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Features:
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WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR HPCwire READERS & EDITORS CHOICE AWARDS
- HPCwire, the publication of record for high performance computing, has
announced the winners of the 2004 Reader's and Editor's Choice Awards.
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SUPERCOMPUTING CONFERENCE RETURNS TO PITTSBURGH
- If you like your computers to be powerful and speedy, then you need to
know about this year's SC2004 conference, beginning this weekend.
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HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CRITICAL TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- by Tim Curns, Editor
HPCwire had a chance to speak with organizers of the Council on
Competitiveness-sponsored SC2004 panel about the role of
competitiveness in U.S. high-performance computing initiatives.
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ECMWF WORKSHOP -- TERAFLOP/S CHALLENGES FOR NWP, METEOROLOGY
- by Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants
Christopher Lazou, at the ECMWF (European Centre For Medium-Range
Weather Forecasts) workshop, reports that future supercomputers will
have heterogeneous architectures with both scalar and vector processors
tightly integrated with low latency high memory bandwidth and
communications switch.
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DARPA'S HPCS PROGRAM TO REDEFINE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS
- by Tim Curns, Editor
Jeremy Kepner, the lead software architect of pMatlab and MatlabMPI,
recently spoke with HPCwire regarding the DARPA High Productivity
Computing Systems (HPCS) workshop that he will be leading this year at
Supercomputing 2004.
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INTEL SHOWCASES BREADTH, RANGE AT SC04
- What's on Intel's radar this year at SC04? Richard Dracott, director of
Intel's Enterprise Platforms Marketing group, shares his perspective
with HPCwire contributing writer Jan Rowell.
Cluster Computing:
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IBM KOREA, SEOUL UNIVERSITY IMPLEMENT LINUX CLUSTER SYSTEM
- IBM Korea has announced that it had recently signed an agreement with
Seoul National University (SNU) to set up Linux-based cluster
supercomputing system at the university.
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PATHSCALE INTROS WORLD'S LOWEST-LATENCY CLUSTER INTERCONNECT
- PathScale announced the PathScale InfiniPath Interconnect, the
industry's lowest latency Linux cluster interconnect delivering SMP-
class performance for commodity-priced clustered computing.
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ATIPA SELECTED TO PROVIDE TWO ITANIUM CLUSTERS TO DoE
- by Tim Curns, Editor
Atipa, solution provider of high-performance computing systems, has
made several significant advances in the cluster computing industry
recently. HPCwire recently spoke with Dana Chang, Vice President of
Technology, and Roger Heflin, Atipa's Principal HPC Engineer, to
discuss Atipa's recent challenges and successes.
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SCALI PREPARES FOR GROWTH IN LINUX CLUSTERING MARKET
- Scali, a leader in high performance clustering solutions, announced a
series of investments to solidify its US market position and accelerate
penetration of the US Linux clustering market.
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High Performance Ads:
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Vendor Spotlight:
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JAERI INTRODUCES 2,048 PROCESSOR SGI LINUX SUPERCOMPUTER
- Silicon Graphics announced that the Japan Atomic Energy Research
Institute (JAERI) will introduce an SGI Altix supercomputer as its new
core computation system to assist in developing leading energy systems.
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BERLIN CENTER ORDERS CRAY XD1 SUPERCOMPUTER
- Cray Inc. announced that it has received an order for a Cray XD1
supercomputer from Germany's renowned Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB).
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LINUX NETWORX RELEASES NEW CLUSTERED STORAGE SYSTEM XILO
- Linux Networx announced a new scalable storage technology, called the
Xilo scalable storage system, that combines storage devices, management
software, and the most scalable file systems into an easy-to-administer
storage appliance.
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ASPEN SYSTEMS TO PREVIEW NEW ABC MGT SOFTWARE AT SC
- Aspen Systems, Inc., a leader in the custom design, manufacture and
service of a wide array of Linux-based high performance computing
solutions, will preview a new version of ABC Management Software at the
Supercomputing (SC) 2004 conference.
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VOLTAIRE POWERS WORLD'S LARGEST SUPERCOMPUTER AT NASA
- Voltaire, a leader in interconnect solutions for high performance
computing, announced that the company's InfiniBand interconnect
solutions are powering the world's largest supercomputer for NASA.
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Quote of the Week:
"High-performance computing is one of those key resources that is
going to have to be widely accessible in order to drive
innovation, and therefore, productivity, growth and ultimately,
our standard of living."
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Suzy Tichenor, Vice President and Director for
the High Productivity Computing Project
News Briefs:
Hardware
Software
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Networking
Storage
General
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Short Takes:
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Product Watch:
- Actel's FPGAs Gain Greater Performance.
Critical Software, PathScale Improve WMPI II.
HP, Brocade Reduce SAN Infrastructure Costs.
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Financial Update:
- Linux Networx Secures $40M For Expansion.
Actel Expects 80 Percent Growth w/ FPGAs.
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Corporate Liaisons:
- UT Southwestern Joins HiPCAT.
3Dlabs Selected For HP Graphics Program.
Engenio Leverages IBM TotalStorage Center.
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People and Positions:
- BakBone Appts Kumar As VP Of Marketing.
Azul Announces Shahin Khan As VP, CMO.
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HPCwire notes events and highlights a complete listing of industry-related conferences, exhibitions, meetings, etc.
Last Week's Most Read Articles:
- NASA'S COLUMBIA SUPERCOMPUTER IS WORLD'S FASTEST
- CRAY'S XT3 SUPERCOMPUTER SHIPS TO THREE MAJOR CENTERS
- LBNL EARTH SIM EVALUATION NOMINATED FOR BEST PAPER AT SC04
- VA TECH'S SYSTEM X REBUILT -- ACHIEVES 12.25 TERAFLOPS
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