The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / August 15, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 32

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Features:

LINUX NETWORX LANL WIN: HPCwire INTERVIEW: by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief
HPCwire conducted a Q&A interview with Linux Networx about some of their recent announcements, company wins and future goals.
REPORT: SUPERCOMPUTER RESEARCH NEEDS EQUALITY: According to a new report, the government should undertake a more stable and balanced path toward supporting research in custom and off- the-shelf technology in the supercomputing world.
GETTING THE TRUTH OUT OF A DATA WAREHOUSE: by Gary Mehler, Director of Software Development, SAS
This article explores how upgrading a data warehouse is possible through a couple of new metadata services.
"SPINTRONICS" COULD ENABLE FUTURE ELECTRONIC DEVICES: Physicists at Stanford and the University of Tokyo think they've found a way to solve the dissipation problem of electronic devices, by manipulating a neglected property of the electron -- its "spin".

Cluster Computing:

DATADIRECT STORAGE SYSTEMS SELECTED FOR NCSA CLUSTER: The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is creating one of the most powerful computer clusters in the world with help of DataDirect Networks.
HP BUILDS ON LINUX MARKET WITH CLUSTER TECHNOLOGIES: HP announced new Linux-based management and clustering solutions designed to help enterprise customers realize a better return on information technology (IT) through the use of open systems.
VOLTAIRE GARNERS SUCCESS WITH IBM CLUSTER: Voltaire, a leader in intelligent connectivity for high performance InfiniBand solutions, was honored for its key contributions to IBM's DB2 Integrated Cluster Environment (ICE) for Linux.

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Vendor Spotlight:

LANL SELECTS LINUX NETWORX FOR INFINIBAND CLUSTER: Linux Networx announced Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected Linux Networx to build a 256-node Evolocity cluster system, which will be the largest InfiniBand cluster announced to date.
SGI SUPERCOMPUTER TO STUDY EARTHQUAKE PHENOMENA: The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, has invested $3.25 million (U.S.) in powerful SGI supercomputing technology as part of an initiative to increase Australia's research abilities in earth sciences and earthquake phenomena.
IBM AND LEGO COMPANY BUILD FOR SUCCESS: IBM announced a major deal with LEGO Company, the Danish-based leading manufacturer of play materials.

Quote of the Week:

"Unlike the Ohm's Law for electronics, the new 'Ohm's Law' that we've discovered says that the spin of the electron can be transported without any loss of energy, or dissipation. Furthermore, this effect occurs at room temperature in materials already widely used in the semiconductor industry, such as gallium arsenide. That's important because it could enable a new

Shoucheng Zhang,
physics professor at Stanford

News Briefs:

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Networking

Storage

General

Short Takes:

Product Watch:: Software Tree Announces JDX 4.1 OR-Mapper.
BMC Software Expands Linux Support.
Financial Update:: HP Sees Service Earnings Boost.
Intel To Make Malaysian R&D Investment.
NVIDIA Reports Operating Results For Q2.
Corporate Liaisons:: IBM/Sequent's UNIX Contract Ends.
Australia Joins MS Security Program.
IBM Joins HyperTransport Consortium.
People and Positions:: BEA Appoints Google CFO To Board.
Raindrop Geomagic CEO Receives Award.
Sun Hill Software Gets New Advisor.

This Week's Career Opportunities From:
Caltech Celera Genomics Citigroup Goodyear	IBM Intel LBNL Linux Networx	Motorola NCAR NCSA NEC Solutions	ORNL SDSC Sun Microsystems

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