The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / June 4, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 22

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Features:

REVITALIZING HECRTF: A FOCUSED PLAN FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING: Commentary from the High-End Crusader
The High-End Crusader praises parts of the HECRTF report but finds it lacking in financial commitment, a sense of urgency, and a focused research agenda. Contrasting HECRTF blandness with the clarity and vision in two previous reports, and focusing on the concept of balanced high-bandwidth system, he offers some suggestions for improvement.
PRODUCTIVITY - A TRUE MEASURE OF SUPERCOMPUTING: by Christopher Lazou
Seventy five experts, from thirteen mostly European countries, attended the NEC User Group to discuss how they manage their own computing facilities to support their core business.
NCAR BREAKTHROUGHS FOCUS ON SOLAR HALOS, SUNSPOT CYCLES: A new instrument developed at NCAR has captured landmark imagery of fast-evolving magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere. In addition, scientists have begun work on a groundbreaking forecast of the next cycle of sunspots using a new computer model of the sun.
THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS - METHODS TO STRENGTHEN INFERENCE: James Granato and Frank Scioli, of the National Science Foundation, write in the newly published June issue of Perspectives on Politics that the separation of theory and real-world tests often sharply limit the usefulness of each.

Cluster Computing:

INTEL ITANIUM 2-BASED HP SERVERS TO BOOST VOLVO IT: Intel Corporation and HP announced that Volvo IT will deploy a cluster of Intel Itanium 2 processor-based HP Integrity servers to help increase business and cost efficiencies across its operations.
QUADRICS LINKS CLUSTERING, AFFORDABILITY W/ QsNetII E-SERIES: Quadrics, an interconnect technology provider, is to release a number of standalone switch chassis based on its QsNetII technology in the range of 8- 128 way cluster configurations, the E-Series (Enterprise).
TERRASCALE TECH ANNOUNCES FIRST OEM PARTNERSHIP: Terrascale Technologies, a developer of next generation input/output (I/O) software, announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership with TeamHPC, a provider of Linux-based turnkey cluster solutions.
EMIC APP CLUSTER ENABLES CONSOLIDATION OF APACHE AND MySQL: Emic Networks announces the availability of version 2.0 of Emic Application Cluster (EAC) for Apache. EAC enables consolidation of servers for better control, improving the excellent total cost of ownership characteristics already provided by these platforms.

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SUN BREAKS RECORDS W/ ULTRASPARC IV, AMD-OPTERON SYSTEMS: Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced that the new Solaris Operating System and UltraSPARC IV-based midrange and high-end systems has set a world- record or benchmark, bringing the total to 37 world-records to date.
HP TO CERTIFY, INTEGRATE AND SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: HP achieved an industry first in its Linux and open source initiative by signing agreements with MySQL AB and JBoss to certify, support and jointly sell their open source software solutions on HP's standards- based servers.
IBM EXTENDS LIFE SCIENCE ENDEAVORS: Despite a slow start, IBM is hoping to enhance its role in the life sciences sector by contributing to biotech innovations and participating in the potential transformation of health care.
MSC ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF MSC.ROBUST DESIGN 2004 r2: MSC.Software Corp., a global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products, including simulation software and services, announced the availability of MSC.Robust Design 2004 r2.
SGI ALTIX BREAKS RECORDS IN SPEC OMP TESTS: Silicon Graphics announced that its SGI Altix server has achieved new world records in SPEComp L2001 tests for 64-processor and 128-processor systems.
HLRS, CRAY EXTEND RELATIONSHIP W/ ORDER FOR HPC SYSTEM: HLRS -- the Stuttgart High Performance Computing Center -- extended its long-term relationship with Cray Inc. by awarding Cray an order to replace its existing Cray T3E-900/512 system with an Opteron-based high performance computing system and related services.

Quote of the Week:

"Observations of extrasolar planets as precise and compelling as those of Venus will not happen in my lifetime or that of my children. What we can see on Venus today previews what will be seen on far distant planets long after I'm gone. You could say it's cheating on time."

Timothy Brown, a scientist at the National
Center for Atmospheric Research

GRID CREATES 'VIRTUAL' POOL OF IBM RESOURCES

ROBERT MARCUS NAMED DIRECTOR OF
COLORADO GRID INITIATIVE

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Short Takes:

Product Watch:: LSI Unveils DDR-2 SDRAM Memory Interface.
Xilinx, AMIRIX Announce MultiBERT Ref Design.
NVIDIA Announces New nForce3 Ultra MCP.
Financial Update:: HP Leads In Server Shipments For 8th Qtr.
Raytheon Receives DARPA Funding.
MS Ordered To Pay Lindows 944 Euros.
Corporate Liaisons:: Fujitsu, Sun Expand Partnership.
SIS Licenses Huespace.
Ansys, Autodesk Expand Tech Partnership.
People and Position:: Matsushima Named President Of PTKK.
Hardison Joins SAIC Life Sciences Practice.

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