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News digest June 2004
>Industry
  >HPCN industry
>ISC2004 Conference to offer extensive exhibition of international high-performance computing vendors
>TeamHPC assembles group of industry leaders to focus on high performance computing and software development
>Cray will team with ORNL to provide 100-Teraflop Department of Energy leadership-class supercomputer
>International Supercomputer Conference 2004 announces first recipients of ISC Award sponsored by AMD
>IBM opens its first Deep Computing on Demand centre in Europe
>DOE leadership-class computing capability for science will be developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
>Cray to hold Advanced Technical Workshop at CINECA in Bologna
>Cray receives order for Cray X1 supercomputer from GMRI for NASA Ames Research Center
>Cray and Best Systems sign sales representative agreement for Japan
>Verari Systems acquires MPI Software Technology Inc. and patents key cooling technology
>Cray reports advance Canadian order for Red Storm-based product
>Cray signs $43.2 million supercomputer contract with Korea Meteorological Administration
>Streamline Computing announces enhanced DDT debugging software
>Citrix ships MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0, to deliver On-Demand Access for the global enterprise
>Defense Department renews technology transfer contract with Ohio Supercomputer Center
>Scali and Dell partner for Professional Services
>Fujitsu Siemens Computers unveils PRIMERGY Econel40 entry-level server for SME and small branch office operations
>Fujitsu Siemens extends mid-tier storage edge with new FibreCAT AX100 systems
>SGI announces key sales wins for third quarter
>Mid-range throughput computing systems from Sun propel customer productivity
>Biological computer diagnoses cancer and produces the drug in a test tube
>Adic market share leader for third consecutive year according to analyst firm report
>Transmeta's Efficeon Processor enables compact, high performance JM-net blade server
>Xilinx launches new era of digital design in aerospace and defense with introduction of QPRO Virtex-II family
>HP takes no. 1 position in American customer satisfaction study on servers
>IBM expands BladeCenter with new Brocade switches
>Verari Systems offers latest AMD Opteron processors across its server and workstation product lines
>Dot Hill awarded patent for data mirroring and shared buses
>SGI introduces 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for its products
>Fujitsu Siemens helps customers reduce TCO and unveils optimized IT approach
>IBM holds number one position in servers during first quarter 2004
>HP first in worldwide server shipments
>Dot Hill announces SANnet II SATA storage
>Dot Hill releases SANnet II Blade Ultra320 storage system
  >The Grid
>The European Grid Computing Project EGEE kicks off in Ireland
>A glimpse of the future Grid
>Akogrimo - a mobile Grid
>Johannes Kepler University Linz installs Danube Computing Cluster
>Red Storm headed for Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
>CERN collaborates with Voltaire on Grid Technology Project
>CFS releases improved version of Lustre Cluster File System
>InfiniCon Systems powers China's National Education and Research Grid Project
>New extensions to the United Devices Grid MP platform
>GridIron Software ships X-Factor extension for Adobe After Effects Professional 6.5
>Sun introduces new suite of N1 Grid technologies
>UK-US team gets big results with TeraGrid
>DataSynapse launches GRIDesign
>University of Florida Employs United Devices Grid MP
>IBM expands ISV enablement push using Grid technology
>TurboWorx joins Avnet Hall-Mark's ESP Programme to deliver custom IBM solutions On Demand
>New development release of the Globus Toolkit now available
>Computer Sciences Corporation announces Results-Driven Utility Computing Services
>HPC - XML-bases web services online demo
>Oracle Application Server 10g sets world record SPECjAppServer 2002 DualNode performance result
>Grid Technology Partners bankrupt
>HP delivers archive and retrieval based on storage Grid architecture
>Cactus 4.0 Beta 14 Released
