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 13, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 49 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 239 Pages of Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next week's issue will conclude Volume 11. Volume 12, No 1 will be published January 10, 2003 Happy Holidays from everyone at HPCwire! 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73514 ) Do More with High-Productivity Computing. SGI Demonstrates Power of Flight Simulation Solutions with Multigen-Paradigm at I/ITSEC 2002 ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 104086 ) FEATURES: JAPAN SWEEPS TOP THREE GORDON BELL AWARDS | | [ ] 104092 ) SCIENCE NEWS: NEW PSC PLANET SIMULATION | | [ ] 104095 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: MICROSOFT TO OFFER LINUX SOFTWARE? | | [ ] 104103 ) NEWS BRIEFS: HP SHOWCASES MULTI-OS SUPERDOME SERVER | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73515 ) New E2 from Linux NetworX A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density. FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 104086 ) JAPAN SWEEPS TOP THREE GORDON BELL AWARDS....................8.5K By Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Christopher Lazou, of HiPerCom Consultants, talks about the Gordon Bell Award winners at this year's SC2002, and how Japan took three of the top honors. [ ] 104087 ) AN INTERVIEW WITH SGI'S WALTER FELDMAN & ADDISON SNELL......21.7K By Neil Alger, Special Correspondent HPCwire met with SGI's Walter Feldman and Addison Snell to talk about various pressing topics such as the human I/O problem, and which came first, Vision or Reality? [ ] 104088 ) AN INTERVIEW WITH OHIO STATE'S DHABALESWAR PANDA.............6.8K By Neil Alger, Special Correspondent HPCwire correspondent Neil Alger met with Professor Dhabaleswar Panda from Ohio State University at SC2002 this year to discuss the present and future of InfiniBand technology. [ ] 104089 ) SC2002 KEYNOTE ADDRESS......................................26.8K By Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director, NSF Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director or the National Science Foundation, spoke at SC2002 about the National Science Foundation's vision of cyberinfrastructure for the future. [ ] 104090 ) ICANN ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS MAY CONTINUE.....................3.4K The California company that oversees the Internet's domain-name structure has decided to keep its five democratically elected board members through early next year -- even though their terms were due to expire this month. [ ] 104091 ) SCIENTISTS SEEK REVAMPED FEDERAL SUPERCOMPUTING EFFORT.......3.7K By Bara Vaida, National Journal's Technology Daily U.S. scientists are hoping that their government will boost spending in fiscal 2004 to keep pace with Japan, whose government paid the Japanese computer firm NEC to create the fastest supercomputer. [ ] 73516 ) Intel To Keynote HPC Asia with "Grand Challenges in Computing" SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 104092 ) PLANETS MAY FORM FASTER THAN SCIENTISTS THOUGHT..............4.1K By Michael Schneider, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Simulations at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center seem to show that planets can form in dramatically shorter periods of time than previously thought. [ ] 104093 ) STMICROELECTRONICS UNVEILS ADVANCED CMOS TECHNOLOGY..........5.3K During the IEDM 2002 conference, ST researchers will present four state-of-the-art innovations for future generations of CMOS technology and two papers devoted to advanced Non-Volatile Memory technology. [ ] 104094 ) PSC'S LEMIEUX SYSTEM ENABLES AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE...........2.9K At SC2002, several researchers who use the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's "LeMieux" computing system were recognized for scientific and other achievements. [ ] 73517 ) HP Reduces Cost and Complexity in Dense Server Environments with New ProLiant Servers _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73518 ) Sun Microsystems Unveils Sun Fire Link Interconnect Technology; Ushers in New Generation of Superclusters [ ] 73519 ) 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 [ ] 73520 ) HOW TO WIN A $50,000 RESEARCH GRANT Microway, Inc. 20th Anniversary Cluster Contest COMMERCIAL NEWS ============================================================== [ ] 104095 ) MICROSOFT TO OFFER LINUX SOFTWARE?...........................4.1K In a major strategy shift, Microsoft Corp. will introduce software based on the Linux open source operating system in 2004 for Web services and server software, market researcher META Group predicted. [ ] 104096 ) HP SERVERS NOW RUNNING TERATEXT DATABASE SOLUTIONS...........3.3K HP and TeraText Solutions, a division of Science Applications International Corporation, announced that the TeraText Database System (DBS) has been ported to HP servers running Linux using Intel Itanium processors. [ ] 104097 ) BEA PARTNERS TO EXPAND JAVA COMPONENT MARKET.................5.4K By James Niccolai, Tom Sullivan, IDG News Service