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| 14 May 2001 |
EuroFlash no. 458
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Scali has a compatibility library for Cray Shmem programs, called Scali Shmem. It helps Scali's customers in leveraging Linux cluster technology. As some of these customers have used T3E machines in the past, they are likely to have software that uses Shmem. These applications can now run on Scali clusters.
Korean advanced research network organisation KOREN/KREONet2, joined Startap, a worldwide cooperation of research networks and partners in America and Europe. In its initial phase, the KOREN/KREONet2 intercontinental link to Startap will have the bandwidth of DS-3 (45Mbps). Depending on bandwidth demand from the advanced projects utilizing the link, it will be progressively upgraded to OC-3 (155Mbps).
SGI and Phoenix Integration entered into an alliance under which Phoenix will provide process integration solutions for SGI high-performance computing platforms.
Sun is No. 1 in the United States in Total Server Revenue, No. 2 worldwide according to Gartner Dataquest, SUN did announce. In 2000, Sun surpassed IBM in total server revenue in the United Kingdom and grew faster than any other major server company in Western Europe.
The French Ministery of Research has started a Grid initative. It is a concerted action, aimed at stimulating developments in this area. This action is called GRID (Globalisation des Resources Informatiques et des Donnees). For proposals submitted in 2001, the French governement has allocated 15 million French Francs. Probably the programme will be continued next year.
At the yearly US supercomputer conference in November, this year in Denver, at least 35 computing centres, including several European sites, such as the Universities of Stuttgart, Heidelberg and Manchester, and the research centre in Juelich, will organise SC Global, the first global technical conference using Grid technologies to link groups of people worldwide.
Researchers at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University are teaming with NuTec Sciences Inc. and IBM to develop an integrated information system which will enable physicians to tailor cancer treatments based on a patient's specific genetic makeup. NuTec and IBM have combined disparate technologies to create GenesysSI, a new generation of information system for the onco-pharmaceutical environment. This integrated genomics-based information management system incorporates technologies for storing, retrieving, processing, and analysing patient genetic and clinical data.
The most difficult Siamese twin separation to date, performed in Singapore last April, benefited from rehearsals using the Dextroscope, a neuro-surgical planning system. This futuristic system was developed by Singapore-based Volume Interactions and is powered by high-performance Silicon Graphics Onyx family systems. The Dextroscope transforms two-dimensional images of patients' bodies into three-dimensional graphics, allowing neuro-surgeons to plan the best way to perform complex surgeries in advance.
Intel and Unisys gave the world's first public demonstration of 64-bit Intel Itanium processors on the Unisys e-@ction Enterprise Server ES7000 on April 26 in New York City. The Itanium processor is the first in a family of 64-bit processors from Intel.
Sun introduced the Sun StorEdge N8400 and N8600 filers for the Network Attached Storage (NAS) market. The Sun StorEdge N8000 filer series delivers can grow from 200 gigabytes to over 10 Tbytes of usable capacity in a standalone configuration.
LabBook and OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center) have entered into an agreement that, when completed, will provide LabBook's XML-Life Sciences Solution to Ohio's academic community. he LabBook technology allows academic users direct access to The Ohio State University (OSU) Human Genome Database using LabBook's proprietary Genome Query Engine and Genomic XML Browser.
Robert North, founder and former CEO of San Diego-based HNC Software Inc. succeeds James Madsen as CEO of Entropia. Madsen will continue to serve in an advisory capacity.
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