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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. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** July 12, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 27 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 287 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73169 ) HP Announces Portfolio of Itanium 2-based Systems, Solutions and Services New Offerings Deliver Optimal Customer Value with Breakthrough Performance and Price ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 103065 ) FEATURES: MOORE'S LAW WILL CONTINUE TO RULE | | [ ] 103069 ) SCIENCE NEWS: SGI POWERS NEW SUPERCOMPUTING CONSORTIUM | | [ ] 103076 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: INTEL BEGINS SHIPPING ITANIUM 2 PROCESSORS | | [ ] 103087 ) NEWS BRIEFS: MICROSOFT CHANGES TUNE ON LINUX | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73170 ) 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 ===================================================================== [ ] 103064 ) THE DEFINITIVE CLUSTER DISTRIBUTION..........................4.1K HPCwire presents a Q & A about the first commercially released IA64 Linux Distribution: MSC.Linux V 2002. [ ] 103065 ) MOORE'S LAW WILL CONTINUE TO RULE............................3.6K By Michael Kanellos, ZDNet News Moore's Law, which postulates that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years, will slow down a bit but continue to chug along, said Gordon Moore, the law's namesake and an Intel co-founder. [ ] 103066 ) HOMELAND DEFENSE FOCUS SHIFTS TO TECH........................6.9K As Capitol Hill scrutinizes President Bush's proposal for a homeland defense, politicians are fretting about tech-savvy terrorists and insisting any new agency must shield the United States from electronic attacks as well. [ ] 103067 ) LETTER TO THE EDITOR...........................................5K John D. McCalpin, Ph.D. of IBM responds to an article by Christoper Lazou in the July 5 issue of HPCwire, concerning the IBM POWER4-based systems. [ ] 103068 ) JAPAN CHIPMAKERS UNVEIL BLUEPRINT FOR REVIVAL................3.4K Japan's struggling microchip makers unveiled a new joint venture to develop next-generation technology they hope will put them back on the map in the increasingly competitive industry. [ ] 73171 ) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Uses Linux NetworX Cluster to Aid in Drug Discovery Linux Cluster Helps Pharmaceutical Company Improve Efficiency and Save Time SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 103069 ) SGI POWERS NEW COLLEGE CONSORTIUM FOR CHEMICAL COMPUTATION...5.3K A National Science Foundation grant has enabled Hamilton College to buy one 32-processor and one 8-processor SGI Origin 300 server as the foundation for a new supercomputing consortium devoted to computational chemistry. [ ] 103070 ) CRAY AND MCUBE COLLABORATION DEVELOPS UNIQUE SIMULATIONS.....3.5K Cray Inc. and MCube have collaborated to develop unique capabilities to perform aero-acoustics simulations significantly faster. [ ] 103071 ) COMMERCE AWARDS SUPERCOMPUTER CONTRACT TO IBM................4.7K The Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it has awarded a contract to lease a new supercomputer from IBM. [ ] 103072 ) BREAKTHROUGH MADE IN CRYSTALLINE OXIDE FILM TECHNOLOGY.........5K Researchers at Oregon State University have made a significant breakthrough in the technology to produce crystalline oxide films, which play roles in semiconductor chips, flat panel displays and many other electronic products. [ ] 103073 ) PURDUE TO HEAD NASA NANOELECTRONICS INSTITUTE................9.7K Purdue University will lead a new "institute for nanoelectronics and computing," a group of six universities that will work to develop high- performance technologies for NASA. [ ] 103074 ) W3C PRODUCES IMPROVED OPEN WEB SERVICES VOCABULARY.............6K The World Wide Web Consortium has issued Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.2 and WSDL 1.2 Bindings as W3C Public Working Drafts. [ ] 103075 ) REMBRANDT AND THE US NAVY....................................4.2K Scientists funded by the Office of Naval Research have developed computer techniques that can now automate a large part of a formerly laborious process and eliminate the subjectivity of most conservators. [ ] 73172 ) MSC.Software, Hewlett-Packard, and Intel Corporation Have Partnered To Provide A Comprehensive Computing System That Dramatically Reduces Time Spent In The Product Design Process _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73173 ) The Portland Group Announces an Alliance With Linux NetworX to Offer Integrated Cluster Development Software. [ ] 73174 ) Grid Computing, Applications & High End Visualization Sun High Performance Computing Consortium (SHPCC) Conference 19-20 July, 2002 Glasgow, Scotland http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc [ ] 73175 ) What Scalable Storage Networking Solution Easily Handles Multi-Teraflop Environments? Find out what Sandia National Laboratory Knows... Storage Networking Appliances from DataDirect Networks. [ ] 73176 ) 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 ______________________________________________________________________ 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 ============================================================== [ ] 103076 ) INTEL BEGINS SHIPPING ITANIUM 2 PROCESSORS...................7.1K Intel Corporation announced that it has begun initial commercial shipment of Itanium 2 processors and that systems and software based on the new processors are expected to be available beginning this quarter. [ ] 103077 ) HP ANNOUNCES PORTFOLIO OF ITANIUM 2-BASED SYSTEMS............7.2K HP announced the worldwide roll-out of an extensive portfolio of Intel Itanium 2-based systems, integrated solutions and comprehensive services. [ ] 103078 ) NEC RELEASED "TX7" SERIES SERVER WITH INTEL'S LATEST CPU.....4.9K NEC Corporation announced the sales of their latest products, the "TX7/i9000, TX7/i6000" series computer systems. [ ] 103079 ) DIE SIZE WON'T SLOW INTEL DOWN...............................4.7K Despite a significant increase in the company's average die size, considerable investment in new fabs and a ramp-up in 300mm wafer production promise to keep Intel ahead of its competitors. [ ] 73177 ) Appro's high performance platforms offer customers the best in cluster engine design and embody the Appro Engineering philosophy of Power, Scalability and Reliability. