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| 27 November 2000 |
EuroFlash no.436
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers announced its next generation of 1.5 GHz based Intel Pentium 4 processor based systems, called SCENIC L professional PC and CELSIUS 460.
A first call for papers for Euro-Par 2001 Manchester, UK August 28 - 31, 2001 One topic deals with all subjects concerning automatic parallelization and technology for compilation of programs for high performance systems, including, optimizing the utilization of system resources such as power consumption, code size, and memory requirements.
The Third Virtual Reality International Conference will be held Laval, France 17 - 18th May 2001. Call for papers is now open.
The new Dutch National Supercomputer, a 1024 processor SGI 3000, has been inaugurated. The Netherlands National Computing Facilities Foundation, a foundation under the umbrella of the Dutch National Science foundation and responsible for the selection of the machine, also did celebrate its tenth anniversary.
13-17 November 2000: Some 150 meteorologists and HPC experts from 22 countries and four continents attended the 9th workshop on the use of HPC in meteorology at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, (ECMWF), Reading, UK. This excellent workshop provided a tour de force in meteorological and computing techniques by active practitioners striving to maximise the latest HPC technology to refine and improve their weather forecasting models. This article provides a flavour of both weather modelling and the state-of-the-art Tera computing needed to achieve it.
Professor Wilfried Juling and the Computer Centre of Karlsruhe University received IBM's SUR-award (Shared University Research) in Karlsruhe on October 4th for the extraordinary research in the field of high-performance computing. Primeur interviewed Prof. Juling, asking for the reasons and what he has done with this award. Furthermore he described the new machines and what will be done with the new computer power.
The Maui High Performance Computing Center is using a 480 Gflop/s IBM SP supercomputer to identify objects in space, including old satellites, foreign spacecraft and unidentified objects.
SGI installed a Linux based bioinformatics computing system at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a health and personal care company. Bristol-Myers Squibb will use the Linux to conduct research for genomics projects, including DNA and protein sequence analysis, transcriptional profiling, and proteomics, one of the fastest growing segments of bioinformatics research.
Sun introduced the Trusted Solaris 8 Operating Environment: Solaris 8 with added security, control and capabilities of a trusted environment.
Britain's Brain Games Network has agreed with the China Chess Institute exclusive rights to co-host and broadcast the World Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) Championships for the next five years. The winner of the upcoming tournament will go to challenge the world's most advanced Chinese Chess supercomputer.
D.H. Brown Associates (DHBA), has rated VA as No. 1 in overall Linux strategy in DHBA's recently released multi-client study on "Linux Strategies and Solutions." In a comparison with Dell, HP, Compaq and IBM, VA Linux Systems was ranked highest in overall vendor positioning, value added and Linux community leadership.
Link Simulation and Training, a division of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) in Arlington, Texas, has purchased two SGI Onyx 3000 series high-performance graphics systems to power the U.S. Air Force's F-22 pilot training devices.
The 2nd Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing with Applications to be held in San Francisco April 23-27, 2001 has released a call for papers.
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