>Technology preview of the Globus C SOAP Engine currently available for download
>GGF's Second Telecom focus session at Supercomm 2004
>Base One releases tools for building commercial Grid computing applications with .NET
>Vita Nuova supplies Inferno Grid to Evotec OAI
>IBM previews Virtualization Engine
>Voltaire and Demantra to provide supply chain solutions with InfiniBand-powered Oracle Database 10g Grids
>Brain disease research and particle physics meet in the middle(ware)
>Sun solidifies Grid computing expertise with 20 new industry alliances
>Paremus provides Sun with Grid expertise in financial services
>Sun Grid for SAP
>Dassault Aviation joins the ObjectWeb Consortium
>The University of York Department of Biology installs Vita Nuova's Inferno Grid
>Topspin initiates VFrame Developers Programme for server virtualization
>Platform introduces new Grid service for industrial manufacturing, aerospace and automotive firms
>Foundry introduces new 10 Gbit Ethernet routers
>New middleware software-based model from IBM
  >Applications
>Lookback on successful Challenge project of Leiden Institute for Chemistry
>US National Cancer Institute (NCI) purchases Starbridge Hypercomputer for genome data research
>LSIT Global Institute to establish universally-accepted IT systems to speed medical products to patients worldwide
>SGI Altix 3000 System helps Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center computational biologists gain insights into disease
>Bull Germany and the National Office for Security partner on IT Safety
>SGI Altix configurations complete seismic processing and reservoir capabilities at French oil and gas giant Total
>ESI Group and LSTC to collaborate on future releases of EASi-CRASH DYNA for LS-DYNA
>Fiat adopts ESI Group's vibro-acoustic simulation software to optimize NVH process
>Research and Markets issues report "Addressing Pharma's R&D Productivity Crisis"
>New HP Workstation c8000
>ESI Group creates two subsidiaries in India and China
>BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee implements IBM virtualization technology to simplify computing environment
>SGI Technology improves Missile Defense Community's response capabilities
>Intel Itanium 2-processor-based SGI Altix servers for Procter & Gamble
  >TOP500
>Thor's Hammer nocking on Earth Simulator door
>ISC2004 Conference to again host popular "Hot Seat" Q&A session featuring leading HPC vendors
>Preregistration for ISC2004 Conference by May 14
  >Linux
>California Digital, Quadrics and Lawrence Livermore deploy fastest Linux cluster
>PathScale secures $15M in Series C financing to expand its portfolio of Linux Cluster acceleration technologies
  >Media
>SGI delivers Visual Area Networking with Onyx4 and Vizserver 3.3
>Fakespace delivers first reconfigurable visualization system using two kinds of stereoscopic technology
>Networking
>NLR announces lighting of US National Optical Infrastructure Path between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta
>Quadrics announces QsNetII E-Series, performance at scale and the price to match
>Global executives look to utility computing to help simplify network complexity and cut costs
>Glimmerglass chooses MEMSCAP for breakthrough products manufacturing
>New report issued on Telecoms and Broadband in Latin America - Mercosur, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela - 2004
>GDA Technologies licenses its 10 Gigabit and 1 Gigabit Ethernet MAC IP cores to inSilica
>Force10 Networks achieves number one marketshare in Layer 3 Ten Gigabit Ethernet according to Dell'Oro Group
News digest June 2004
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Industry - HPCN industry
ISC2004 Conference to offer extensive exhibition of international high-performance computing vendors
When the 19th International Supercomputer Conference convenes in the Heidelberg Convention Center on June 23-25, the exhibition hall will be filled with more than 50 booths exhibiting the latest systems, services and applications in supercomputing. Read further...
TeamHPC assembles group of industry leaders to focus on high performance computing and software development

