The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / November 7, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 44

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Features:

INTEL DISCOVERS NEW CHIP-SHRINKING MATERIAL: by Jennifer Tabor
Chip makers are searching for ways to create smaller and smaller computer chips, and researchers at Intel believe they have discovered a new material that would help them to do just that.
NSF ANNOUNCES STEPS TO ENHANCE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE: The National Science Foundation (NSF) continues to take steps toward deploying an enhanced cyberinfrastructure for science and engineering research and education.
HPC USER FORUM HOLDS SECOND ROUND OF U.S.-EUROPE MEETINGS: Senior representatives from leading user organizations and vendors attended HPC User Forum meetings in Paris and London last week and heard presentations on notable developments and current issues.
CORNING, IBM LAUNCH $20 MILLION OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: Corning Incorporated and IBM announced that they will team with the US DoE and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on a $20 million project to develop high-speed, optically switched interconnects for supercomputers.
BIG CITY SHAKEDOWN: by Michael Schneider, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Inside PSC's LeMieux, the 1994 Northridge earthquake shakes almost like the real thing and Carnegie Mellon's Quake Group has demonstrated the feasibility of solving the inverse problem.
U OF TENN WILL RELEASE HPCchallenge BENCHMARKS AT SC2003: Jack Dongarra and Piotr Luszczek of the Innovative Computing Lab at the University of Tennessee will announce the release of a new benchmark suite --- the HPCchallenge Benchmarks --- at SC2003 in Phoenix (15-21 November 2003).

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Cluster Computing:

HP FUELS STANDARDS-BASED COMPUTING w/ EXPANDED SERVER LINE: HP announced new HP Integrity and ProLiant servers and Linux clustered systems, further expanding the company's reach to emerging markets as well as traditional enterprise computing customers.
SUN MICROSYSTEMS SLASHES COSTS OF CLUSTER SOLUTION: Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced a promotion for users of the Sun Java System Cluster which reduces, by up to 50 percent, the license fees for Sun Cluster 3 agent licenses and Scalable Coherent Interconnects (SCI) cards and switches.
OCTIGABAY ADVANCES HPC WITH BREAKTHROUGH TECH INNOVATIONS: OctigaBay introduced a new High Performance Computing (HPC) platform that promises three times greater price/performance over state-of-the- art HPC servers.
SANDIA SELECTS VOLTAIRE'S INFINIBAND SOLUTIONS: Voltaire announced that Sandia National Laboratories has selected and installed Voltaire's high performance InfiniBand solutions to support terascale data and visualization development at its Albuquerque, New Mexico laboratory.
MEIOSYS EXPANDS BUSINESS OPERATIONS INTO U.S.: Meiosys, a provider of transparent middleware solutions for optimizing and protecting business-critical applications, announced its expansion into the United States.
IBM INTRODUCES NEW OPTERON SUPERCLUSTERS FOR HPC: IBM announced the industry's first pre-packaged and tested Opteron processor-powered super cluster. The new IBM eServer 1350 supercluster provides unmatched flexibility to simultaneously run 32- and 64-bit applications.

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Vendor Spotlight:

NEC TO RESELL MCDATA'S INTREPID DIRECTORS: McDATA Corporation announced that it has entered into a reseller agreement with NEC Corporation's High Performance Computing division for McDATA's award-winning Intrepid 6000 Series Directors.
MICROSOFT UNVEILS WINDOWS RMS FOR WINDOWS SERVER 2003: Microsoft Corp. announced public availability of Windows Rights Management Services (RMS), information protection technology for Windows Server 2003 that helps enterprises safeguard their sensitive digital information.
SGI, EDS PLM BRING NX NASTRAN TO ALTIX FAMILY: SGI and EDS PLM Solutions announced a joint effort that will deliver breakthrough price/performance for computer-aided engineering analysis (CAE) customers worldwide.
MSC ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF SIMDESIGNER 2004 FOR CATIA V5: MSC.Software Corp., a leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services announced the release of SimDesigner 2004 r1 for CATIA V5R11.
CORNELL, STANFORD AND WGBH TEAM w/ SUN TO SHOWCASE TOOLS: Sun Microsystems, Inc. is teaming with Cornell University, Stanford University and WGBH at EDUCAUSE to showcase solutions that will help campuses and media organizations manage intellectual property on the network.
INTERVIEW WITH OCTIGABAY'S CTO - DR. PAUL TERRY: by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief
OctigaBay Systems recently announced the OctigaBay 12K high performance computer. HPCwire conducted an interview with Dr. Paul Terry, CTO of OctigaBay to learn more about their new product and innovative Direct Connected Processor architecture.

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Quote of the Week:

"The fastest processors available today dissipate on the order of 100 watts of power in the form of heat, or about as much as a large light bulb. The main reason you can't run them faster is because they get too hot. If you could make them produce less heat in the first place, you could end up running them faster overall, especially if you want to pack a lot of chips together."

Michael Frank, University of Florida Assistant
Professor of Computer and Information Science
and Engineering

News Briefs:

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CALL FOR SPEAKERS

GRID TODAY 2004 (Gt04) -- the first major conference and exhibition
to focus on the emerging market for commercial business
applications of Grid computing, has issued a Call for Speakers

We are looking for high-level speakers from
commercial organizations to speak on
applications and implementation of Grid computing

Storage

General

Short Takes:

Product Watch:: Perforce Applauds Apple's Tool Integration.
Zend Integrates PHP Solution w/ Sun Server.
OpenLink Unveils 64-Bit Ed Of ODBC Drivers.
Financial Update:: Third Quarter Global Chip Sales Up 17.5%.
Raindrop Geomagic Opens German Subsidiary.
Shipments Put IBM Among Top Vendors.
Corporate Liaisons:: Avaya, Extreme Networks Form Alliance.
People and Positions:: Akamai Names Ruffolo Chief Op Officer.
Royal Joins Sistina As Exec VP.
Concern Worldwide US Awards Fiorina.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
4th International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid
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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.

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