The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / September 3, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 35

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Features:

CRAY: WE WILL BE BACK IN 2005: by Tom Tabor, Publisher
Despite Cray's recent financial disappointments, the supercomputer company is planning to bounce back in 2005. Tom Tabor, publisher of HPCwire, spoke with Cray regarding the company's product plans and financial outlook.
ORION BRINGS SUPERCOMPUTING TO YOUR DESKTOP: by Tim Curns, Editor
Orion Multisystems, Inc., a company founded by computer industry veterans, announced two models of the Orion Cluster Workstation, the highest performance general-purpose computing platform that can be plugged into a standard wall outlet and used in an office or lab.
CHELSIO, SUN PARTNER TO DELIVER HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKING: by Tim Curns, Editor
Chelsio Communications, Inc. announced it is collaborating with Sun Microsystems, Inc. to develop drivers for Chelsio's family of 10Gb Ethernet Server Adapters to run on the Solaris OS for SPARC, AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon-processor based systems.
ENGINEERS PATENT PROCESSES FOR SELF-ASSEMBLED NANOSTRUCTURES: Nanotechnology promises to revolutionize modern life. From energy- efficient lighting that lasts for 50 years, to greater data storage capacity, to stronger metals and ceramics, the improvements attributed to the development of nanostructures seem limitless.

Cluster Computing:

atípa HELPS POWER DoE WITH NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE CLUSTERS: atípa Technologies announced the successful deployment of two identical Itanium 2 Linux Clusters to the Department of Energy for security and other high-performance needs.
SIEMENS' MODVIZ, INC. SECURES $2.8 MILLION SERIES A FUNDING: ModViz Inc., a software company developing products to enable high performance 3D visualization on computing clusters, secured $2.8 million Series A funding from Selby Venture Partners, LMS Capital, Atrium Capital, Halo Fund II and the Angel Forum

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Vendor Spotlight:

UNIVERSITY FIRST EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION TO CHOOSE CRAY XD1: Cray Inc. announced that Helmut Schmidt University (HSU), Hamburg, Germany, is the first European organization to place an order for a Cray XD1 supercomputer system.
MISSISSIPPI, SGI TO DELIVER STATE-WIDE SUPERCOMPUTING: The Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research (MCSR) has acquired a 64-processor SGI Altix system from Silicon Graphics to significantly "raise the bar" for computing resources available to more than 800 researchers throughout Mississippi.
SUN ANNOUNCES RAPID ADOPTION OF SUN JAVA WORKSTATIONS: Sun Microsystems announced that customers, developers and partners are rapidly adopting the new Sun Java Workstations based on AMD Opteron processors for their technical and heavy duty workloads across a range of industries.
MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES 2006 LONGHORN TARGET DATE: Microsoft Corp. announced it will target broad availability of the Windows client operating system code-named "Longhorn" in 2006 and make key elements of the Windows WinFX developer platform, which "Longhorn" provides, available for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
INTEL DRIVES MOORE'S LAW WITH 65 NANOMETER PROCESS TECH: Intel, in a significant milestone, has built fully functional 70- megabit static random access memory (SRAM) chips with more than half a billion transistors using the world's most advanced 65 nanometer (nm) process technology.
MSC.SOFTWARE, BREMBO TO IMPROVE VPD TOOLS FOR BRAKES: MSC.Software Corp. and Brembo, a worldwide brake systems provider, have signed an agreement to develop a customized simulation toolkit, based upon MSC.Marc, to simulate stress and fatigue characteristics of automotive brake pads.

Quote of the Week:

"This industry milestone changes the dynamics of the computing business."

Dirk Meyer, executive vice president, AMD
Computation Products Group

THE GRID: DEFINING THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET
(Part 3 of 3)

UNITED DEVICES GRANTED INTERNET GRID SEARCH PATENT

News Briefs:

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Short Takes:

Product Watch:: The MathWorks Intros RF Design, Sim Products.
Procera Intros OptimIP Intelligent Net App.
Informatica, IBM, Avnet Unveil Dashboard Solution.
Financial Update:: IBM Leads In Servers During 2Q 2004.
HP Extends Leadership In Factory Revenue.
Sun Offers Special Promotions On Its Systems.
Corporate Liaisons:: Hyperion, Sun Deliver Mgt Solutions.
VirTra Systems Sells Simulator To Army.
Kontiki, IBM Join For Enterprise Rich Media.
People and Position:: Winston Joins NVIDIA As VP Of HR.
Voltaire Names Asher VP Of Sales, Europe.

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