TeamHPC Inc. has successfully finalized the structure of a new corporate entity focused solely on Open Source development, customized software applications and High Performance Computing. In setting up the new corporate structure, TeamHPC Inc. has assembled a group of Linux engineers and sales and marketing professionals. Corporate focus will continue with software support to existing industry customers that have purchased Beowulf Type computational machines as well as a long list of some of the nation's major researchers.

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Cray will team with ORNL to provide 100-Teraflop Department of Energy leadership-class supercomputer

Cray will collaborate with theUS Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to provide the world's most powerful supercomputer. The leadership-class system will be used for advanced scientific research.

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International Supercomputer Conference 2004 announces first recipients of ISC Award sponsored by AMD
ISC2004, the International Supercomputer Conference now in its 19th year, has announced the recipients of the first-ever ISC Award sponsored by AMD. Read further...
IBM opens its first Deep Computing on Demand centre in Europe

IBM has opened the first Deep Computing Capacity on Demand centre in Europe. The new facility, located in Montpellier, France, is the second of its kind in the world, and will provide IBM customers access via the Internet, to powerful, highly secure supercomputers.

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DOE leadership-class computing capability for science will be developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will grant Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and its development partners, Cray , IBM and Silicon Graphics, $25 million in funding to begin to build a 50 Tflop/s science research supercomputer. The department selected ORNL from four proposals received from its non-weapon national labs.

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Cray to hold Advanced Technical Workshop at CINECA in Bologna
Cray invites HPC users and other members of the global HPC user community to participate in the 2004 Cray Advanced Technical Workshop, to be held June 16-18 in Bologna, Italy, prior to the ISC2004 conference in Heidelberg, Germany, June 22-25. Read further...
Cray receives order for Cray X1 supercomputer from GMRI for NASA Ames Research Center

Cray has received an order for a Cray X1 supercomputer system from GMRI. Under the contract terms, the Cray X1 system was recently installed at the NASA Ames Research Center facility in Moffett Field, California. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Cray and Best Systems sign sales representative agreement for Japan

Cray and Best Systems have signed a non-exclusive agreement designating Best Systems as a Cray business partner in Japan. Best Systems and Cray Japan will work closely together to address the increasing interest in Cray's high-performance computing systems in the Japanese marketplace.

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Verari Systems acquires MPI Software Technology Inc. and patents key cooling technology

Verari Systems, previously RackSaver has acquired MPI Software Technology., an independent provider of high-performance software products and related services for managing parallel and cluster computers.

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Cray reports advance Canadian order for Red Storm-based product

Cray has reported that a Canadian organisation has placed an advance order for the company's upcoming product based on the Sandia Red Storm supercomputer. The Red Storm-based system is scheduled to be installed at the customer's facility in late 2004. Further terms were not disclosed.

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Cray signs $43.2 million supercomputer contract with Korea Meteorological Administration
Cray has signed a five-year contract valued at $43.2 million to supply the next-generation supercomputer to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), one of the world's premier weather forecasting and research centres. Read further...
Streamline Computing announces enhanced DDT debugging software
Streamline Computing has released a new version of its popular Distributed Debugging Tool. The graphical cross-platform debugging tool is renowned for the clarity and simplicity of its interface - turning debugging from a specialist field to a task easily undertaken by any user. Read further...
Citrix ships MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0, to deliver On-Demand Access for the global enterprise

Citrix has made available MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 for Windows, the newest release of the company's flagship product.

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Defense Department renews technology transfer contract with Ohio Supercomputer Center
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced that the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) would receive $650,000 to provide technical leadership and programme management to Mississippi State University (MSU) as it develops and improves high performance computing systems for the military. OSC will also receive $1.35 million to provide technical support in Signal Image Processing and Integrated Modelling and Test Environments. Read further...
Scali and Dell partner for Professional Services
Dell and Scali recently signed a strategic partnership to deliver Dell Professional Services (DPS) for High Performance Clustered Computing (HPCC) in the EMEA region. Read further...
Fujitsu Siemens Computers unveils PRIMERGY Econel40 entry-level server for SME and small branch office operations
With its new PRIMERGY Econel40 server, Fujitsu Siemens Computers is now offering a simple, reliable and attractively priced introduction to the world of Intel-based servers. Econel means simple and economical to operate, incorporating data security and certified server components and operating systems. Read further...
Fujitsu Siemens extends mid-tier storage edge with new FibreCAT AX100 systems

Fujitsu Siemens Computers is now offering two new models in its FibreCAT networked storage family. The new FibreCAT AX100 models, tailored to the small & mid-sized enterprise (SMEs) segment, were designed to combine networked storage functionality with simplicity and are a perfect match for the European IT vendor's Intel-based PRIMERGY servers. Available from channel partners starting in June, the FibreCAT AX100 – ideal for companies with over 500 employees – will offer 1 Terabyte (TB) of storage capacity for under 6000 euro excl. VAT.

