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 *** September 20, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 37 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 363 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73295 ) SGI Shatters World Performance Record... ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 103503 ) FEATURES: CYBERSECURITY PLAN AVOIDS CALL FOR NEW RULES | | [ ] 103510 ) SCIENCE NEWS: SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR | | [ ] 103511 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: SGI TECHNOLOGIES TO POWER MOLECULAR MODELING | | [ ] 103527 ) NEWS BRIEFS: IBM EXTENDS DEAL WITH RED HAT TO OFFER LINUX | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73296 ) HP Rises to Tie for No. 1 Position in Worldwide Server Revenue; Maintains Strong No. 1 Position in Unit Shipments Company No. 1 in Linux, Windows and Mid-range UNIX Market Share FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 103502 ) A MICROSOFT PIONEER LEAVES TO STRIKE OUT ON HIS OWN..........4.3K By Steve Lohr, NY Times Charles Simonyi, a computer scientist who joined Microsoft when it had 40 employees and who helped set its technical strategy for years, is leaving the company to found his own software start-up. [ ] 103503 ) CYBERSECURITY PLAN AVOIDS CALL FOR NEW RULES.................2.9K A White House panel said that the nation should deal with potential threats to computer security by educating users and by letting market forces -- not government mandates -- fix problems. [ ] 103504 ) CORNELL THEORY CENTER TO DEVELOP 16 SERVER CLUSTER...........3.6K The Cornell Theory Center (CTC), Cornell University's high-performance computing and interdisciplinary research center, extendes its expertise in server cluster technology with development of a 16 node Windows based server cluster utilizing InfiniBand architecture. [ ] 103505 ) ECMWF AND UK GEAR UP FOR CLIMATE CHALLENGES.................12.5K By Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants, Ltd. Researchers at the DKRZ event in Hamburg, talked about the requirements placed on HPC centers for earth system modeling, along with debating key challenges of climate forcasting. [ ] 103506 ) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS & SDSC TEAM FOR DIGITAL PRESERVATION.....5.3K SDSC and the Library of Congress are collaborating to evaluate the SRB data grid software for preservation and management of priceless national digital collections. [ ] 73297 ) HP sets new records with Alpha and PA-RISC servers *Makes business users more productive with quicker application response times and performs more work, faster *Enables improving your business operations by obtaining better business data, faster SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 103507 ) DUKE ENGINEERS CREATING "MORE REFINED" GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL..5.5K Frustrated by the limitations of present numerical models that simulate how Earth's climate will be altered by pollution and landscape modification, Duke University engineers are creating a new model incorporating previously-missing regional and local processes. [ ] 103508 ) NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM SOLVES PROBLEMS BY TRICKING COMPUTERS....4.8K A computer technology called "Weaves" allows a programmer to use a code in any programming language that's converted into a similar to object- oriented program. This technology can create a virtual world that tricks software into thinking it is in the real world. [ ] 103509 ) NANO-WELDING CREATES TINY JUNCTIONS..........................2.9K Researchers have discovered how to weld together single-walled carbon nanotubes, pure carbon cylinders with remarkable electronic properties. The discovery could pave the way for controlled fabrication of molecular circuits and nanotube networks. [ ] 103510 ) SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR..............4.4K Over the next decade, forecasts of solar-generated events will become as commonplace as today's thunderstorm predictions, say scientists who are planning the first five years of accelerated space weather research. [ ] 73298 ) Plug in the power of Western Scientific's High-Performance computing solutions, with AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium 4, Xeon, and Apple Xserve technologies. _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73299 ) Free Web Conference Aug 21: Brought To You By Intel, HP, and MSC.Software. MSC.Nastran running on the Design Chain Accelerator. Featuring the latest Itanium-2 Benchmark data. [ ] 73300 ) 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 [ ] 73301 ) Kaohsiung City Government Targets Intel(TM) Architecture For Next-Generation Infrastructure Government and Intel Agree to Technology Collaboration, Including Intel(TM)Itanium(TM)Processor Family-Based Bio-Informatics Grid ______________________________________________________________________ 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 ============================================================== [ ] 103511 ) SGI VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES TO POWER MOLECULAR MODELING...6.4K Discovering effective medicines has just become substantially easier for AstraZeneca, a leading pharmaceutical company, with the purchase of an SGI Reality Center facility for its research and development lab in Sweden. [ ] 103512 ) SUN ENHANCES WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT FOR HIGH-END SERVER LINES...4.5K Sun Microsystems, Inc. introduces Web-based Enterprise Management Dynamic Reconfiguration on its Sun Fire Midframe and high-end 3800-15K servers. [ ] 103513 ) HP INTRODUCES ADAPTIVE STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY.......5.5K HP announced ENSAextended, the next evolution of its widely accepted Enterprise Network Storage Architecture (ENSA). [ ] 103514 ) TOSHIBA AND NEC JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP MAGNETIC CHIP.........3.2K Toshiba and NEC, Japan's two largest chip makers, said that they would jointly develop a new generation of memory chips. [ ] 103515 ) SUN CEO PROMISES CHOICE AND VALUE TO CUSTOMERS...............4.7K Sun Microsystems, Inc. CEO Scott McNealy kicked off Sun's user conference, SunNetwork 2002, repeating the mantra "The Network is the Computer." McNealy proclaimed Sun's unwavering commitment to its long- time corporate vision and focused business strategy. [ ] 103516 ) STRONG GROWTH PROSPECTS FOR THE EVOLVING US LIMS MARKET......3.4K Increasing use of computers in laboratories and stringent regulations imposed on the pharmaceuticals and related industries generate demand for laboratory information management systems (LIMS), as companies seek an effective system of data processing and transfer. [ ] 73302 ) 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 ============================================================ [ ] 103512 ) "Sun Fire servers are future-ready by design." -- Clark Masters, executive vice president, Enterprise Systems Products, Sun Microsystems [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73303 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! WHAT IS OUR GRID? GRID IS HERE; WHERE'S THE WEB? By Henry E. Schaffer, PhD, By Shane Kite, Senior Staff Reporter No Carolina State Univ. Securities Data Publishing GRID COMPUTING OR MODULAR COMPUTING? By Paul Krill, Editor at Large, InfoWorld *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103517 ) Sun Jumps Ahead Of Intel And IBM With New Processor..........5.2K [ ] 103518 ) Intel Makes Experimental Tri-Gate Transistors................2.7K [ ] 103519 ) Sun To Show Plans For Low-Cost Linux PC......................2.8K [ ] 103520 ) SGI Onyx Systems Selected To Power Air Force Trainers........4.1K [ ] 103521 ) NEC To Begin Sampling High-Density Late-Write SRAM...........3.7K [ ] 103522 ) On A Single Chip, Intel Joins Realms Of Analog And Digital...3.2K [ ] 103523 ) SGI Systems Used To Predict Dispersion Of Hazardous Gases....5.7K [ ] 103524 ) Unisys Server Breaks Record With 400% Higher Benchmark.......5.6K [ ] 103525 ) India's BARC Develops Fastest Supercomputer In The Country...1.9K [ ] 103526 ) Samsung Unveils Future Memory Semiconductor Strategy.........3.6K [ ] 73304 ) Microway Announces CW Cluster Series Based on Platform Clusterware... SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103527 ) IBM Extends Deal With Red Hat To Offer Linux.................1.7K [ ] 103528 ) Connectix To Test Virtual Server Application.................8.5K [ ] 103529 ) OmniViz Releases New Document Analysis Software................2K [ ] 103530 ) VMware Releases Workstation 3.2 Desktop Software Product.....4.3K [ ] 103531 ) Xcelerix Embedded In-Memory Database Available On Linux......3.9K [ ] 103532 ) InforMax Announces Vector NTI Advance Suite..................4.4K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 103533 ) Fujitsu Introduces Next-Generation Network Platform..........4.1K [ ] 103534 ) HP Provides Network Flexibility With ProLiant Servers........6.8K [ ] 103535 ) SGI Delivers ROI To Broadcast And Broadband Industries......13.9K [ ] 103536 ) InfiniCon Announces Next-Generation Networking System.......12.3K [ ] 73305 ) Fujitsu Launches PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 Supercomputer Massively Parallel Scalar System Boasts Record Performance, Scalability STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 103537 ) IBM Brings Supercomputing, Storage Accessing To Hollywood....4.8K [ ] 103538 ) XIOtech, Nishan Systems Offer New SAN/WAN Solution...........5.3K [ ] 103539 ) XIOtech Offers Seagate's Cheetah Disc Drives.................4.1K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 103540 ) SGI/DBI Executive Summit Announcement........................1.5K [ ] 103541 ) IBM To Provide Technology Services To The EPA................2.4K [ ] 103542 ) NRC Report Touts Government Investments In IT Research.......2.3K [ ] 103543 ) IDG Publishes Life Sciences IT Buyer's Guide.................4.6K [ ] 103544 ) Student Volunteers A Key To Success For SC2002...............3.1K [ ] 103545 ) JMR Supplies Raytheon With National Security Technology......4.1K [ ] 103546 ) Mercury Receives Orders From AMS Radar Systems...............2.1K [ ] 103547 ) ISCOPE 2002 Conference Announcement..........................1.9K [ ] 103548 ) State Of Wisconsin To Purchase More QuickLogic Stock.........3.1K [ ] 73306 ) The Linux NetworX Evolocity cluster, when delivered to LLNL, will be the fastest Linux cluster machine ever built. It is expected to be one of the five fastest supercomputers in the world... SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 103549 ) Product Watch: Fujitsu Introduces New Optical Drive.........36.7K InforMax Launches Tool For Gene Analysis. Lucent Showcases New Service Architecture. [ ] 103550 ) Financial Update: HP Sees Higher Server Revenues............12.4K Lucent Sees Sales Decline, More Job Cuts. TriCN Closes $4.5 Million In Funding. [ ] 103551 ) Corporate Liaisons: Three Companies License QBM Technology...7.6K [ ] 103552 ) People and Positions: Microsoft Names New Senior Strategist.10.3K Platform Appoints Operations Leader. Imation Names Two Vice Presidents. JOB BANK ============================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities (* Recently Listed) * Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) (Director, Computational Sciences & Mathematics) Mississippi State University (Associate Research Professor, Visualization, Analysis & Imaging) University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (Computational Genomics Consultant) Maui High Performance Computing Center (Lead Network Engineer) Ohio Supercomputer Center (Executive Director) [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..................................1.22K [ ] 73307 ) 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 09.18.02)..............10K [ ] 73308 ) The Third LCI International Conference on Linux Clusters The HPC Revolution 2002 October 23-25, 2002 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [ ] 73309 ) 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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