The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / May 14, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 19

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ADVANCED ANALYTIC-SEARCH TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC STRIKE: Commentary from the High-End Crusader
Working from a Pentagon report, the High-End Crusader considers advanced analytic-search tools to acquire difficult targets in asymmetric warfare. The data come from intrusive, lower-tier wireless sensor networks. Strategic data analysis is equated with certain challenging sparse-graph problems that have little chance of being solved on distributed-memory machines. Straw algorithms and computing requirements are discussed.
TUNING IN TUMORS: by Trish Barker, NCSA science writer
A new understanding of nuclear magnetic resonance could lead to better techniques for detecting cancer.
GGF ENDORSES AND SUPPORTS Gt'04 EVENT: In a special letter from Steve Crumb, Executive Director, Global Grid Forum, to GGF members, Crumb points out the accelerated interest in Grid computing worldwide. He especially notes the interest in the upcoming Gt'04 conference in Philadelphia.
CRAY, ORNL TO PROVIDE 100-TERAFLOP DOE SUPERCOMPUTER: Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. announced that it will collaborate with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to provide the world's most powerful supercomputer.
WOMEN IN COMPUTING EFFORTS RECEIVE PRESIDENTIAL HONORS: President Bush awarded the Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) the 2004 PAESMEM award for "significant achievements in mentoring women across educational levels."
NAT'L CANCER INSTITUTE PURCHASES STARBRIDGE HYPERCOMPUTER: Starbridge Systems announced that the National Cancer Institute's Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC) in Frederick, MD, recently purchased a Starbridge Hypercomputer, the first high-end reconfigurable computer acquired for bioscience research.
U.S. TO INCREASE COMPETITION IN SUPERCOMPUTING EFFORTS: The US Department of Energy is developing plans to create the fastest civilian computer in the world in order to stay ahead in the supercomputing race.

Cluster Computing:

MEIOSYS OFFERS HIGH PERFORMANCE CLUSTERS W/ HP: Meiosys announced its offer for higher levels of availability and management flexibility of high performance computational clusters with HP.
PARACEL ANNOUNCES 64-BIT PARACEL BLAST 1.6 FOR AMD OPTERON: Paracel, Inc. announced the availability of Paracel BLAST 1.6 with native support for 64-bit AMD Opteron. With this new support, Paracel can offer BlastMachine2, its integrated, turnkey cluster for BLAST analysis, with a choice of platforms.
FIRM OF 55 CREATES EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE SUPERCOMPUTER: California Digital, a small firm with just 55 employees, has created a supercomputer which can compete with some of the most powerful in the world.

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MS LONGHORN ATTRACTS ATTENTION WITH WinHEC PREVIEW: Microsoft offered yet another quick peek at the anticipated Longhorn operating system at last week's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC). Some updates have been made to this system since September's initial preview, but many are not immediately noticeable.
DUAL-CORE ITANIUM CHIP PRODUCTION CHANGES INTEL'S PLANS: Eager to unveil processors with two cores on one silicon piece, Intel has canceled the next generation of its Pentium desktop and Xeon server chips.
INNOVATION SCALES HP INTEGRITY SERVERS TO 128 PROCESSORS: HP announced significant achievements in its standards-based server portfolio, including breakthrough innovation in system design that dramatically increases the workload capacity and cuts costs for HP Integrity server customers.
CRAY INC. REPORTS ADVANCE ORDER FOR RED STORM-BASED PRODUCT: Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. reported that a Canadian organization has placed an advance order for the company's upcoming product based on the Sandia Red Storm supercomputer.
IBM EXPANDS BLADECENTER WITH NEW BROCADE SWITCHES: IBM, a worldwide leader in blade servers, announced that Brocade, the industry leader in Fibre Channel SAN switching, would for the first time offer two crucial switches for IBM's eServer BladeCenter system.

Quote of the Week:

"Five of the 10 fastest growing occupations in the next decade will be computer related, but women make up less than a third of the IT workforce and an even smaller percentage of the academic pipeline. This underrepresentation represents a loss of talent and creativity that we will need shaping the future role of technology in society."

Dr. Jan Cuny, CRA-W representative

INT'L TEAM GETS BIG RESULTS WITH TeraGrid

EXECUTIVES EMPHASIZE NEED FOR
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Short Takes:

Product Watch:: MSC Releases SimDesigner 2004 r3 For CATIA V5R13.
Broadcom Announces 10 GB Optical Transceiver.
STMicroelectronics Integrates Silicon Labs' Tech.
Financial Update:: Cray Upgraded To "Outperform."
Third Quarter Marks Momentum For SGI.
SteelCloud Receives $12 Million.
Corporate Liaisons:: VERITAS, Sun Expand Alliance.
Mercury Computer Systems Acquires TGS.
Verari Acquires MPI Software.
People and Position:: Phil Fraher Appointed To SC04 Committee.
Berman Named One Of Top Women In Tech.
MS Appoints Markezich To CIO Position.

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