The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / August 29, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 34
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Features:
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PNNL SUPERCOMPUTER FASTEST OPEN SYSTEM IN U.S.
- The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is now
home to the United States' fastest operational unclassified
supercomputer.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SGI'S MARKETING VP GREG ESTES
- by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief
HPCwire interviewed SGI's Vice President of Marketing Greg Estes
concerning its recent restructuring plans.
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DNA BASIS FOR NEW GENERATION OF COMPUTERS
- It almost sounds too fantastic to be true, but a growing amount of
research supports the idea that DNA, the basic building block of life,
could also be the basis of a staggeringly powerful new generation of
computers.
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COMPUTER DESIGN YIELDS METHOD FOR PREVENTING TISSUE DAMAGE
- The tedious laboratory trial-and-error method for refining
protein/peptide-based medicines could be accelerated and complemented
by an innovative in-silico (on-computer) protein design method.
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BUILDING NANOCRYSTALS
- By Katherine A. Caponi, NCSA Science Writer
Using NCSA supercomputers, scientists calculate the electronic
structures of molecules to predict how they will behave under a variety
of different conditions.
Cluster Computing:
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SGI ALTIX 3000 PERFORMANCE LEAD ROLLS ON
- Fortifying its unchallenged performance lead among all competing
systems, SGI announced that its SGI Altix 3000 servers and
superclusters continue to rule industry standard benchmarks.
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VERITAS DELIVERS NEW CLUSTERING CAPABILITY
- VERITAS Software Corporation, a leading storage software provider,
announced the availability of a series of new application agents for
VERITAS Cluster Server.
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INFINICON ANNOUNCES NEW LEVELS FROM INFINIBAND-BASED SYSTEM
- InfiniCon Systems announced that its InfinIO family of products has
attained unprecedented performance results in a series of key tests
measuring application latency, bandwidth throughput, scalability, and
I/O throughput.
High Performance Ads:
Learn about the NEESgrid system architecture through
a NCSA-developed online presentation.
Vendor Spotlight:
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MSC.SOFTWARE UTILIZES MSC.MARC TO DESIGN AN INFLATABLE DAM
- MSC.Software Corp. announced a completed project with Hollandsche
Beton-en Waterbouw bv (HBW) to design and test an inflatable dam to be
used as a storm barrier near the city of Kampen, Netherlands.
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SUN CONTINUES TO GROW AS TOP TRADITIONAL WORKSTATION VENDOR
- Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced that the company grew its share of the
worldwide traditional workstation (TWS) market, showing an increase in
revenue and unit shipment market share.
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SGI RESTRUCTURES: CUTS TO $100M QUARTERLY
- SGI announced that it is implementing additional actions to lower costs
and intensify focus on new High-Performance Computing, Storage and
Visualization products.
Quote of the Week:
"We chose the HP system during our competitive procurement
process because its overall system balance was best tailored
to the needs of the complex computational chemistry done at PNNL.
The additional power and speed will enable novel studies in
atmospheric chemistry, systems biology, catalysis and materials
science."
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Scott Studham,
manager, computer operations, MSCF
News Briefs:
Hardware
Software
Networking
Storage
General
Short Takes:
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Product Watch:
- The MathWorks Ships New Fixed-Income Toolbox.
Actel Unveils First Flash-Based FPGAs.
MapInfo Updates Enterprise Mapping Solution.
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Financial Update:
- Intel Sees Higher Revenue.
Fujitsu Credit Rating Cut To Junk By S&P.
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Corporate Liaisons:
- Avanex To Acquire Vitesse's Assets.
IMSI Signs Agreement To Acquire CADKEY.
Agere Systems Acquires Massana.
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People and Positions:
- Gateway Promotes New CIO.
SCO Group Appoints New VP.
Altair CEO Receives Award.
HPCwire notes events and highlights a complete listing of industry-related conferences, exhibitions, meetings, etc.
Last Week's Most Read Articles:
- LANL SELECTS AMD, LINUX NETWORX FOR SUPERCLUSTER
- RESEARCHERS SEE A FAVORITE COMPUTING METHOD
- SANDIA TEAM DEVELOPS COGNITIVE MACHINES
- NEW "METACLUSTER" DUE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
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