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 103071 ) "Science is the key to better forecasting, but computational power is the engine that propels us forward. Advances in supercomputing technology have made it possible for us to obtain additional processing power to make more reliable weather and climate forecasts." -- Jack Kelly, Director of NOAA's National Weather Service [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73178 ) Intel(TM) Business Computing: Case Study BriefHigh Performance Computing Intel(TM) Itanium(TM) Architecture: Ensuring Smooth Sailing for Fluid Turbulence Research *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103080 ) SGI Announces Support For The Intel Itanium 2 Processor......1.7K [ ] 103081 ) AmmoCore Debuts Breakthrough Chip Implementation Solution......7K [ ] 103082 ) Africa Supercomputer Switched On...............................2K [ ] 103083 ) Nvidia To Flex New nForce Chipsets...........................4.8K [ ] 103084 ) Angstrom Announces Densest Rackmount Computing Power.........2.5K [ ] 103085 ) ASPLA To Develop Next-Generation Semiconductor...............4.4K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103086 ) MSC.Software Releases Linux Distribution For Intel Systems...2.7K [ ] 103087 ) Microsoft Changes Tune On Linux..............................2.7K [ ] 103088 ) NAG Announces Latest Release Of The C Library................4.4K [ ] 103089 ) Adacel Selects Quantum3D AAlchemy For USAF TSS Program.......4.3K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 103090 ) StarNet Launches X-Solutions.com Interoperability Site.......3.1K [ ] 73179 ) Register Now For MicroWay's Symposium New Directions In Cluster Technolgies September 18-19, 2002 Plymouth, MA USA STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 103091 ) NCSA Expands Its Legato Solution To Manage Data Growth.......3.1K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 103092 ) Cray Joins Russell 3000 Index................................1.5K [ ] 103093 ) SC2002 Posters Deadline Approaching..........................2.2K [ ] 103094 ) Keynote Lineup At LinuxWorld Conference & Expo...............6.9K [ ] 103095 ) Intel Developer Forum Conference Dates Announced.............5.4K [ ] 103096 ) Cyberattacks May Have Been Inspired From Energy Crisis.......1.1K [ ] 103097 ) HiPC 2002: Call For Participation............................4.6K [ ] 103098 ) New NSF Institutes Strengthen Mathematical Sciences..........3.6K [ ] 103099 ) Mercury Computer Sys Receives Order From Lockheed Martin.....1.8K SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 103100 ) Product Watch: Network Associates Anti-Virus For Linux.......5.6K TeraForce Unveils WingSpan Suite. [ ] 103101 ) Financial Update: Microsoft Reports 4th Quarter Profit......14.6K SGI Q4 Earnings Estimates Revised. Network Associates Net Revenue $233M. [ ] 103102 ) Corporate Liaisons: Compaq Japan Resells Sagent's Software...4.4K MIPS Licenses Processor To Marvell. [ ] 103103 ) People and Positions: FBI Picks New CIO.....................13.4K TrueSpectra VP New ACM SIGGRAPH Pres. Santel Networks Expands Sales Team. JOB BANK ============================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities (* New Listing) * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)(Computer Scientists/Engineers) *Senior Unix Quality Engineer Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)(Kernel Programmers) Los Alamos Nation Laboratory (Computer and Computational Sciences (CCS)-1 Group Leader) [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..................................1.22K [ ] 73180 ) Test and run your benchmarks on an Aspen Systems Alpha or Pentium, Linux or UNIX system. CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 07.10.02)..............10K [ ] 73181 ) SCICOMP 6 August 19-23, 2002, Berkeley, California hosted by National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERS) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [ ] 73182 ) HPCwire is proud to be exhibiting at SC2002 From Terabytes to Insights Baltimore, MD November 16-22, 2002 HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================== [ ] 670 ) Masthead........................................................2.2K [ ] 601 ) Subscriptions & Removals........................................2.6K [ ] 602 ) Submitting Letters & Articles...................................1.6K [ ] 950 ) Index of Back Issues.............................................28K Comments regarding editorial content may be sent to: editor@hpcwire.tgc.com ______________________________________________________________________ | Full background information on all sponsoring companies | | Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days | | | | | | [ ] 533) SRC Computers [ ] 946) Quadrics | | [ ] 532) Veridian / PBS Pro(tm) [ ] 947) Etnus / TotalView | | [ ] 921) SGI [ ] 937) Compaq | | [ ] 530) DataDirect Networks [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard | | [ ] 529) Linux NetworX [ ] 930) NEC | | [ ] 527) Intel [ ] 902) IBM Corp. | | [ ] 948) Cray Inc. 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