The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / December 3, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 48

Features:

LBNL REVAMPS HPC PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS: To help rectify performance measurement problems, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been developing new tools and techniques for more accurately assessing the performance of high performance computers, especially when it comes to running real-world scientific applications.
BOEING'S 'PHANTOM WORKS' WORKS: by J. William Bell, NCSA Access Magazine Editor
The Boeing Company's research and development unit teams with NCSA's Private Sector Program to demonstrate a "distributed task manager" for quality assurance.
BABY COSMOS GROWS UP: by Katie Greene, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Starting with a satellite picture of the infant universe, Princeton University astrophysicists Paul Bode and Jeremiah Ostriker created a simulated dark-matter universe of unprecedented detail and used PSC's LeMieux to evolve it forward to the present.
NEW FRAMEWORK CONFRONTS A MONSTER SPACE WEATHER EVENT: A new simulation tool is being applied to the biggest solar event in recent history, a month-long series of outbursts dubbed the "Halloween 2003 space storms." This Space Weather Modeling Framework (SWMF) is the product of a Computational Technologies (CT) investigation at the University of Michigan.

Cluster Computing:

NCSA ADDS DELL CLUSTER TO PRIVATE SECTOR RESOURCES: The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is installing a new computing resource for use by the industry leaders participating in NCSA's Private Sector Partner Program.
PolyServe INTROS SOLUTION FOR ORACLE DATABASE CLUSTERS: PolyServe, Inc. announced the PolyServe Oracle High Availability (HA) Solution for Linux. In addition, PolyServe announced an agreement with IBM to help customers better manage critical applications in high- performance clustering environments.

SUN HELPS RESEARCHERS LEAD ANNUAL BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE: Sun announced that a team led by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), CalTech and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratories (FNAL) set a new world record aggregate bandwidth peak of 101.13Gbps at Supercomputing 2004.
IBM, OTHERS FORM DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, DRIVE 'CELL' CHIP: IBM, Sony Group and Toshiba Corporation unveiled, for the first time, some of the key concepts of the highly-anticipated advanced microprocessor, code-named Cell. IBM also announced the formation of a development community, Power.org.
NEC BRINGS SUPERCOMPUTER "SX-6" TO CANADA: NEC announced that it has delivered four vector supercomputer "SX-6" systems to the University of Victoria and also announced orders for two SX-6 systems from Ouranos Consortium in Montreal.

"This is the biggest simulation we have done. No one has ever attempted such a simulation."

Tamas Gombosi, Chair of the Department of
Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences at
University of Michigan

GRID LINKS CANCER RESEARCHERS AT HARVARD, MIT

GERMAN BANK SELECTS PLATFORM TO
ACCEL EQUITY DERIVATIVES TRADING

Product Watch:: Scientific Computing Offers Free TCP Linda.
Free Linux Database Launches: One$DB.
Financial Update:: Cray Announces Pricing Of Senior Notes.
Sun Wins Highest Waters Editorial Award.
Tundra Announces Revenue Growth In Q2-2005.
Corporate Liaisons:: Sun, SevenSpace To Broaden Offerings.
groninger Germany Invests In MSC.Dynamic.
Mercury, Radin Provide High-End 3D For PACS.
People and Positions:: Bush Appoints Bement As NSF Director.
Four ORNL Researchers Named AAAS Fellows.
Scali Appoints Sutherland As VP Of Finance.

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