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See the latest in Intel technology at ISC, Booth #H01-H03. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ [ ] M402408 ) FEATURES: PITAC Says Computational Science 'Critical' [ ] M399196 ) CLUSTER COMPUTING: Panasas Cluster Shakes Research at Stanford [ ] M398519 ) VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: IBM Launches New Blue Gene System [ ] M401660 ) NEWS BRIEFS: GEANT2 Skyrockets European Research Activity ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] A529 ) HP Moves into Tie for No. 1 Market Share Position in Worldwide Server Revenue FEATURES ====================================================================== [ ] M402408 ) Dear Mr. President: Computational Science 'Critical'........6.0K The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) released a new report that finds that computational science is one of the most important technological fields of the 21st century. [ ] M398645 ) HLRS Director: HPC Users Need Quality, Not Quantity........13.5K by Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants HPCwire contributor Christopher Lazou interviews Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael M. Resch, Director of the High Performance Computing Center in Stuttgart (HLRS), on his work there, as well as his general thoughts on the future of HPC in Europe and beyond. [ ] M397415 ) Improving ISV Applications to Advance HPC..................26.6K by Tim Curns, Editor Third-party applications from independent software vendors (ISVs) are crucial for HPC-based research and development. Here, Paul Muzio, of the HPC User Forum, and Suzy Tichenor, Council on Competitiveness, give their thoughts on improving ISV applications. [ ] M402366 ) Gelato Working to Unite Itanium Community..................21.0K by Tim Curns, Editor The Gelato Federation, a global research community dedicated to advancing the Linux Itanium platform, recently held its latest semi-annual meeting. HPCwire recently had a chance to speak with Mark K. Smith, PhD, Gelato's Managing Director, about the meetings and what the Federation plans to accomplish in the future. [ ] A503 ) Clusterworx 3.2 Whitepaper Learn how the comprehensive features of Clusterworx help organizations lower the total cost of ownership, increase cluster performance, and provide better return on investment. - Linux Networx - CLUSTER COMPUTING ============================================================= [ ] M399196 ) Panasas Cluster Shakes Research at Stanford.................3.9K Panasas announced that the Stanford University Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) is utilizing the Panasas ActiveScale Storage Cluster to work in conjunction with Rocks cluster software and to eliminate the I/O bottleneck hindering overall cluster performance. [ ] M399871 ) IBM Unveils New Clustering Technology.......................6.5K IBM announced that it is extending the value of the IBM eServer Cluster 1350 by delivering support for the next generation of AMD Opteron processor-based single and dual-core server offerings. [ ] M398523 ) ClusterVision Completes UK Academic Cluster.................3.7K ClusterVision announced the successful completion of the UK's largest Intel Xeon EM64T cluster at the University of Lancaster's Department of Physics. [ ] M398524 ) Mercury Intros Cluster Edition for Open Inventor............5.0K Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced the introduction of its cluster edition for Open Inventor. The technology enables application developers to overcome limitations of display hardware in a cost-effective manner. [ ] A681 ) Do More With Dual! Explore the Latest in Dual Core and Dual Graphics Free one-hour webinar July 14, 2005 8am PDT Sponsored by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _____________________HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVERTISEMENTS__________________ [ ] A428 ) World's Fastest Supercomputers Running on Intel(TM) Processors [ ] A322 ) More than Flops - Achieve High Productivity Computing from Linux Networx ============================================================================== [ ] A365 ) Introducing the Appro XtremeBlade Next Generation AMD Opteron Blade Server VENDOR SPOTLIGHT ============================================================== [ ] M398519 ) IBM Launches New Blue Gene System...........................5.9K IBM announced the launch of a powerful privately-owned supercomputer, the Watson Blue Gene system, nicknamed BGW, installed at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. The computer will be accessible to scientists and engineers outside of IBM. [ ] M402412 ) Cray, AMD Claim HPC Challenge Lead..........................5.7K According to Cray and AMD, two Cray supercomputer products that leverage the AMD Opteron processor and HyperTransport technology, the Cray XT3 and Cray XD1 systems, have posted leading overall results on the HPC Challenge benchmark tests. [ ] M398521 ) Oil and Gas Companies Leverage SGI..........................8.3K Silicom Graphics Inc. announced significant wins in the oil and gas arena, including a collaboration with Landmark. SGI also unveiled new products at EAGE 2005, the most significant international gathering of professionals in the oil and gas industry. [ ] M398520 ) Appro to Showcase at DAC, Unveils New NAS System............3.8K Appro and AMD demonstrated the Appro XtremeBlade Solution based on AMD Opteron processor at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), in San Diego, CA. The company also unveiled a new NAS system there. [ ] A430 ) Myrinet The Leading TOP500 Interconnect - Myricom - QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================= [ ] M402411 ) "Computational science - the use of advanced computing capabilities to understand and solve complex problems - is now critical to scientific leadership, economic competitiveness, and national security." -- John H. Marburger III, Bush Science Advisor and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy [ ] XQUOTE ) Quote of the Week Archive [ ] A366 ) GRIDtoday DON'T MISS THESE FEATURE STORIES IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! The Path to Grid-Friendly Software Licensing World's Largest Computing Grid Surpasses 100 Sites http://www.gridtoday.com/ *** NEWS BRIEFS *** Hardware ====================================================================== [ ] M399897 ) Blades to Make up Quarter of European Servers by 2009.......3.7K [ ] M401106 ) HP Ships More Than 1 Million Linux Servers..................2.3K Software ====================================================================== [ ] M399211 ) Intel Software Unlocks Multi-Core Potential.................3.7K [ ] M399214 ) Roxar Launches Fracture Modeling Software...................3.6K [ ] M398547 ) AVL Manufacturing Apps Certified on SGI Prism...............4.9K [ ] M399199 ) Visual Numerics Optimizes Fortran Library...................3.1K [ ] M399899 ) CAIDA's Viz Software Now Open Source........................4.6K [ ] A609 ) Innovation Matters June 20-21, 2005 Sun Microsystems High Performance Computing Consortium Europe 2005 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.sun-registration.com/hpc Networking ==================================================================== [ ] M401660 ) GEANT2 Skyrockets European Research Activity................4.9K [ ] M399197 ) Pan-Canadian Supercomputing Network Underway................2.9K [ ] M398648 ) MareNostrum Inaugurated at Internet Global Congress.........3.6K [ ] M399870 ) SilverStorm InfiniBand Supports Mac's X.....................3.2K [ ] M399189 ) Lucent Tech to Power Japanese Optical Network...............5.1K [ ] M399898 ) SDSC Supports International GLORIAD Network.................6.5K [ ] M398526 ) Extreme Networks Powers UC Merced...........................3.9K Storage ======================================================================= [ ] M398569 ) Storage Software Market Maintains Growth....................2.7K [ ] M398527 ) Hitachi Delivers in New Storage Category ...................3.4K [ ] A643 ) Second Annual High Performance Computing Users Conference: Accelerating Innovation for Prosperity July 13, 2005 Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Register Now! www.hpcusersconference.com General Interest ============================================================== [ ] M397409 ) Quadrics Opens New North America Operations.................2.5K [ ] M402472 ) Scientists Receive Presidential Early Career Awards........17.1K [ ] M401222 ) CTC Hosts Singaporean Students..............................3.1K [ ] M398555 ) TopCoder Announces Registration for 2005 Tournament.........3.0K SHORT TAKES =================================================================== Product Watch: [ ] M397781 ) Simmetrix Releases Simulation Suite.........................4.4K DWGgateway Provides Alternative to AutoCAD Upgrades. Financial Update: [ ] M397411 ) Intel Business at High End of Expectations..................3.0K Rackable Systems Prices IPO. Corporate Liaisons: [ ] M398536 ) ParTec, PathScale Deliver Linux Cluster Solutions...........5.7K Boeing Selects Sun's JXTA Technology NASA Center Purchases ISM's Tool Suite -- more -- People and Positions: [ ] M398573 ) LSI Logic Names New VP, Worldwide Strategic Planning........2.3K JOB BANK ====================================================================== This Week's Career Opportunities From: *denotes new listings [ ] FL356 ) Cray, CSCS, D.E. Shaw Group, LANL, Linux Networx, LSU Mountain View Data, ORNL, PNNL, TACC, Utah State University [ ] XJOBRATES ) Job Bank Rates and Guidelines..........................1.22K CONFERENCES & EVENTS ========================================================== [ ] A368 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 06.03.05).............7.5K [ ] P357M382451 ) LCI Workshop at OSCER June 21-24, 2005 Norman, OK REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 20, 2005 http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/ [ ] P357M382452 ) OMG's Sixth Annual Workshop on Distributed Object Computing for Real-time and Embedded Systems July 11-14, 2005 Washington, DC Presentations, panels & discussions http://www.omg.org/hpc-rte/ [ ] P357M320047 ) Commodity Cluster Symposium On the Use of Commodity Clusters for Large-Scale Scientific Applications July 26-28, 2005 Greenbelt, Maryland CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND ABSTRACTS http://www.arl.hpc.mil/Clusters2005 [ ] P357M382453 ) Security '05 14th USENIX Security Symposium August 1-5, 2005 Baltimore, Maryland http://www.usenix.org/events/sec05/ [ ] P357M389465 ) "Data Mining: Levels I, II & III" September 26-30, 2005 San Diego, California [ ] P357M382454 ) SC|05 - Gateway to Discovery November 12-18, 2005 Seattle, Washington Housing Now Open to All Attendees! http://sc05.supercomputing.org/travel ______________________________________________________________________ Full background information on all leading HPC solution providers [ ] A639 ) Microway [ ] A517 ) Data Direct [ ] A339 ) SGI [ ] A518 ) Cray [ ] A373 ) Dell [ ] A338 ) PathScale [ ] A341 ) NEC [ ] A345 ) Myricom [ ] A330 ) Atipa [ ] A351 ) APPRO [ ] A470 ) HP [ ] A342 ) Sun [ ] A335 ) IBM [ ] A337 ) Linux Networx [ ] A332 ) Etnus/TotalView [ ] A331 ) Intel [ ] A343 ) Portland Group For sponsorship information contact: promote@hpcwire.com ______________________________________________________________________ *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ARTICLES *** [ ] M393683 ) HPC As it Was -- A Viewpoint (Part I).......................8.5K [ ] M396796 ) HPCwire Unveils 'People to Watch 2005'......................26.8K [ ] M396709 ) NUG at UK Met Office - Supercomputing In Action ............13.8K [ ] M396667 ) Panasas Enables 'Diskless' Cluster at LANL..................3.8K [ ] M396711 ) Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors in 2006..................3.2K Send info requests (X-marked copy of this message) to hpcmore@news.hpcwire.com -------------------- * -------------------- Copyright 1993-2005 HPCwire. 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