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US-RUSSIA CREATE LANDMARK HPC SIMULATION
- The US-Russia Plasma Astrophysics Collaboration is the first research
team to calculate the complicated flows of the ionized matter drawn
into rotating magnetized stars.
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JUNIPER OUTLINES VISION FOR PUBLIC NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
- In a document released Wednesday, Juniper Networks, Inc. outlined its
vision for a new approach to public network infrastructure that
addresses the problems inherent in today's Internet.
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INTERNET PROTOCOL SETS MILESTONE FOR FAST DATA TRANSPORT
- A new milestone was reached in trans-Atlantic data transmission by
researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) who
demonstrated the practicality of transferring even very large data sets
over high-speed production networks.
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NEW DIODE COULD ENABLE FASTER, MORE EFFICIENT ELECTRONICS
- Engineers have designed a new diode that transmits more electricity
than any other device of its kind. The new diode is compatible with
silicon, so manufacturers could easily build it into mainstream
electronic devices such as cell phones and computers.
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NSF AWARDS GRANT TO CAL POLY POMONA FOR PARALLEL COMP LAB
- The National Science Foundation has awarded Cal Poly Pomona College of
Science faculty members a two-year, $160,000 grant that will pay for a
computer workstation network designed to drive research in parallel and
distributed computing.
Cluster Computing:
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SCALI SECURES FOOTHOLD IN CHINA THROUGH OEM PARTNERSHIP
- Scali, a leader in high performance clustering solutions, announced its
entrance into the Chinese High Performance Computing (HPC) market
through an OEM agreement with Langchao, one of the largest domestic
vendors of servers in China.
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RLX SIMPLIFIES CLUSTER MANAGEMENT FOR WORKLOAD OPTIMIZATION
- RLX Technologies, Inc., a leader in modular computing, announces the
introduction of a new version of the RLX HPC Cluster Manager. Version
1.1 extends the power of cluster management to OpenPBS cluster
environments.
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LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS SUPPORT OSDL REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION
- The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) announced support from many of
the world's leading Linux distributions for the new OSDL Carrier Grade
Linux Requirements Definition version 2.0 (CGL 2.0).
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BUSINESS MAPS THE WAY WIND BLOWS
- Using clusters, TrueWind Solutions makes wind maps for companies
seeking the best spots to erect electricity-generating wind turbines.
Such maps can be crucial for determining how much electricity — and how
many dollars — turbines will produce.
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RADISYS DEMONSTRATES SIP SERVER BASED ON ATCA FORM FACTOR
- At Telecom Geneva, RadiSys Corp. demonstrated the industry's first high
density SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server with scalable
performance in an ATCA (Advanced TCA) cluster form factor.
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SUN DELIVERS ON THROUGHPUT STRATEGY W/ ULTRASPARC IV INTRO
- Sun Microsystems, Inc. disclosed additional information on the new
UltraSPARC IV processor, a product which has the potential to double
the throughput of Sun's existing high-end and mid-range systems.
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SGI, BNU TEAM UP TO EXPEDITE CHINA LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH
- SGI, a global leader in high performance computing, storage and
advanced visualization and Beijing Normal University (BNU), one of the
most prestigious schools in educational research and training,
introduced the BNU and SGI Bioinformatics Center.
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IBM, CISCO SYSTEMS HOPE TO FORM SOFTWARE STANDARDS
- by Jennifer Tabor
HPCwire's Jennifer Tabor examines how IBM and Cisco Systems, in order
to reduce the complications of managing large data networks, are
working together to create and promote open software standards.
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IBM UNVEILS DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- IBM Corp. said on Monday it will start selling data storage management
systems next month that will make it easier for businesses to manage
their data on networks.
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MICROSOFT OFFERS ADDITIONAL 64-BIT COMPUTING CHOICES
- Microsoft Corp. announced the beta availability of Windows Server 2003
for 64-Bit Extended Systems supporting the AMD64 architecture.
Quote of the Week:
"Computer chips now are worse than the Los Angeles freeway,
with wires running back and forth clogging the path of
propagating signals. At some point, things are going to come
to a grinding halt, and chips won't run any faster."
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Paul R. Berger
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
at Ohio State
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HPC USER FORUM ASKS EUROPEAN USERS TO HELP RESHAPE THE INDUSTRY
European HPC users are urged to contribute to upcoming discussions in
Paris, October 20 and London, October 22, as part of the HPC User
Forum's initiative to help reshape the global HPC industry.
Short Takes:
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Product Watch:
- RackSaver, AMD Develop Audio Workstations.
ZNYX Networks Launches ZX5000.
Platform's 'Day 0' Protection Stops Hackers.
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Financial Update:
- IBM Meets Forecast, Offers Good Outlook.
Wendover-Global Spending Index Increases.
Intel 3rd-Quarter Profit Rises.
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Corporate Liaisons:
- IBM To Acquire Crossaccess Technology.
GoldenGate Partners With IR.
BMC, Intel Help Design Infrastructures.
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People and Positions:
- Smaby Joins CorVu Board of Directors.
Force10 Appoints Feldman Marketing VP.
Susan Wang Elected to Altera Board.
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
4th International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid
(CCGrid 2004: IEEE support pending final approval)
19-22 April, Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/ccgrid2004
HPCwire notes events and highlights a complete listing of industry-related conferences, exhibitions, meetings, etc.
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- SGI: OPEN LETTER TO THE LINUX COMMUNITY
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