S...........................4.4K Intel's first Celeron chips based on the architecture behind the Pentium 4 will come out next week, a move that will allow the company to cover the entire PC market with the same chip design. [ ] 102735 ) IBM WORKERS FEAR THE AXE.....................................2.3K Workers at International Business Machines Corp. are bracing for layoffs that could affect thousands of workers, according to a representative of an IBM employees union. [ ] 73065 ) Intel(TM) Business Computing: Case Study BriefHigh Performance Computing Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) Architecture: Ensuring Smooth Sailing for Fluid Turbulence Research QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 102730 ) "If, God forbid, there were another outbreak and cases started turning up in different localities, the model could be used to work backwards to identify the groups of people who need to receive antibiotics or vaccine." -- Martin J. Blaser, Frederick H. King Prof. of Internal Medicine, chair department of medicine, & prof. of microbiology, NYU School of Medicine. [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73066 ) Black Hawk Down Visual Effects Company Selects BlueArc Mill Film chooses BlueArc as the only storage system that performs and scales to meet demanding business requirements *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 102736 ) Sun And i2 Tests Demonstrate Server Scalability..............2.8K [ ] 102737 ) Server Bug Could Allow Attackers To Take Control.............2.1K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 102738 ) US Defense Dept. And HPC User Forum Fund Modeling Tools......1.3K [ ] 102739 ) Microsoft, Citrix Keep Code Deal Alive.......................1.9K [ ] 102740 ) Oki Semiconductor Selects @HDL Software For ASIC Designs.....2.8K [ ] 102741 ) VMware Improves Server Software................................3K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 102742 ) Platform Computing Provides Workload Management Solution.....2.2K [ ] 102743 ) Quest Delivers Backbone Services To Defense Dept. Network....4.3K [ ] 102744 ) NetTest Announces Landmark Partnership Agreement With ICT....2.1K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 102745 ) Fujitsu Unveils Global ETERNUS For Storage Solutions.........3.5K [ ] 102746 ) McDATA Releases 2Gb/s Storage Networking Products............2.8K [ ] 102747 ) Brocade, Nortel Team On Optical Storage......................2.4K [ ] 102748 ) U.S. Energy Dept. Laboratory To Use MTI Storage Solutions....3.4K [ ] 102749 ) Computer Associates Says U.S. Is Seeking Data On Accounting..2.6K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 102750 ) Sun's Ed Zander Joins Netezza Board..........................3.3K [ ] 102751 ) SC2002 Conference To Host Student Days.......................2.7K [ ] 102752 ) Delta Search Labs Speed up Lockheed Martin's Tech. Roadmap...4.2K [ ] 102753 ) New Partnerships Set To Reshape NASA Science Modeling..........5K [ ] 102754 ) ESMF Announces First Open Community Meeting..................2.7K [ ] 102755 ) OMG Announces Integrate 2002...................................3K SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 102756 ) Product Watch: Dell Announces PowerEdge Server Availability...16K ESI Group Announces New Composite Solutions. VMware Announces New ESX Server. [ ] 102757 ) Financial Update: Ants Software's Class Action Dismissed.....2.4K [ ] 102758 ) Corporate Liaisons: TeraCross and Mindspeed Collaborate......2.9K [ ] 102759 ) People and Positions: National Science Board Elects Leaders..7.4K Mathematician Receives NSF Grant. Bell Microproducts Get Solutions Pres. [ ] 73067 ) The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is seeking a Senior Scientist II - Computational Sciences JOB BANK ============================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities (* New Listing) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)(Kernel Programmers) Los Alamos Nation Laboratory (Computer and Computational Sciences (CCS)-1 Group Leader) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)(Director of center for Applied Scientific Computing) California Institute of Technology-CACR (Manager, Computing Resources) University of California (HPC Consultant) University of Minnesota(Computational Biology Consultant) University of Minnesota (Data Mining) [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..................................1.22K [ ] 73068 ) Test and run your benchmarks on an Aspen Systems Alpha or Pentium, Linux or UNIX system. 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