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 *** December 6, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 48 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 318 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73500 ) Free History of Supercomputing Poster by IDC and Linux NetworX ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 104039 ) FEATURES: SC2002 CONFERENCE CONCLUDES WITH HIGH HONORS | | [ ] 104047 ) SCIENCE NEWS: QUANTUM COMPUTING EDGES CLOSER | | [ ] 104054 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: MICROSOFT DUE IN COURT TO FIGHT SUN MICRO | | [ ] 104060 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NEW XEONS POWER HP PROLIANT SERVERS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73501 ) InfiniBand Improves MPI Performance Greater Than 2 Times FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 104039 ) SC2002 CONFERENCE CONCLUDES WITH HIGH HONORS...................7K SC2002, the most successful show in the 15-year history of the annual high performance computing and networking conference, concluded with awards recognizing the most outstanding achievements and contributions in the field. [ ] 104040 ) CALTECH AT SC2002 DEMOS CREATIVE THINKING IS "ON TRACK"......5.9K By Mike Bernhardt, The Bernhardt Agency Mike Bernhardt interviews Caltech's Chip Chapman to learn more about the story behind the Caltech booth at SC2002. [ ] 104041 ) PINNACLE PUSHES ON FOR SUPERCOMPUTER.........................4.5K Plans to build Australia's second-fastest Pinnacle Blue IBM supercomputer in Western Australia by the end of next month are proceeding despite the withdrawal of State Government support. [ ] 104042 ) CRAY & NEC - AN UNBELIEVABLE SCI-FI STORY FROM THE PAST......4.6K By Uwe Harms, Harms Supercomputing Consulting Uwe Harms takes a look back at the unusual story behind the "anti- dumping" relationship between Cray and NEC. [ ] 73502 ) Unbeatable Price/Performance NAS Systems - Delivered in Silicon. BlueArc SiliconServers, Starting Below 2 cents/MB Through December. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 104043 ) CAL-(IT)2 AND UCSD TO RECEIVE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY FROM IXIA...6.3K Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will use hardware and software provided by Ixia to analyze the performance of a next-generation optical network. [ ] 104044 ) FRACTALS ADD NEW DIMENSION TO STUDY OF TINY ELECTRONICS......5.5K When it comes to miniature electronics, scientists have seen the shape of things to come -- and that shape is a fractal. [ ] 104045 ) NCSA'S STRATEGIC APPLICATIONS PROGRAM AIMS TO HELP RESEARCH....4K A new program at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) will help scientists find solutions to their toughest computational problems so they are better able to achieve their research objectives. [ ] 104046 ) BIG IRON MOLDS THE FUTURE OF STEEL...........................9.2K By Katherine A. Caponi, NCSA Science Writer The Steel industry is researching ways to minimize problems caused by industrial processing. Today, supercomputing supplements empirical data with numerical modeling of the process. [ ] 104047 ) QUANTUM COMPUTING EDGES CLOSER...............................4.3K Australian researchers announced that they have completed the first element of a device that many believe holds the best hope for quantum information processing, while an Austrian team reported the first truly quantum calculation. [ ] 104048 ) BURN AGAIN TURBINE..........................................10.6K By Michael Schneider, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center A new turbine design could reduce the cost of electricity and provide a flexible power reserve for periods of peak demand. [ ] 104049 ) GOOD THINGS COME IN MINISCULE PACKAGES.......................2.4K An advanced method of data storage was created by a group of Oklahoma scientists. Their experiment successfully reproduced an image that was digitally encoded and briefly stored within a liquid crystal molecule. [ ] 104050 ) COLLABORATION ARCHITECTURE IS THE KEY FOR INTELLIGENCE.......3.2K A new way of exploiting IT for naval operational missions, where intelligent agents respond autonomously to commanders and staffs, could revolutionize joint mission planning and execution. [ ] 104051 ) NEW SOFTWARE CREATES DICTIONARY FOR RETRIEVING IMAGES..........5K Penn State researchers have developed new software technology that responds to written questions by retrieving digital images. This technology could help radiologists compare mammograms along with streamlining museum curators' archiving of artwork. [ ] 73503 ) Simplify: Unisys Self-Managing, Self-Healing Server Systems Learn More About Breakthrough Unisys Server Sentinel Technology _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73504 ) Sun Microsystems Unveils Sun Fire Link Interconnect Technology; Ushers in New Generation of Superclusters [ ] 73505 ) 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. ============================================================================== [ ] 95005 ) Indiana University Research computing news from Indiana University Research in Indiana 2002 at SC2002! http://www.research-indiana.org 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 [ ] 73506 ) Do More with High-Productivity Computing. SGI Again Leads IDC Supercomputing Ranking with Most Systems in Top 25 Across COMMERCIAL NEWS ============================================================== [ ] 104052 ) INTEL COMPILERS PAVE WAY FOR HYPER-THREADING TECHNOLOGY......4.8K Intel Corporation introduced updated tools to help software developers optimize