The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / October 29, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 43

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Features:

NASA'S COLUMBIA SUPERCOMPUTER IS WORLD'S FASTEST: Silicon Graphics, with NASA, confirmed that NASA's new Intel Itanium 2 processor-based Columbia supercomputer is the most powerful computer in the world.
LUMINARIES MAKE UP COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS PANEL AT SC04: The Council on Competitiveness announced that it is sponsoring a panel on the importance of advanced computing to U.S. competitiveness at SC2004 HPC Conference. The panel will focus on linkages between industrial use of critical technology and competing successfully in a global economy.

LBNL EARTH SIM EVALUATION NOMINATED FOR BEST PAPER AT SC04: A team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has become the first international team to conduct a performance evaluation study of the 5,120-processor Earth Simulator. The team's paper was accepted for the SC2004 conference, then nominated for Best Paper.
Z's $61.7M REFURBISHMENT TO ADVANCE MACHINE'S CAPABILITIES: Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine has received approval from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to proceed with a $61.7 million refurbishment. The project is called ZR, for Z-Refurbishment.

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Cluster Computing:

VA TECH'S SYSTEM X REBUILT -- ACHIEVES 12.25 TERAFLOPS: Virginia Tech announced that the rebuilt System X, its supercomputer cluster now built from 1,100 Xserve G5s, is now operating at 12.25 teraflops, an increase of nearly 2 teraflops over the previous official record of 10.28 teraflops.
SDSC RELEASES ROCKS 3.3.0, SUPPORTS NACONA, INFINIBAND: Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and their collaborators have released version 3.3.0 of the Rocks Clustering Distribution.
VOLTAIRE, RLX DELIVER 10 Gbps SERVER SOLUTIONS FOR CLUSTERS: RLX Technologies and Voltaire announced that the companies are collaborating to deliver the industry's first 10 Gbps (4X) InfiniBand integrated switch for blade servers.
ORACLE SETS RECORD WITH HP SERVERS CLUSTERED WITH INFINICON: Oracle announced a record TPC-H performance benchmark result for Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters, demonstrating scale- out and price performance leadership using Oracle clustering technology on HP Linux servers.

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Vendor Spotlight:

CRAY'S XT3 SUPERCOMPUTER SHIPS TO THREE MAJOR CENTERS: Cray Inc. reported that it has begun shipping the Cray XT3 supercomputer, an industry standard massively parallel processing (MPP) system that strongly advances the record-setting scalability and sustained application performance of the renowned Cray T3D and Cray T3E systems.
SGI AWARDED U.S. EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATE: The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) recognized Silicon Graphics for its outstanding export market expansion by awarding the company the DOC Export Achievement Certificate.

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Quote of the Week:

"The launching of the Columbia system shows what's possible when government and technology leaders work together toward a goal of truly national importance."

Paul Otellini, president and COO of Intel

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General

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Short Takes:

Product Watch:: Honeywell Intros Tool For Process Industries.
Sequence Tools Up Performance On Linux 64-Bit OS.
AMD Athlon 64 Processor Named Product of the Year.
Financial Update:: Microsoft Sees Increased Quarter Revenue.
MSC.Software Announces Certain Third Qtr Info.
Foundry Networks Reports Third Qtr Results.
Corporate Liaisons:: Xilinx, Ansoft Announce New Design Kit.
Ascential, IBM Enhance Mainframe Connectivity
Sun, Engenio To Power Mid-Range Offering.
People and Position:: Cray Elects Stephen Richards To Board.
Broadcom Names McGregor As President, CEO.
Ex-LLNL Director Presented w/ Gold Award.

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