The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / November 28, 2003: Vol. 12, No. 47

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SUPERCOMPUTER CONFERENCE SETS RECORDS: SC2003, the annual conference on high-performance computing and networking, concluded Friday, Nov. 21, with record numbers for overall attendance, exhibit space sold, technical program registration and tutorials attendance.
INTERVIEW WITH LARRY SMARR, Cal-(IT)2: by Tim Curns, Assistant Editor, HPCwire
An interview with Larry Smarr concerning his impressions of SC2003 and the future of supercomputing.
INTERVIEW WITH BILL BLAKE, SVP, PRODUCT DVPT., NETEZZA: by Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief, HPCwire
An interview with NETEZZA's Bill Blake concerning the future of simplified supercomputing and system architectures.
TOP RESEARCHERS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN HPC HONORED AT SC2003: Top researchers and their unprecedented accomplishments in high performance computing were recognized at the SC2003 conference this week, where the winners of the Gordon Bell Prizes, the HPC Challenge, and the best research papers and poster were announced.
USWRP RESEARCH LED TO MORE ACCURATE TRACK FORECASTS: Findings from this year's active Atlantic hurricane season confirm that track forecasts have markedly improved, following computer-modeling advances at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
SDSC BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE WINNERS DEMONSTRATE AT SC2003: Four teams affiliated with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) won High Performance Bandwidth Challenge awards at SC2003, the annual conference for high-performance computing and communications, in Phoenix, Arizona on November 20.

Cluster Computing:

CLUSTER COMPUTING MADE EASY AT SC2003 CONFERENCE: Starting with empty racks and a set of CDs, a team of cluster computing experts from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) assembled a supercomputer and ran real scientific applications in one hour and 52 minutes at SC2003.
RAPTOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES TRUE WIRE-SPEED IMPROVEMENTS: Raptor Networks Technology, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific InterMedia, Inc. announced significant improvement in True Wire-Speed operation within connected clusters at the Supercomputing Conference in Phoenix.
AMD ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF SERVER CLUSTER TO DEVELOPER CENTER: AMD announced availability of an AMD Opteron processor Model 244-based cluster at its Sunnyvale, Calif. AMD Developer Center. The cluster was created to provide developers with a powerful, scalable HPC application test and development platform.

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INTEL UNVEILS NEXT GENERATION CHIP: Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of semiconductors, said it has built test chips using next-generation 65 nanometer technology which would allow the company to put 10 million transistors on the top of a ball point pen.
ETNUS TOTALVIEW RELEASE SUPPORTS NEW COMPILERS, PLATFORMS: Etnus announced availability of Etnus TotalView version 6.3.1. This new release includes support for Linux on AMD's Opteron computing systems, HP-UX on Intel Itanium-based systems, and the Absoft Fortran 95 version 8.2 compiler.
4GHZ P4 INTEL PRESCOTT CHIP SET FOR Q4 '04 RELEASE: During an analysts conference yesterday, Intel's president Paul Otellini promised to unveil a 4GHz Pentium 4 by the end of 2004. The 4GHz will be Intel's 90nm Prescott chip.
AIR FRANCE PICKS SUN FOR WORLDWIDE EMPLOYEE PORTAL SERVICES: Sun Microsystems Inc. announced that Air France -- a major leading airline in Europe, with annual revenues of 12.687 billion Euros ($14.912 billion USD) -- chose Sun to meet its worldwide, business- critical communication and collaboration needs.
SGI SUPPORTS MERCK RESEARCH EFFORTS: The Department of Bioinformatics at Merck & Co., Inc. has turned to SGI to support ongoing informatics efforts at its Merck Research Laboratories (MRL).
BLADE FUSION ANNOUNCES THE IP-X 1000 APPLIANCE SERVER: Blade Fusion Technologies, Ltd., announced the availability of its multi-gigabit IP-X 1000 Multi-Bladed Security Appliance that has been server proven on IBM's industry leading BladeCenter.
ACUCORP COMPLETES HP E3000 APPLICATION MIGRATION PROJECT: Acucorp, Inc., an international developer of legacy application extension solutions, announced the completion of an HP e3000 application migration project with L'Oreal Mexico, a subsidiary of the French cosmetics giant L'Oreal.

Quote of the Week:

"Trust and security are crucial components in the information society. As information flows freely across national borders, so will the network and information security problems."

Erkki Liikanen,
EU's Information Society Commissioner

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Parasoft's Software In Visionary Quadrant.
Alienware, Aurora Systems Outperform Mac G5.
Financial Update:: Network Assc To Purchase Its Common Stock.
Corporate Liaisons:: Cedara Signs Agreement With IBM China.
People and Positions:: Intel Appoints New Senior Fellows.
Student Honored For SARS Research.
Silicon Valley Pioneer Dies.

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

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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
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