Application server vendor BEA Systems Inc. has partnered with ComponentSource Inc., an online software exchange, in a bid to expand the market for prewritten Java components. [ ] 73521 ) InfiniBand Improves MPI Performance Greater Than 2 Times QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 104091 ) "There is a fear that our technology leadership could go overseas unless the United States invests in keeping its lead in high-end computing." -- Jim Rottsolk, CEO of Cray supercomputer company. [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73522 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! WHAT IS A GRID? By Andrew Grimshaw CTO and Founder, Avaki Corporation JAPAN'S GRID SYSTEM SENDS RECORD-SPEED DATA TO US *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104098 ) IBM Plans A Tiny Transistor..................................1.9K [ ] 104099 ) Unisys ES7000 Server Scores Best Price/Performance...........3.7K [ ] 104100 ) Cool Running Semiconductors Reduce Burn Out....................2K [ ] 104101 ) Hitachi Supercomputer Calculates New Record For PI Value.....1.1K [ ] 104102 ) GSI Technology Announces 300mm Wafer Success.................2.7K [ ] 73523 ) Recent TOP500(TM) lists show a large growth in clusters, and widespread use of Myrinet(TM) technology. SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104103 ) HP Showcases Multi-OS Superdome Server.......................3.3K [ ] 104104 ) MSC.Software And IBM Sign Agreement For Unix Solutions.......5.1K [ ] 104105 ) SAS Leads The Forecasting Software Package Market............3.5K [ ] 104106 ) Insight, Memec Design Help Create RLDRAM Tool Kit............4.6K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 104107 ) NEC Selects Mindspeed Switch Fabric For Router Products......4.7K [ ] 104108 ) New Poset Game Theorem May Aid Network Security..............2.2K [ ] 104109 ) Platform Releases New Cluster Management Solution............3.4K [ ] 104110 ) HP Expands Web Services Alliance With Microsoft..............5.4K [ ] 73524 ) Simplify: Unisys Self-Managing, Self-Healing Server Systems Learn More About Breakthrough Unisys Server Sentinel Technology STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 104111 ) HP Holds No. 1 Position In Worldwide Disk Storage Systems....2.9K [ ] 104112 ) FalconStor's IPStor Affirmed For Novell Certification........2.3K [ ] 104113 ) Legato Delivers First Linux Backup Solution For IBM zSeries..2.9K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 104114 ) Foresight Weather, RGA Labs To Help The Energy Industry......4.8K [ ] 104115 ) Unisys Unveils Major Security Initiative.....................5.8K [ ] 104116 ) Integrate 2003 Conference Announcement.......................2.3K [ ] 104117 ) ESI Group Announces Vibro-Acoustic User Conference...........2.7K [ ] 73525 ) Unbeatable Price/Performance NAS Systems - Delivered in Silicon. BlueArc SiliconServers, Starting Below 2 cents/MB Through December. SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 104118 ) Product Watch: AMD Pitches Faster Athlon MP Server Chip......8.1K Penguin Computing Announces New Linux Desktop. Cadalist-Enterprises Announces New SW Tool. [ ] 104119 ) Financial Update: Unisys Sees 2003 Sales Profits.............5.5K Intel Conducts $5 Billion In Web Services. [ ] 104120 ) Corporate Liaisons: IBM To Buy Rational For $2.1 Billion.......7K Paceline, Mellanox Form Alliance. [ ] 104121 ) People and Positions: Intel Appoints First Senior Fellows....6.6K Altnet Gets New Chief Scientist. [ ] 73526 ) 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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CONFERENCES & EVENTS ============================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 12.11.02)..............10K [ ] 73528 ) LCI's Forth International Conference on Linux Cluster The HPC Revolution 2003 June 18-20, 2003 - June 17, 2003 - Tutorials Las Vegas, NV, USA www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution 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 | | [ ] 541) MSC Software [ ] 902) IBM Corp. | | [ ] 542) Appro [ ] 932) Portland Group | | [ ] 909) Fujitsu [ ] 942) Sun Microsystems | | [ ] 536) Myricom [ ] 535) AVAKI | | [ ] 540) MicroWay [ ] 537) PLATFORM | | [ ] 539) Microsoft | | | | | | | | For sponsorship information contact: advertise@hpcwire.com | |______________________________________________________________________| -------------------- * -------------------- This year, HPCwire proudly celebrates its tenth consecutive year of service to the scientific, industrial and commercial HPC communities: 1992-2002. *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] 104039 ) SC2002 CONFERENCE CONCLUDES WITH HIGH HONORS...................7K [ ] 104042 ) CRAY & NEC - AN UNBELIEVABLE SCI-FI STORY FROM THE PAST......4.6K [ ] 104047 ) QUANTUM COMPUTING EDGES CLOSER...............................4.3K [ ] 104052 ) INTEL COMPILERS PAVE WAY FOR HYPER-THREADING TECHNOLOGY......4.8K [ ] 104122 ) TOP 20 REQUESTED ARTICLES FROM LAST WEEK'S HPCwire...........1.5K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for your continued support of HPCwire. 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