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Features:
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HP SPEAKS OPENLY ABOUT INTEL, AMD, COMPETITION
- HP announced that it is expanding its industry-standard server
portfolio with the addition of AMD Opteron x86 processors with 64-bit
extensions to the HP ProLiant server family. HPCwire spoke with Winston
Prather about what this means for HPTC customers.
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SUN SEES LINUX ERODING SOFTWARE PROFITS
- The global spread of free software such as Linux could erode software
companies' profit margins and give computer hardware producers an edge,
a top Sun Microsystems executive says.
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CENTRAL COMMAND WARNS OF FIRST MAJOR CYBER WAR EMERGING
- Central Command, a leading provider of PC anti-virus software and
computer security services, announces that the first major global cyber
war is emerging.
Cluster Computing:
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ORACLE DATABASE 10G ON LINUX SETS WORLD RECORD
- Oracle Corp. announced a world record TPC-H three terabyte (TB)
benchmark result for Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application
Clusters demonstrating Oracle's ability to cost effectively manage
large scale data warehouses.
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CSP SHIPS LINUX FASTCLUSTER BLADES TO ARRAY SYSTEMS
- CSP Inc. MultiComputer Division, a leading supplier of embedded high-
performance cluster computing systems, is pleased to announce that it
has completed delivery of FastCluster systems to Array Systems
Computing, Inc.
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MPT WINS DARPA CONTRACT FOR HIGH PRODUCTIVITY COMPUTING
- Massively Parallel Technologies, Inc. (MPT) will compare its
revolutionary Howard parallel processing technology to existing
supercomputer architectures under a recently awarded DARPA Small
Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program Phase II contract.
High Performance Ads:
Vendor Spotlight:
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SUN CONTINUES STRONG MOMENTUM IN HPTC MARKET
- Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced it maintained the number one position
in total server units shipped in the high performance and technical
computing market (HPTC), according to IDC's Technical Qview, Q4 2003.
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MICROSOFT AIMS TO BRIDGE WINDOWS 5-YR RELEASE GAP
- Microsoft Corp. will make a renewed effort to promote and update
Windows XP before the arrival of the next major update to its flagship
operating system, code-named Longhorn.
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HP #1 IN WW SERVER SHIPMENTS FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
- HP announced that it continued its number one position for worldwide
server shipments for the seventh consecutive quarter, according to
figures released by IDC.
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SGI CHOSEN BY CAP GEMINI ERNST & YOUNG FOR SABRE PROJECT
- Silicon Graphics has been selected by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGE&Y)
UK plc in a project to roll out a Storage Area Backup and Recovery
Engine (SABRE), to optimize the back-up and recovery of data within
CGE&Y's outsourcing delivery infrastructure.
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HUSQVARNA ADOPTS MSC'S MASTERKEY LICENSE SYSTEM FOR VPD
- MSC.Software Corp. announced that Husqvarna has chosen to extend their
use of MSC.Software's VPD tools by adopting the MasterKey Licensing
System.
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INTEL PRODUCES MORE MUSCULAR XEON MP
- Available at speeds of 3 GHz with up to 4MB of integrated L3 cache,
Intel Xeon processor MP based servers deliver productivity,
scalability, dependability & excellent price/performance for a broad
range of mid-tier enterprise applications.
Quote of the Week:
"Obviously, virus writers can't be trusted. So, what might
appear as a malicious cat-and-mouse game between virus writing
groups may actually be a well-organized cover-up to disguise
their true intentions."
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Steven Sundermeier, Vice President of Products
and Services at Central Command, Inc.
News Briefs:
Hardware
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GRID TODAY 2004 (Gt'04) -- the first major conference and exhibition
to focus on the emerging market for commercial business
applications of Grid computing, has issued a Call for Speakers
We are looking for high-level speakers from
commercial organizations to speak on
applications and implementation of Grid computing
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General
Short Takes:
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Product Watch:
- Xilinx Tech Slashes Verification Times.
TSMC Certifies Synopsys' Star-RCXT.
Starnet Releases Desktop-X Utilities.
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Financial Update:
- U.S. Would Block Oracle's Peoplesoft Bid.
Autodesk Qtr Revenues Up 51 Percent.
Opsware Releases Financial Results.
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People and Position:
- Simon Named Associate Lab Dir At LBNL.
Dell's Founder Surrenders CEO Role.
Peterson To Be Exec VP Of Sun Services.
HPCwire notes events and highlights a complete listing of industry-related conferences, exhibitions, meetings, etc.
Last Week's Most Read Articles:
- CRAY TO BUY OCTIGABAY
- U OF SAN FRANCISCO CLASS TO BUILD "FLASH MOB" SUPERCOMPUTER
- ARMY BUYS LINUX CLUSTER
- U.S. MOVING AHEAD ON DATA-INTENSIVE INTELLIGENCE
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