HPCwire's "Breaking News" 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. www.hpcwire.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** October 29, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 43 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 259 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 74633 ) Migrate to serious performance, open standards and value Performance - Scalability - Flexibility Migrate to the powerful SGI Altix family of servers - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #1311 - ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 108641 ) FEATURES: NASA'S COLUMBIA SUPERCOMPUTER IS WORLD'S FASTEST | | [ ] 108645 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: VIRGINIA TECH'S SYSTEM X CLUSTER REBUILT | | [ ] 108649 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: CRAY'S XT3 SHIPS TO THREE MAJOR CENTERS | | [ ] 108668 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NCSA TO FOCUS ON EMPOWERING SCIENCE AT SC04 | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 74624 ) INTEL -- Delivering Innovation Beyond the CPU - Visit us at SC2004 in Booth 621 - FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 108641 ) NASA'S COLUMBIA SUPERCOMPUTER IS WORLD'S FASTEST.............8.5K Silicon Graphics, with NASA, confirmed that NASA's new Intel Itanium 2 processor-based Columbia supercomputer is the most powerful computer in the world. [ ] 108642 ) LUMINARIES MAKE UP COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS PANEL AT SC04..3.2K The Council on Competitiveness announced that it is sponsoring a panel on the importance of advanced computing to U.S. competitiveness at SC2004 HPC Conference. The panel will focus on linkages between industrial use of critical technology and competing successfully in a global economy. [ ] 108643 ) LBNL EARTH SIM EVALUATION NOMINATED FOR BEST PAPER AT SC04.....5K A team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has become the first international team to conduct a performance evaluation study of the 5,120-processor Earth Simulator. The team's paper was accepted for the SC2004 conference, then nominated for Best Paper. [ ] 108644 ) Z's $61.7M REFURBISHMENT TO ADVANCE MACHINE'S CAPABILITIES...6.5K Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine has received approval from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to proceed with a $61.7 million refurbishment. The project is called ZR, for Z-Refurbishment. [ ] 74609 ) Want More? Become a Registered User Today And Receive Free White Papers, Case Studies, and More Linux Networx - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #713 - CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================ [ ] 108645 ) VA TECH'S SYSTEM X REBUILT -- ACHIEVES 12.25 TERAFLOPS.......3.2K Virginia Tech announced that the rebuilt System X, its supercomputer cluster now built from 1,100 Xserve G5s, is now operating at 12.25 teraflops, an increase of nearly 2 teraflops over the previous official record of 10.28 teraflops. [ ] 108646 ) SDSC RELEASES ROCKS 3.3.0, SUPPORTS NACONA, INFINIBAND.......4.9K Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and their collaborators have released version 3.3.0 of the Rocks Clustering Distribution. [ ] 108647 ) VOLTAIRE, RLX DELIVER 10 Gbps SERVER SOLUTIONS FOR CLUSTERS..4.5K RLX Technologies and Voltaire announced that the companies are collaborating to deliver the industry's first 10 Gbps (4X) InfiniBand integrated switch for blade servers. [ ] 108648 ) ORACLE SETS RECORD WITH HP SERVERS CLUSTERED WITH INFINICON..2.4K Oracle announced a record TPC-H performance benchmark result for Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters, demonstrating scale- out and price performance leadership using Oracle clustering technology on HP Linux servers. [ ] 74626 ) HP Advances Leadership in HPTC Cluster Technology - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #1220 - _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] 74603 ) World's Fastest Supercomputers Running on Intel(TM) Processors [ ] 74606 ) More than Flops - Achieve High Productivity Computing from Linux Networx [ ] 74617 ) Seeber Italy Invests in the MSC.MasterKey Licensing System To Improve Virtual Product Development ============================================================================== [ ] 74631 ) Atipa Technologies Maximize performance while proving scalability & cost effectiveness Premium Service with Premium Quility Builds power of computing at your finger tips. [ ] 74625 ) What Are the Top Systems in the World? HPCwire Now Offers Ratings on the Top Systems in the World VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================= [ ] 108649 ) CRAY'S XT3 SUPERCOMPUTER SHIPS TO THREE MAJOR CENTERS........7.4K Cray Inc. reported that it has begun shipping the Cray XT3 supercomputer, an industry standard massively parallel processing (MPP) system that strongly advances the record-setting scalability and sustained application performance of the renowned Cray T3D and Cray T3E systems. [ ] 108650 ) SGI AWARDED U.S. EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATE..............7.3K The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) recognized Silicon Graphics for its outstanding export market expansion by awarding the company the DOC Export Achievement Certificate. [ ] 74629 ) That's a Switch! See the new Myrinet switches in Myricom's SC2004 booth #1721 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 108641 ) "The launching of the Columbia system shows what's possible when government and technology leaders work together toward a goal of truly national importance." -- Paul Otellini, president and COO of Intel [ ] 9378 ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] 