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 *** October 11, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 40 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 317 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73340 ) SGI Enables Groundbreaking Biomedical Research at National Cancer Institute (NCI) Supercomputing Center ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 103661 ) FEATURES: REPORT CALLS FOR SHARING DATA TO PREVENT TERROR | | [ ] 103664 ) SCIENCE NEWS: CRAY SC USES DYNACELL TOOL FOR LIBRARY | | [ ] 103672 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: MICROSOFT FACES 64-BIT CHALLENGE | | [ ] 103685 ) NEWS BRIEFS: SUN TO UNBUNDLE SOLARIS 9 FOR X86 | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73341 ) HP Wins Euro60 Million Comprehensive Outsourcing Contract with The CAT Group Deal with European Automotive Logistics Company to Reduce Costs by up to 30 Percent Over 5 Years FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 103661 ) REPORT CALLS FOR PLAN OF SHARING DATA TO PREVENT TERROR......6.3K By Judith Miller For The NY Times A report by some leading IT and national security experts recommends that the Bush administration develop a system to share intelligence gathered in the U.S. and abroad while developing abuse protection. [ ] 103662 ) NEW IMPROVED INTERNET.......................................10.5K By Edward B. Driscoll, Jr. If the folks at Internet2 have their way, the current Internet will gradually be replaced by a computer network that's faster, sleeker, stronger, able to leap over tall HDTV broadcasts in a single bandwidth. [ ] 103663 ) CAN RANDY TERBUSH DO IT AGAIN?.................................7K Mr. Terbush, one of the original founders of the influential Apache Web server project, is trying once again to start a company to help businesses get the most from improvements in the open-source software. [ ] 73342 ) HP Installs $22 Million Supercomputer at Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in U.K. System to Double WTSI's Computer Power to Expand Genomic Research; Deal Continues HP's Success in High Performance Computing SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 103664 ) CRAY MTA SUPERCOMPUTER USES DYNACELL TOOL FOR LIBRARY........5.2K For the past four years, MTA design engineers have been using DynaCell -- a software product from Circuit Semantics -- to characterize their standard cell library for the circuitry on the MTA-2 system board. [ ] 103665 ) PLASTIC ELECTRONS SPIN FOR MEMORY..............................3K Ohio State University researchers have made nearly all the moving electrons inside a sample of plastic spin in the same direction -- an effect called spin polarisation that could yield plastic memories. [ ] 103666 ) BILLIONS OF BLINKS FROM A LASER TO KEEP COMPUTERS IN TIME....7.2K By Ian Austen For The NY Times A laser scientist has developed a small clock that potentially could rival the accuracy of atomic timepieces. [ ] 103667 ) UD RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW COMPUTER INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY.....6.2K University of Delaware researchers have developed a revolutionary computer interface technology that promises to put the bite on the traditional mouse and mechanical keyboard. [ ] 103668 ) NEW TECHNIQUE TRANSMITS DATA AT 2.8 GIGABITS PER SECOND......2.5K A test conducted by two Chicago computer scientists to push trans- Atlantic high-speed data transmission has resulted in a new top speed of 2.8 gigabits (billion bits) per second. [ ] 103669 ) OBJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP MEETS IN HELSINKI, FINLAND...........7.1K Members of the Object Management Group met in Helsinki, at a meeting co-sponsored by Nokia, HM & V Research Ltd. The OMG adopted a new standard allowing servers to upgrade CORBA software without shutting down. [ ] 73343 ) 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... _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73344 ) 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 [ ] 73345 ) 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 ============================================================== [ ] 103670 ) INTEL DEFINITELY IN DESKTOP PC PROCESSOR DRIVERS SEAT........4.5K As the company continues to raise clock speeds and reduce prices, Intel will maintain its overwhelming lead in the desktop PC processor market, reports In-Stat/MDR. [ ] 103671 ) NEC ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENT OF SUPERCOMPUTER SX SERIES.........4.5K NEC Corporation announced the sale of a new large capacity shared memory model, "SX-7." The new supercomputer offers a maximum memory of 256 gigabytes, one of the largest memories used in a single-node system. [ ] 103672 ) MICROSOFT FACES 64-BIT CHALLENGE.............................7.9K Microsoft's first operating system designed for the corporate data center has garnered sparse acceptance since its release last year, but the software is on the verge of a performance upgrade that experts say could put it on the road to corporate recognition. [ ] 103673 ) IBM BUSINESS UNIT WILL FOCUS ON ELECTRONICS COMPANIES........3.4K By Barnaby J. Feder For The NY Times IBM will unviel a business unit that sells design help, production management and other services to electronics companies looking to outsource the creation of advanced electronics for their products. [ ] 103674 ) HP NOT COUNTING ON 2003 TECH RECOVERY, EXEC SAYS.............3.5K Hewlett-Packard Co. is not counting on a pickup in the technology industry next year, although it hopes for improvement in the second half, an executive said in an interview. [ ] 103675 ) MICROPPROCESSOR FORUM: VENDORS TO SHOW FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES...4.4K The inner secrets and performance specifications of unreleased microprocessors for desktop and notebook PCs, servers and wireless handheld devices will be the highlights of the four-day Microprocessor Forum. [ ] 103676 ) GARTNER: SOME SILVER LININGS IN IT CLOUDS....................3.9K A recovery for IT is not in sight. So the only thing to do is get back to basics and deliver what value you can to your organization. That was the message that emerged after the first day of Gartner Inc.'s annual Symposium/ITxpo. [ ] 73346 ) Plug in the power of Western Scientific's High-Performance computing solutions, with AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium 4, Xeon, and Apple Xserve technologies. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 103661 ) "Our study shows that the information and technology that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks already exists. Had such systems been in place, Sept. 11 might have been the nation's most important intelligence coup, instead of a day of national tragedy." -- Philip Zelikow, President, Center for Strategic and International Studies [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73347 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! WHAT'S A GRID ANALYST TO DO? GETTING A GRIP ON GRIDS By Ahmar Abbas, By Paul McNamara, Editor-at-Large Network World REALITY STRIKES THE GRID By Frank Dzubeck, Communications Network Architects *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103677 ) Cray Ships Early Versions Of Cray X1 System..................1.5K [ ] 103678 ) SIS Selects Intel Platforms For Reservoir Simulations........3.8K [ ] 103679 ) Atipa Deploys Fastest Linux-Based Supercomputer................3K [ ] 103680 ) Cray MTA-2 System Accepted By Naval Research Laboratory........3K [ ] 103681 ) Unisys And Cornell Demonstrate Unisys ES7000 Server..........5.5K [ ] 103682 ) IC "Scorr" Technology Chosen As Tech Award Finalist..........3.8K [ ] 73348 ) Fujitsu Launches PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 Supercomputer Massively Parallel Scalar System Boasts Record Performance, Scalability SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 103683 ) New IBM eServer Software Improves Unix Server Utilization....8.7K [ ] 103684 ) Microsoft Debuts Content Management Server 2002 Software.....3.2K [ ] 103685 ) Sun To Unbundle Solaris 9 For X86............................2.3K [ ] 103686 ) Paradigm Delivers Visualization Solutions For Sun Micro......3.1K [ ] 103687 ) Robotic Truck Pushes Boundaries Of Computer Software.........3.7K [ ] 103688 ) India Moving To Linux........................................1.6K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 103689 ) HP Helps Equant Deliver Virtual Private Network Services.....3.4K [ ] 103690 ) Quadrics Delivers Interconnects For Clusters.................4.6K [ ] 103691 ) Microsoft Outlines E-Business Integration Plans..............2.2K [ ] 103692 ) Dune Unveils New Architecture For Networking Devices.........2.3K [ ] 73349 ) Microway Announces CW Cluster Series Based on Platform Clusterware... STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 103693 ) SGI Introduces High Bandwidth TP9500 Storage Array...........8.2K [ ] 103694 ) LSI Logic Storage Systems Deliver Higher Bandwidth...........3.2K [ ] 103695 ) MTI Awarded Major Enterprise Storage Project.................3.3K [ ] 103696 ) Aprilis Unveils First Viable Holographic Storage Media.........3K [ ] 103697 ) Alacritech, SANRAD Announce Scalable Storage Solutions.......5.4K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 103698 ) OMG Hosts Web Services For The Integrated Enterprise.........4.2K [ ] 103699 ) Bell Pulls Some Patent Applications..........................2.7K [ ] 103700 ) SC2002: Registration Deadline Reminder.......................3.4K [ ] 103701 ) The Computing Power Of Women Come To Canada..................2.5K [ ] 103702 ) Center For Applied Research & Technology Opens Incubator.....3.5K [ ] 73350 ) Appro's high performance platforms offer customers the best in cluster engine design and embody the Appro Engineering philosophy of Power, Scalability and Reliability. SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 103703 ) Product Watch: Intel Announces New PC Chip Sets..............5.8K ATi Hypes Next-Gen Graphics Memory. ObjectAssembler 2.0.4 Is Now Available. [ ] 103704 ) Financial Update: Network Associates Reports A Profit........9.8K Samsung Licenses NexMod Technology. Rambus Results Slide. [ ] 103705 ) Corporate Liaisons: Infineon Pulls Out Of Venture W/ Mosel...3.4K IBM Takes Over EADS Consultancy. Borland Software To Acquire Starbase. [ ] 103706 ) People and Positions: Scale Eight Names New CEO..............7.9K CGI Group Member Quits Board. Veritas CFO Resigns From Citrix. JOB BANK ============================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities (* Recently Listed) [ ] 65279 ) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) (Director, Computational Sciences & Mathematics) [ ] 65278 ) Mississippi State University (Associate Research Professor) [ ] 65276 ) University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (Computational Genomics Consultant) [ ] 65275 ) Maui High Performance Computing Center (Lead Network Engineer) [ ] 65274 ) Ohio Supercomputer Center (Executive Director) [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..................................1.22K [ ] 73351 ) 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 10.09.02)..............10K [ ] 73352 ) The Third LCI International Conference on Linux Clusters The HPC Revolution 2002 October 23-25, 2002 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [ ] 73353 ) HPCwire is proud to be exhibiting at SC2002 From Terabytes to Insights Baltimore, MD November 16-22, 2002 [ ] 73354 ) All New -- STUDENT DAYS SC2002 - High Performance Networking and Computing Education Program November 20-21, 2002 Baltimore Convention Center http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2002/ 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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