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| 19 March 2001 |
EuroFlash no. 451
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Reflecting the strong emerging trend of cluster computing in high-performance computing (HPC), the team which has compiled the TOP500 list of global supercomputing sites has developed a similar list to rank the world's top 100 cluster computing systems.
Scali will open an office in Houston, Texas. The office will serve Scali customers and potential customers in United States.
ESI Group reported a a revenue increase for the fiscal year 2000 of 28 percent. to euro 40.8 million.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers' (FSC) cluster solution hpcLine is now available with Myrinet2000 and ParaStation. FSC and ParTec AG, a spin-off of University Karlsruhe, cooperate in cluster solutions. This is an alternative solution to the SCI high-speed interconnect with the Scali software and the customer has the optimal choice that fits his need.
NEC has signed a multi year contract of NEC's supply of its supercomputer system including 16 Gflop/s NEC's SX-4/8A and SX Series successor systems to Engineering Solutions International Limited (ESIL).
NEC ESS installed a supercomputer system in the UK for general usage through CSC's High Performance Computing (eHPC) portal. The NEC SX-4 with eight parallel vector processors and shared memory was installed in CSC's Maidstone Data Centre in January 2001.
The US Department of Commerce intends to revoke the anti dumping regulation for Japanese vector supercomputers. This after Cray has filed a request to do so after its settlement with NEC.
NEC received an order for a supercomputer system from Consorzio Interuniversitario Lombardo per la Elaborazione Automatica (CILEA). The system, already installed, includes a supercomputer SX-5S/4 with 16 Gbyte memory and a peak performance of 16 Gflop/s as the main computational resource, and began operations in January 2001.
Linux NetworX will further develop Linux clustering solutions based on the AMD Athlon processor. As reported elsewhere in this issue, Linux NetworX will offer AMD Athlon processors in its Evolocity family of cluster systems. The Boeing Company, for example, is using a Linux NetworX cluster powered by 96 AMD Athlon processors.
According to the the Fairfax Herald, who analysed the new Cluster TOP 100 list, Austriala has three machines in the list. The highest placed Australian supercluster is Adelaide University's Perseus system, ranked at 24. It is a 116-node Beowulf cluster with 232 processors with a at 113 Gflop/s Linapack perfromance. .
z900, the mainframe, running Linux, is an effective energy saving alternative to server farms.
Platform Computing Corporation has entered into a five-year strategic agreement with Compaq Computer Corporation that will embed Platform's LSF (Load Sharing Facility) software for distributed computing into Compaq's AlphaServer SC systems.
tThe US Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWC-AD), Patuxent River, Md., has expanded its high-performance computing center with the addition of two SGI Onyx 3000 series visualization systems. The new SGI Onyx 3400 supercomputers at NAWC-AD's Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF) will be used to test and evaluate advanced next-generation U.S. military aircraft such as the F-18 E/F, Joint Strike Fighter and V-22.
VERITAS Cluster Server clustering support is available for the Sun StorEdge T3 array. Sun's highly scalable storage system for mission-critical enterprise environments is certified by both Sun and VERITAS Software to support VERITAS Cluster Server running on the Solaris.
Sun delivers a Standard Cluster Configuration. This is a factory tested, configured and cabled hardware and software platform that assists in rapid, low-risk implementation of highly available, failover protected network-based applications.
Sony, IBM and Toshiba plan to research and develop an advanced chip architecture for a new wave of devices in the emerging broadband era. The chip, dubbed, "Cell ", will be designed to deliver Tflop/s of processing power.
The Boeing Company has implemented an AMD Athlon processor-based supercluster developed by Linux NetworX. The high performance cluster system, featuring 96 AMD Athlon processors, is running computational fluid dynamics applications in support of the Boeing Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program at the company's Space and Communications division in Huntington Beach, Calif. Boeing Delta IV engineers tested several other processor platforms at Linux NetworX facilities before purchasing the AMD Athlon processor-based cluster. The Delta IV is the newest class of rockets developed by Boeing that will enter service in 2002 and will have the capability of lifting satellite payloads of up to 29,000 pounds into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Compaq has vaulted into the number one overall market revenue position in the technical systems and servers market with 21.6 percent market revenue share and $1.3 billion in sales revenue, according to a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) High Performance Technical Computer QView Report.
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