74565 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! WEST VIRGINIA FUNDS FIRST OPEN PUBLIC GRID COMPUTING EFFORT BUILDING A DYNAMIC UTILITY COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT http://www.gridtoday.com/ [ ] 74628 ) Got a Big Cluster? Get a Big Switch. Voltaire 288 Port InfiniBand Switch for HPC - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #1616 - *** NEWS BRIEFS *** HARDWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 108651 ) IBM Intros New Bladecenter And "Business-In-A-Box" Solutions.8.2K [ ] 108652 ) SGI Doubles Density Of High-End Altix Server.................5.7K [ ] 108653 ) Ammasso Leverages Power Of 2.6 Linux Kernel In SUSE LINUX....2.5K SOFTWARE ===================================================================== [ ] 108654 ) Microsoft, Invensys Advance Oil And Gas, Other Key Markets...5.6K [ ] 108655 ) Quantum3D Announces IData3D..................................4.3K [ ] 108656 ) Xcelerix Delivers Speed Increases In HPC On SGI Altix........3.3K [ ] 108657 ) Paradigm Wins "Best Data Mgt" At The 2004 World Oil Awards...2.3K [ ] 108658 ) ESI To Port Open Virtual Try-Out Space On 64-Bits Windows....2.6K [ ]74632 ) Appro High Performance Servers Dual AMD Opteron(TM) Processors Investment with a long life-span potential - Come to see us at SC2004 Booth #1941 - NETWORKING =================================================================== [ ] 108659 ) Intel Helps China Preserve Endangered Giant Panda w/ Network.6.8K [ ] 108660 ) Quake Surpasses 100,000 Chip Shipments For 10 Gb/s Ethernet..2.5K [ ] 108661 ) Allot Announces Five-Gigabit Network Traffic Mgt Solution....5.3K STORAGE ====================================================================== [ ] 108662 ) HP Makes Storage Networking Simple And Affordable............7.8K [ ] 108663 ) SGI Opens InfiniteStorage....................................5.1K [ ] 108664 ) LSI Logic Now Sampling 4Gb/s Fibre Channel Solutions.........2.7K [ ] 108665 ) Brocade Takes Storage Networks To The Next Level.............4.3K [ ] 108666 ) Chelsio Delivers Storage Solutions w/ 10GbE iSCSI Adapters...4.7K [ ] 108667 ) BlueArc Selects Tacit For High-End Network Storage Systems...3.5K GENERAL INTEREST ============================================================= [ ] 108668 ) NCSA To Focus On Empowering Science At SC04..................7.3K [ ] 108669 ) NSF Grants $3.25M To U of CO At Boulder For Women & IT.......4.8K [ ] 108670 ) Latin America Shows Rapid Rise In Published S&E Articles.....3.9K [ ] 108671 ) IBM's $70 Million University Research Investment Grows.......4.5K [ ] 108672 ) AMD To Provide Computing Power To Half The World By 2015.....7.2K [ ] 108673 ) Got Graphics? Participate At SIGGRAPH 2005.....................1K [ ] 108674 ) Halliburton, Kazakhstani Oil And Gas Set Up Nat'l Databank...1.2K [ ] 108675 ) CATA Forms Canadian Online Presence In China.................3.4K [ ] 108676 ) UK Second Only To USA In Corporate R&D Investment............3.8K [ ] 108677 ) CNN Keynotes LISA 2004 Conference............................2.6K [ ] 74630 ) NASA, SGI and Intel Build and Deploy 'Columbia' In Record Time: New Supercomputer World's Most Powerful - Come see us at SC2004 Booth #1311 - SHORT TAKES ================================================================== [ ] 108678 ) Product Watch: Honeywell Intros Tool For Process Industries..7.9K Sequence Tools Up Performance On Linux 64-Bit OS. AMD Athlon 64 Processor Named Product of the Year. [ ] 108679 ) Financial Update: Microsoft Sees Increased Quarter Revenue..11.9K MSC.Software Announces Certain Third Qtr Info. Foundry Networks Reports Third Qtr Results. [ ] 108680 ) Corporate Liaisons: Xilinx, Ansoft Announce New Design Kit...5.1K Ascential, IBM Enhance Mainframe Connectivity Sun, Engenio To Power Mid-Range Offering. [ ] 108681 ) People and Position: Cray Elects Stephen Richards To Board...9.3K Broadcom Names McGregor As President, CEO. Ex-LLNL Director Presented w/ Gold Award. [ ] 74607 ) Who's Boosting Opteron Performance at AMD, IBM and Sun? That would be us. Who's Ready for a FREE Trial? That would be you. Try our PathScale EKO Compiler FREE for 30 days. JOB BANK ===================================================================== *denotes a new listing [ ] 667 ) ClearSpeed Technology, Cray Inc., Dartmouth College, D.E. Shaw Group, LLNL, LSU, OSU, PSC, *Streamline Computing, Tabor Communications, TACC, *Topspin [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K [ ] 74615 ) Nexcom NexBlade Servers >The Best Blade Solution for HPC< >AMD 64-bit Server Blade Available< NEXCOM Building The Digital Infrastructure CONFERENCES ================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 10.27.04)..............10K SC2004 BRIDGING COMMUNITIES November 6-12, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2004/ [ ] 74623 ) International Congress of Nanotechnology and Nano World Expo 2004 November 7-11, 2004 San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel http://www.nanotechcongress.com [ ] 74616 ) Lisa'04 The 18th Large Installation System Administration Conference November 14-19, 2004, Atlanta, GA 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 leading HPC solution providers | | Firms marked with an * have updated their info in the last 30 days | | | | | | [ ] 556) Annapolis Micro Systems [ ] 541) MSC Software | | [ ] 544)*Atipa Technologies [ ] 536) Myricom | | [ ] 545)*APPRO [ ] 553)*Nexcom | | [ ] 552)*Aspen [ ] 930) NEC | | [ ] 554) Cray [ ] 540) Paracel | | [ ] 947) Etnus / TotalView [ ] 530) Pathscale | | [ ] 543) DataDirect Networks [ ] 946) Quadrics | | [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard [ ] 942) Sun Microsystems | | [ ] 902) IBM Corp. 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