The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / September 10, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 36

Features:

HOLLYWOOD CELEB HELPS BOOST NEW SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER: Peter Jackson, the director and mastermind behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and his company, Weta Digital, have teamed with Telecom New Zealand susidiary Gen-i to build a new supercomputing facility located in Wellington, New Zealand.
ROSCOE GILES NAMED ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT BLACKS IN RESEARCH: Roscoe C. Giles, deputy director of Boston University's Center for Computational Science, has been named one of the "50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science" in 2004.
NOT JUST ANOTHER FINE MESH; VORTICES AND SUPERCOMPUTING: by Kate Caponi, NCSA Science Writer
Researchers have created millions of tiny vortices with supercomputers, modeling turbulent fluid flow.
EXPLORING BLACK HOLES WITH VISUALIZATION: NSF has awarded $1.1 million to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and other partners to produce a television program, a planetarium show, and educational materials exploring the current scientific understanding of black holes.
NSF BRINGS MICROSCOPE TO U.S. FOR BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: The 4Pi-Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope is the world's most advanced light-based microscope-capable of revealing the structure of genetic material within a cell in three dimensions. The first such instrument is now coming to the United States, thanks to an NSF grant.

Cluster Computing:

SANDIA DEPLOYS VOLTAIRE'S 288 PORT INFINIBAND SWITCH: Voltaire announced the general availability and first customer deployment of the Voltaire ISR 9288, the industry's highest port density, most scalable InfiniBand switch for large server clusters.
HRG SELECTS SCALI AS AMONG BEST LINUX CLUSTER MGT SOLUTIONS: Scali, a leader in high performance clustering solutions, announced that, in an independent study, Harvard Research Group (HRG) has selected Scali Manage as one of the best all around Linux cluster management solutions available.

AIST TO ADVANCE LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH W/ IBM SUPERCOMPUTER: IBM announced that AIST, a leading Japanese research laboratory, will use an IBM BlueGene/L supercomputer to advance their research in proteins, potentially accelerating breakthroughs in drug design.
SUN GROWS IN HIGH PERFORMANCE AND TECHNICAL COMPUTING MARKET: Sun Microsystems, Inc. extended its leadership position in the high performance and technical computing (HPTC) market, according to the latest research from IDC.
INTEL SILICON INNOVATION SHAPES DIRECTION OF DIGITAL WORLD: Intel Corporation President and COO Paul Otellini described new silicon innovations that will help guide the direction of the technology industry and provide new capabilities for customers and end-users.
SGI DELIVERS A SHARED DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT IBC 2004: As broadcasters and post production houses transition from analog to digital IT facilities, Silicon Graphics is providing infrastructure and new storage technologies for the management of digital content within and between facilities.

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Product Watch:: STMicroelectronics Unveils TCG 1.2 Solution.
Xilinx, Sandia To Drive Logic Tech Into Space.
Maplesoft Announces Maple 9.5 Japanese Edition.
Financial Update:: Intel Declares Regular Cash Dividend.
Halifax Announces $29 M Award w/ Army.
Corporate Liaisons:: Sun, ARM To Deliver Java Solutions.
VTR Beirut, SGI Drive Middle East Facility.
Intel Licenses Avocent DVC Technology.
People and Position:: PNNL's Wang Selected For Symposium.
Intel Names Eric Kim To Head Marketing.
Jim Cady Joins LightPointe As President.

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