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SGI announces key sales wins for third quarter
Silicon Graphics recently completed the third quarter of its fiscal year 2004 with continued sales momentum for its award-winning product portfolio introduced throughout the past year: SGI Altix family of servers, SGI InfiniteStorage products, Silicon Graphics Onyx4 UltimateVision systems and Silicon Graphics Tezro visual workstations. Read further...
Mid-range throughput computing systems from Sun propel customer productivity
Sun Microsystems intoduced mid-range UltraSPARC IV processor-based throughput computing systems, the Sun Fire E4900 and E6900 server systems. The University of Zurich, DaimlerChrysler, and Vodafone have all upgraded to the new systems. At the University of Zurich, the UltraSPARC IV processors have increased the power of applications used for the development of numerical algorithms for physical chemistry and partial differential equations. Departments using the new Sun systems which support multithreaded computing at the University have seen large improvements in overall throughput in a number of tests. Read further...
Biological computer diagnoses cancer and produces the drug in a test tube

The world's smallest computer - around a trillion can fit in a drop of water - might one day go on record again as the tiniest medical kit. Made entirely of biological molecules, this computer was successfully programmed to identify, in a test tube, changes in the balance of molecules in the body that indicate the presence of certain cancers, to diagnose the type of cancer, and to react by producing a drug molecule to fight the cancer cells.

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Adic market share leader for third consecutive year according to analyst firm report
Industry analyst firm Gartner Dataquest has named Advanced Digital Information Corporation, specialized in Intelligent Storage solutions for the open systems market, as market share leader in the largest tape automation segment for the third consecutive year in a newly-released study of market trends. Read further...
Transmeta's Efficeon Processor enables compact, high performance JM-net blade server

Japan-based JM-net I will ship a high performance and power efficient blade server in Japan and Asia based on Transmeta's Efficeon processor. JM-net's EC86S blade server, for data centre and Grid computing environments, utilizes Transmeta's Efficeon to provide a compact system design with minimal heat dissipation.

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Xilinx launches new era of digital design in aerospace and defense with introduction of QPRO Virtex-II family

Xilinx has made available its QPRO Virtex-II radiation-tolerant reconfigurable Platform FPGA family. Offering densities of up to six million system gates and high performance system features such as high performance embedded block RAM, embedded multipliers, Digital Clock Manager, and integrated I/O termination (XCITE), the QPRO Virtex-II family leads the industry in offering high density, high performance reconfigurable solutions specifically designed for mission-critical applications in aerospace and defense.

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HP takes no. 1 position in American customer satisfaction study on servers

HP has secured the no. 1 ranking in customer satisfaction among vendors of Intel-based servers in the first quarter of 2004, according to newly released results from Technology Business Research Inc.'s ongoing IT customer satisfaction study.

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IBM expands BladeCenter with new Brocade switches
Brocade, specialized in Fibre Channel SAN switching, would for the first time offer two crucial switches for IBM's eServer BladeCenter system. Read further...
Verari Systems offers latest AMD Opteron processors across its server and workstation product lines
Verari Systems, previously RackSaver has launched a product line which is fully compatible with the newest performance-leading AMD Opteron processor Models 150, 250, and 850. Read further...
Dot Hill awarded patent for data mirroring and shared buses
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Dot Hill U.S. patent 6,732,243, entitled "Data Mirroring and Shared Buses". The patent concerns Dot Hill's proprietary RAID controller technology, which it acquired along with Chaparral Network Storage in February of 2004. This is the first patent that has been granted to Dot Hill since its acquisition of Chaparral. Read further...
SGI introduces 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for its products
Silicon Graphics will offer 10 Gigabit (Gb) Ethernet connectivity across its product offering of servers, workstations, advanced graphics systems and storage solutions. SGI is offering the new PCI-X adapter option for customers who increasingly need to transfer massive data sets between large systems, or as an ingest engine for huge I/O data streams. Read further...
Fujitsu Siemens helps customers reduce TCO and unveils optimized IT approach

