The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / November 19, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 46

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Features:

ACTION NEEDED TO PRESERVE U.S. LEAD IN SUPERCOMPUTING: U.S. needs for supercomputing to strengthen defense and national security cannot be satisfied with current policies and levels of spending, says a report from the National Academies' National Research Council.
SUPERCOMPUTING BILL HEADS TO PRESIDENT FOR SIGNATURE: The House of Representatives gave final approval to a bill that will strengthen U.S. competitiveness by revitalizing domestic computing capabilities and supporting the development of the world's fastest supercomputers.
METEOROLOGY CODES PROVIDE PERFORMANCE REALITY CHECK: by Christopher Lazou, HiPerCom Consultants, Ltd.
Christopher Lazou reports on some real results on the Earth Simulator and the early results from the IBM Blue Gene/L in the meteorology field. He also briefly touches on the progress in providing a unified Earth System Model (ESM) and efforts for standardizing interfaces to allow coupling of various models.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPEAKS UP: Gary Wohl, New Technology Coordinator at the National Weather Service, comments on a statement made by Christopher Lazou from the November 5 issue of HPCwire. Lazou offers a brief response.
NNSA SUPERCOMPUTERS AMONG THE FASTEST IN THE WORLD: National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs Everet Beckner announced three supercomputers at its weapons labs are the among the six fastest computers in the world.

Cluster Computing:

SCALI SOFTWARE HELPS RESEARCHERS IN QUEST FOR VACCINES: Scali, a leader in high performance clustering solutions, announced that its software has been deployed by the University of Georgia to cut system administration time and boost the reliability and robustness of its new Linux-based High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters.
HP SELECTS PolyServe FOR ProLiant STORAGE CLUSTER SOLUTION: PolyServe, Inc. announced the availability of PolyServe Matrix Server software as a complementary storage cluster offering to HP's Unified Cluster Portfolio announced at the SC2004 Supercomputing Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
CIARA TECH UNVEILS POWERFUL NEW CLUSTER ARCHITECTURE: Ciara Technologies announced the availability of the VXR-3DTT, a high- end computer architecture that can scale from 16 up to 19,440 Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology Xeon processors while providing more than 140 TeraFLOPS of computing power.
CLUSTER RESOURCES, INC. BRINGS CLUSTER SOFTWARE TO MAC OS X: Cluster Resources, Inc. announced the release of Moab Cluster Suite 4.2 for Mac OS X. It is the first release of Cluster Resources' cluster management suite to support the Mac OS X platform.
MELLANOX WEAVES MS SERVER SUPPORT INTO INFINIBAND FABRICS: Mellanox Technologies Ltd., a leader in performance business and technical computing interconnects, announced support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for InfiniBand I/O, extending server clustering performance, cost and scalability benefits in supercomputing applications.

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HP REDUCES COMPLEXITY TO ADVANCE THE POWER OF CLUSTERS: by Tim Curns, Editor
HPCwire spoke with Alanna Dwyer, HP's Linux marketing manager for high- performance technical computing division at HP, to find out further information about HP's "Unified Cluster Portfolio" announcement.
SUN UPS PERFORMANCE WITH SOLARIS 10, OFFERS FREE OF CHARGE: Sun Microsystems announced improved performance on UltraSPARC processors with Solaris 10, which will be free of charge by the end of January 31, 2005.
IBM iSeries SERVER SETS SCALABILITY AND PERFORMANCE RECORD: IBM announced that its newly introduced IBM eServer i5 595 server, backed by POWER5 processors and IBM's Virtualization Engine technology, has set a new world record for Lotus Domino scalability and performance.
ITALIAN, GERMAN INSTITUTES ORDER CRAY XD1 SUPERCOMPUTERS: Cray Inc. announced that Italy's National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and Germany's renowned Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) have placed orders for the Cray XD1 supercomputer.

Quote of the Week:

"U.S. leadership in supercomputing technologies is eroding, and with it the broader scientific and technological progress underlying a strong and robust U.S. economy."

Susan Graham, professor of computer science,
University of California, Berkeley.

EUROPE LOOKS TO CONTINENTAL SUPERCOMPUTER

WEB SERVICES RELIABILITY BECOMES OASIS STANDARD

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Product Watch:: NEC Unveils Fault Tolerant Linux Server.
Thomson Announces Tool For Life Sciences.
Mathematica 5.1 Delivers Unmatched Performance.
Financial Update:: Intel Inches Out Increase in Q3 Income.
Level 3 To Sell $320M In Senior Notes.
Corporate Liaisons:: Europe Turns To Windows Server w/ Intel.
HP, JBoss Drive Open Source Adoption.
Sun Expands Global Partnership With SAP.
People and Positions:: Terrascale Tech Welcomes Two New VPs.
Two Silicon Image Directors Resign.
Topspin Adds Heavyweights To Exec Roster.

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