Dear Colleague: Another exciting year has come and gone here at HPCwire. The HPCwire staff would like to thank our subscribers and sponsors for their continued support, and we look forward to spending another year with you. This is the final issue of Volume 11. Volume 12, No. 1 will be published on January 10, 2003. Happy Holidays from everyone at HPCwire! \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** December 20, 2002: Vol. 11, No. 50 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 273 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 73529 ) HP Reduces Cost and Complexity in Dense Server Environments with New ProLiant Servers ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 104124 ) FEATURES: U.S. VS JAPAN - THE RACE IS ON | | [ ] 104130 ) SCIENCE NEWS: SANDIA HARDWARE ENHANCES REMOTE COLLABORATIONS | | [ ] 104136 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: INTEL APPOINTS 13 NEW VICE PRESIDENTS | | [ ] 104143 ) NEWS BRIEFS: INDIA OFFERS HALF PRICE SUPERCOMPUTERS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 73530 ) Unbeatable Price/Performance NAS Systems - Delivered in Silicon. BlueArc SiliconServers, Starting Below 2 cents/MB Through December. FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 104124 ) U.S. VS JAPAN: THE RACE IS ON................................4.6K Spurred on by the challenge from Japan's Earth Simulator, the United States government is now pouring money into the technology race. [ ] 104125 ) NETWORK PROCESSORS SECTOR LOSES ITS ALLURE.....................7K Start-up Companies that produce network processors have recently seen tough times. Some firms are folding as funds dry up, and potential customers worry about their own financial woes and delay investments in new equipment. [ ] 104126 ) BENCHMARKS RESULTS PLUS BEOWULF SYSTEMS FROM DARESBURY......10.9K By Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants The author talks about the 13th machine evaluation workshop at Daresbury Laboratories, UK. This workshop provided a plethora of distributed memory benchmark results. [ ] 104127 ) USING COMPUTERS TO CATCH CORPORATE FRAUD.....................5.8K Accounting software makers are trying to capitalize on a string of high profile scandals by developing computer programs that flag unusual bookkeeping and launch investigations with little human intervention. [ ] 73531 ) Do More with High-Productivity Computing. SGI Demonstrates Power of Flight Simulation Solutions with Multigen-Paradigm at I/ITSEC 2002 SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS =================================================== [ ] 104128 ) RESEARCHERS APPLY COMBAT SIMULATION TO HOMELAND SECURITY.....3.7K Using a computer code originally developed for combat simulation, researchers from LLNL are supplying the same expertise that analyzes concepts of operation, technology and training to emergency responders as a part of the Lab's role in homeland security. [ ] 104129 ) MORE THAN A MATTER OF EQUITY................................13.8K By Karen Green, NCSA Public Information Officer A lot has changed since the 1960s, but minorities, and the disabled still comprise only a small fraction of the professionals in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. [ ] 104130 ) SANDIA HARDWARE ENHANCES REMOTE COLLABORATIONS...............5.4K Interactive remote-visualization hardware that allows doctors to view and manipulate images based on very large data sets as though standing in the same room has been developed at Sandia National Laboratories. [ ] 104131 ) FORMATION OF THE OPENEAI PROJECT, AN OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVE...11K The OpenEAI Software Foundation and the University of Illinois announced the formation of the OpenEAI Project, an open source Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) initiative that will develop and perfect standards-based integration technologies. [ ] 104132 ) RESEARCHERS RECREATE AEROSOL INHALATION IN VIRTUAL REALITY...7.8K North Carolina State University is creating computer simulations of the trajectories and deposition patterns of particles when inhaled or exhaled. This Research could help deliver better respiratory diagnostics and treatments. [ ] 73532 ) Intel To Keynote HPC Asia with "Grand Challenges in Computing" _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 73533 ) AVAKI Introduces Industry's First Commercial Data Grid Software for Enterprise IT Environments [ ] 73534 ) New E2 from Linux NetworX A Powerful Cluster Solution with a sub U density. ______________________________________________________________________ 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 COMMERCIAL NEWS ============================================================== [ ] 104133 ) INTEL ANNOUNCES NEW SERVER PRODUCTS FOR XEON FAMILY..........4.5K Intel Corporation announced 10 server "building block" products, including five server boards, two server chassis and three RAID controllers, designed for OEM system builders and product integrators. [ ] 104134 ) IBM AND UNIVERSITIES EXPAND RESEARCH HORIZONS................5.4K IBM announced that it is working to speed cancer research and explore advanced technical applications in "e-education," medicine, bioinformatics and human behavior through partnerships with more than 130 of the world's leading universities. [ ] 104135 ) CHIP EQUIPMENT ORDERS RISE IN NOVEMBER.......................3.2K Orders for semiconductor equipment from North American manufacturers ticked higher in November over the trailing quarter, but were still down from levels earlier this year, a sign new technology demand remains on hold. [ ] 104136 ) INTEL APPOINTS 13 NEW VICE PRESIDENTS........................5.2K Intel Corporation announced the appointment of 13 individuals as vice president. [ ] 104137 ) CUSTOMERS TO GET VIEW OF FUTURE INFINIBAND...................2.9K Major companies are expected to provide a look at their plans for faster, next-generation InfiniBand, which has lost strength in products from a small number of vendors. [ ] 73535 ) Simplify: Unisys Self-Managing, Self-Healing Server Systems Learn More About Breakthrough Unisys Server Sentinel Technology QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 104124 ) "The U.S. has lost the lead in climate science research. Since computational science contributes to DOE's energy and national security missions, the implications will be widespread and potentially grave." -- U.S. Department of Energy [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 73536 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! THE ROI CASE FOR GRIDS By Andrew Grimshaw, CTO and Founder, Avaki Corporation LARRY SMARR ON THE SHAPE OF THE GRID IN 2003 By Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104138 ) IBM, Xilinx To Produce First 90nm Chips On 300mm Wafers......4.9K [ ] 104139 ) American Megatrends Inc. Ships IDE Backplane To NEC..........3.7K [ ] 104140 ) IBM Vendor To Ship 16-Way Intel Processor-Based System.......4.1K [ ] 104141 ) Circuit Points To Future Of Nanoscale Electronics............1.4K [ ] 104142 ) Sun To Launch N1 With Blade Servers..........................1.9K [ ] 104143 ) India Offers Half Price Supercomputers.......................1.7K [ ] 73537 ) Recent TOP500(TM) lists show a large growth in clusters, and widespread use of Myrinet(TM) technology. SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 104144 ) Cobalt Security Patch Creates New Holes......................1.2K [ ] 104145 ) Sky Computers Join Alliance To Produce SDR Applications......3.8K [ ] 104146 ) Databeacon Named As Finalist For Software Industry Award.....3.2K [ ] 104147 ) Mainframe Reporting Application Contest Provides Payback.....5.4K [ ] 104148 ) BEA Application Server Software To Be Distributed By Sun.....1.8K NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 104149 ) Intel Delivers New Software For Network Processors...........3.8K [ ] 104150 ) Pittsburgh Network Upgrades Support Research.................3.2K [ ] 104151 ) ORANO, Bell Canada To Build New Optical Networks.............5.9K [ ] 73538 ) HOW TO WIN A $50,000 RESEARCH GRANT Microway, Inc. 20th Anniversary Cluster Contest STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 104152 ) HP Improves Storage Performance Of Spardat's Info System.....3.1K [ ] 104153 ) MIS DecisionWare Begins Contest For Biggest Spreadsheet......2.2K [ ] 104154 ) Pioneer Expands Mass Storage Offerings With New FlexLibrary..3.3K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 104155 ) HP, Japan's NEC Unveil Outsourcing Pact......................1.1K [ ] 104156 ) Companies Explore Intersection Of Computational Engineering..3.6K [ ] 104157 ) Sun Readies Customers For 2003...............................3.7K [ ] 104158 ) Workshop On Java In Computational Science Announcement.......2.4K [ ] 73539 ) Introducing HPCwire on Tour: Photo Gallery Visit the Photo Gallery to see images from this year's Supercomputing Conference in Baltimore. SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 104159 ) Product Watch: CodeWeavers Targets Citrix With Server........8.2K No Starch Press Releases Overclocking Book. AMD Announces New Alchemy Solutions. [ ] 104160 ) Financial Update: Xilinx Sees Higher Third-Quarter Revenue...5.5K Red Hat Reports A Profit On GAAP Basis. Chip Maker Micron Loses $316 Million. [ ] 104161 ) Corporate Liaisons: HP And Sybase Strengthen Alliance.......14.6K Computer Sciences To Buy DynCorp. Rhapsody Networks And InterSAN Team Up. [ ] 104162 ) People and Positions: Computer Pioneer, HP Fellow Dies.......7.5K Silicon Optix Gets New Board Member. [ ] 73540 ) 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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