The Fujitsu group of companies, including Fujitsu (Japan/Asia Pacific), Fujitsu Computer Systems (North America), Fujitsu Services (EMEA) and Fujitsu Siemens Computers (EMEA), has outlined its global strategy for development and deployment of products, solutions and services to help users optimize their IT infrastructure. The TRIOLE strategy is designed to help customers reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO) and will strengthen the group's abilities to generate innovative offerings, allowing customers to enhance business efficiency, business agility and business continuity. TRIOLE is also part of Fujitsu Siemens Computers' long-term Business Critical Computing focus and will embrace the European IT vendor's wide range of server, mainframe, storage and middleware product lines.

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IBM holds number one position in servers during first quarter 2004
IDC reported that in the first quarter of 2004, IBM was once again the number one server vendor in the world based on factory revenue. IBM built upon the revenue leadership position it had established in 2003. Read further...
HP first in worldwide server shipments
HP continued its no. 1 position for worldwide server shipments for the eighth consecutive quarter, according to first quarter calendar year 2004 figures released today by IDC. HP was also no. 1 in revenue worldwide for the Windows, Linux and UNIX server markets. Read further...
Dot Hill announces SANnet II SATA storage
Dot Hill Systems introduced its enterprise-class SANnet(R) II SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) storage solutions. SATA is a new high-speed interface standard for hard drives based on serial signaling technology. Dot Hill plans to begin volume production shipments of SANnet II SATA to all customers in June, including a major OEM customer. Read further...
Dot Hill releases SANnet II Blade Ultra320 storage system
Dot Hill Systems did release its ultra-compact, 1U (1.75 inches high), "blade" storage system based on Ultra320 SCSI technology. The SANnet II Blade Ultra320 SCSI array is targeted to rack-optimized environments where space is at a premium, while providing higher performance and faster throughput than the previous SCSI interfaces. Dot Hill plans to begin volume production shipments of SANnet II Blade Ultra 320 in June. Read further...
Industry - The Grid
The European Grid Computing Project EGEE kicks off in Ireland
The Grid computing project Enabling Grids for E-science in Europe (EGEE) celebrated its first month of activity with a successful kick-off conference in Ireland during the week 19-22 April. More than 300 project delegates attended many meetings and presentations about all aspects of the EGEE project. Read further...
A glimpse of the future Grid
At the GGF in Berlin, Wolfgang Boch from the European Commission provided provisional information on a number of proposals that have entered the negotiation phase for funding under the EC's IST FP6 programme. Included in the "ranked proposals" list are SIMDAT, NEXTGRID, AKOGRIMO and CoreGRID. If all goes well the projects could start in July. In total 52 million euro is available for this action line of the FP6 programme. A short description of the proposals. Read further...
Akogrimo - a mobile Grid
In Europe, there are more mobile phones than personal computers. Hence, trying to develop Grid computing on top of the mobile network seems an interesting opportunity. A consortium of European Telco's, IT-companies and universities has inititated a proposed European project, called Akogrimo, just to acomplish this within the next three years. This Next Generation Grid will build a Grid service based infrastructure, develop the middleware and use it as a test bed for three user scenarios: e-learning, e-Health and Disaster Handling and Crisis Management. Read further...
Johannes Kepler University Linz installs Danube Computing Cluster

With the Danube Cluster another computing cluster for high performance tasks went operational at GUP Grid and Cluster Computing Lab (G2C2), which is located at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. Consisting of single PCs and a high-speed network, the system allows researchers to cope with tasks that could not be tackled with a single personal computer. With the resulting price/performance ratio this solution is especially interesting for organisations with less extensive budgets.

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Red Storm headed for Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has placed an advance order for the company's upcoming product based on the Sandia "Red Storm" supercomputer. PSC and Cray will collaborate on advanced software development for the system. Read further...
CERN collaborates with Voltaire on Grid Technology Project
Voltaire, a provider of InfiniBand solutions for high performance Grid computing, is contributing to the European Particle Physics Laboratory CERN ope