The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / October 15, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 41

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Features:

HEC ARTICLE OFFERS MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS: LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A reader writes in to ask the High-End Crusader some questions regarding the article in the October 08 issue of HPCwire. (108516.html)
LEVERAGING LINUX CLUSTERS FOR OIL EXPLORATION: by Tim Curns, Editor
Recently, HPCwire caught up with Weinman Geoscience, providers of expert exploration consulting and seismic data processing services to the energy industry, to discuss their use of Linux clusters for seismic data processing.
NCSA ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR NEW DIRECTOR: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced that Thom H. Dunning Jr. will be the new director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), pending the approval of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
LBNL RESEARCHER TO ANALYZE CLIMATE MODELS FOR INT'L REPORT: Michael Wehner, a climate researcher in the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has received a National Science Foundation grant to analyze the results of three new climate models as a means of determining their predictive quality.

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Cluster Computing:

VERARI SHIPS PUREcluster ipSAN VIRTUALIZED STORAGE SYSTEM: Verari Systems announced that it is shipping the PUREcluster ipSAN, an intelligent, clustered iSCSI-based SAN storage system that combines a powerful storage server, automated virtualization software features, and disk capacity into a single pool of shared storage.
INFINICON'S INFINIBAND VALIDATED FOR ORACLE DATABASE 10g: InfiniCon Systems, the leader in end-to-end networking for high performance business computing, announced availability of its InfiniBand interconnect clustering solution for Oracle Database 10g installations.

SMALL TREE ANNOUNCES INFINIBAND NETWORKING FOR MAC CLUSTERS: Small Tree Communications, a leading Mac network solutions provider, has announced the immediate availability of the fastest-ever InfiniBand products available for the Mac.
MERCURY ANNOUNCES INTEL 32/64 XEON-BASED SERVER SOLUTIONS: Mercury Computer Systems announced, at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists conference, the introduction of the next-generation XRi cluster systems with enhanced graphics capabilities.
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES, FAKESPACE DRIVE VISUALIZATION W/ CLUSTERS: Two new solutions from Dassault Systèmes and Fakespace will enable engineers and designers working with CATIA V5 Digital Mockup (DMU) to access virtual reality features in native V5 PLM and drive immersive environments using PC clusters.

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Vendor Spotlight:

IBM PUMPS UP BLADES FOR LIFE SCIENCE, FINANCIAL INDUSTRIES: IBM announced the early success of opening the IBM eServer BladeCenter specification and also announced significant enhancements to its POWER processor-based BladeCenter systems.
SGI INTROS LINUX-BASED VISUAL COMPUTING SYSTEM: SGI announced the Silicon Graphics Prism, the world's most powerful and flexible Linux OS-based visual computer product line.
HP LAUNCHES FINANCE PLATFORM FOR SWIFT CONNECTIVITY: HP has announced a new server platform that enables financial institutions and large corporations to access the SWIFT financial messaging network, while taking advantage of the lower costs and higher availability of the clustered Microsoft Windows environment.
PATHSCALE PRODUCT SUITE TO BE OFFERED WITH HP SERVERS: PathScale announced that its product suite will be available to users and resellers of industry-standard HP ProLiant servers based on both AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon-based processors.
NEXCOM'S NEXBLADE 416 BLADE SERVER WINS TWO AWARDS: Nexcom received the Outstanding Information Application and Product Award and the Best of Taiwan's Best Award for its NexBlade 416 Blade Server.
DataDirect SELECTED AS STORAGE TECH POWERING BLUEGENE/L: DataDirect Networks has delivered a storage networking system to the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, enabling the U.S. national lab to build the next-generation scientific simulation environment for its BlueGene/L massively-parallel computer.

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Quote of the Week:

"The future is now."

Juan Loaiza, Vice President, Systems Technology Group, Oracle Corporation.

GGF12: THE LINESCH REIGN BEGINS

MCNC TO PROVIDE YEAR OF
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News Briefs:

Hardware

Tatung Challenges Rivals In UK Server Market

Software

Networking

Storage

General

Short Takes:

Product Watch:: MIPS Releases Enhanced MIPS32 24K Core Family.
Discreet Ships Version 7 of 3ds max Software.
Financial Update:: Sun Settles Litigation w/ Eastman Kodak.
Intel Announces Third-Qtr Revenue $8.5 Billion.
HP Takes Strong Hold Of Software Market.
Corporate Liaisons:: Sun, NVIDIA Form Pro Graphics Alliance.
Ascential, PeopleSoft Improve Ownership Cost.
Procera Inks Agreement With BluPointe DRS.
People and Position:: Cray Elects Sally Narodick To Board.
ClusterVision Expands UK Team.

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