applications for Intel's expanding family of architectures with key innovations such as Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology. [ ] 104053 ) THREE QUADRICS CONNECTIONS IN THE TOP 5 OF THE TOP 500.......3.3K By Uwe Harms, Harms Supercomputing Consulting The Top500 show Quadrics strong in the high-end clusters. In the Top 5 one finds three and in the Top 10 five clusters with the Quadrics high- speed system area interconnect. [ ] 104054 ) MICROSOFT DUE IN COURT TO FIGHT SUN MICRO....................3.2K Attorneys for Microsoft Corp. will head to U.S. federal court on to battle an antitrust lawsuit filed by rival Sun Microsystems Inc. [ ] 104055 ) STUDY: WINDOWS SERVERS CHEAPER THAN LINUX....................4.7K Microsoft Corp., fearful of being undercut in the market for server software by free offerings based on Linux, released the results of a sponsored study that concludes Windows 2000 is generally cheaper for businesses to run and support. [ ] 104056 ) ENCRYPTION IC DEMAND INCREASES WITH UNCERTAINTY..............4.5K The security IC market will be propelled upward by the continuation of heightened security concerns, according to In-Stat/MDR. [ ] 104057 ) ENTROPIA'S GRID TECHNOLOGY DEBUTS AT IBM'S DESIGN CENTRE.....4.5K Entropia, a leading provider of PC grid computing solutions, announced that it's working with IBM to provide European grid customers with easy access and evaluation of PC grid computing technology through IBM's Design Centre for eBusiness on demand. [ ] 104058 ) LAZY SOFTWARE TWEAKS SENTENCES DBMS FOR ANALYTICS............7.3K By Simon Robinson for the451.com Despite a tough business climate, Lazy Software, a UK-based startup, hopes to improve momentum, following the release of new functionality for its Sentences DBMS. [ ] 104059 ) TRADE GROUP BASHES GOVERNMENT OPEN-SOURCE BIAS...............3.6K The Initiative for Software Choice (ISC), a software industry trade group has advised the U.S. Department of Defense not to adhere to a policy that promotes open source software at the expense of proprietary software. [ ] 73507 ) HP Retains No. 1 Position in TOP500 Supercomputer Ranking QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 104056 ) "There is no escape from the reality that companies need to do business over the Web. Therefore, security is not an option, but a necessity." -- Eric Mantion, Senior Analyst with In-Stat/MDR. [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73508 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! THE EVOLUTION OF GRID STANDARDS Andrew Grimshaw, CTO and Founder, Avaki Corporation GRID-BASED WEB SERVICES: DON'T INVEST TOO QUICKLY *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104060 ) New Xeons Power HP ProLiant Servers..........................2.5K [ ] 104061 ) Lockheed Martin Purchases SGI Visualization Systems..........5.5K [ ] 104062 ) IBM To Ship New Linux-Ready eServer Systems..................4.1K [ ] 104063 ) Toshiba, Sony Unveil Chipmaking Technology...................1.4K [ ] 104064 ) Scali Demonstrates Record-Breaking MPI Performance...........5.8K [ ] 73509 ) HOW TO WIN A $50,000 RESEARCH GRANT Microway, Inc. 20th Anniversary Cluster Contest SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104065 ) NEC Launches New LSI Design Platform.........................7.2K [ ] 104066 ) Platform SW Solution Improves Visibility Of IT Assets..........5K [ ] 104067 ) Red Hat Readies Linux For Workstations.......................2.6K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 104068 ) Platform Forums Explores Evolution Of Grid Computing.........3.7K [ ] 104069 ) Bush Ramps Up Cybersecurity Research Funding.................2.2K [ ] 104070 ) Wayne State's Network Lab Gets Equipment Grant From Ixia.....2.6K [ ] 104071 ) Monterey Design Tools Deployed By Tau Networks...............1.5K [ ] 73510 ) Recent TOP500(TM) lists show a large growth in clusters, and widespread use of Myrinet(TM) technology. STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 104072 ) FalconStor, IBM Provide Continuous Backup Storage Solutions..3.9K [ ] 104073 ) MTI Offers Pre-Packaged Storage And Backup Solutions.........2.4K [ ] 104074 ) IBM Announces New Offerings For Managing Medical Images........8K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 104075 ) Computer History Gets New Museum In Mountain View............4.2K [ ] 104076 ) 2003 Server Blade Summit Announcement........................5.9K [ ] 104077 ) 2003 EuroConference Announcement.............................1.8K [ ] 104078 ) OMG Announces Integrate 2003.................................4.3K [ ] 104079 ) CTC Cluster Among Top 100 Fastest Computers In The World.....4.2K [ ] 73511 ) Intel And Los Alamos National Laboratory Will Build Industry's Largest InfiniBand Cluster SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 104080 ) Product Watch: Kaparel Releases 2003 Backplane Catalog......19.9K HyperDynamics Launches New Management System. Moldflow Releases MPI Version 4.0. [ ] 104081 ) Financial Update: IBM Leads Computer Server Market.............5K HP Sees $3 Billion In Merger Savings. Level 3 to Buy Genuity's Assets. [ ] 104082 ) Corporate Liaisons: Arkeia Teams Up With MandrakeSoft........6.3K eNucleus To Acquire Assets Of SBG Inc. [ ] 104083 ) People and Positions: Sun's Zander To Join Seagate Board.......5K AMIS Gets New Board Member. [ ] 73512 ) Got Graphics? The HPCwire, DSstar, and GRIDtoday graphics contest is well underway. This is a great opportunity to show key industry players exactly what your organization has to offer, so what are you waiting for..... ENTER NOW! 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