| News digest December 2004 |
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| Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute will introduce 2,048 processor Linux supercomputer |
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The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) will introduce an SGI Altix supercomputer as its new core computation system to assist in developing leading energy systems. As a result of a competitive bidding process, Fujitsu Limited in co-operation with SGI Japan will deliver to JAERI the new SGI Altix 3700 Bx2 model which is based on 2,048 Intel Itanium 2 processors, the Linux operating environment and over 13 terabytes of memory - the world's largest memory capacity. The system is scheduled to fully operate at the end of March 2005.
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| Japan's RIKEN bases new protein modelling solution on SGI Altix 350 system |
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Using a 16-processor SGI Altix 350 system from Silicon Graphics as a cost-effective compute engine, Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) this week was demonstrating a new molecular dynamics simulation solution at the Supercomputing Conference 2004. RIKEN demonstrated its MDGRAPE-3 system in SGI's SC2004 booth and in RIKEN's SC2004 booth at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
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| PathScale EKOPath compiler suite 2.0 to include OpenMP 2.0 support |
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PathScale, developer of innovative software and hardware solutions to accelerate the performance and efficiency of Linux clusters, has launched the PathScale EKOPath Compiler Suite Version 2.0 in conjunction with the SuperComputing SC2004 show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Version 2.0 of the EKOPath Compiler Suite adds a number of performance enhancing features and capabilities, including support for OpenMP, the inclusion of the AMD Core Math Library, support for Intels EM64T, and the addition of a revolutionary serial debugger.
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| PathScale introduces world's first root-cause performance analysis tools for Message Passing Interface (MPI) programming |
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PathScale has introduced the PathScale OptiPath MPI Acceleration Tools. OptiPath incorporates the best MPI programming expertise available, and gives scientists, researchers and MPI experts direct visibility into complex MPl programme and cluster behaviour. It automates performance analysis and provides specific expert-level tuning advice that can be used to improve time to results and cluster efficiency.
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| Microway to resell PathScale InfiniPath interconnect |
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Microway, a major HPC vendor specializing in 64-bit Linux clusters, servers, and RAID storage solutions, has partnered with PathScale Inc. to resell the PathScale InfiniPath Interconnect. Microway will incorporate PathScale's InfiniPath in their industry-leading four and eight processor Navion offerings. The Navion cluster platform, based on AMD's Opteron processor, was named "Best 64-bit Turnkey Solution" at ClusterWorld 2003.
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| Iwill introduces standards-based technology breakthrough for AMD Opteron based servers and workstations |
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Iwill, developer of innovative hardware solutions in the server, workstation, and appliance industry, will support the PathScale InfiniPath Interconnect with the creation of the DK8-HTX motherboard. Building on the success of Iwill's strong family of AMD Opteron based solutions Iwill has assisted in the creation of an emerging industry standard. The industry standard HTX slot is an interface that allows for HyperTransport resident add-in card devices on the AMD Direct Connect Architecture. The HyperTransport Consortium recently ratified the HTX slot as the standard connector for HyperTransport add-in cards. The HTX specification is an open industry standard that will be administered by the HyperTransport Consortium.
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| Lahey announces high performance 64-bit Windows compilers for AMD Opteron processors |
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Lahey Computer Systems Inc., specializing in the design and production of Fortran language systems and development tools, has partnered with PathScale Inc. to port the PathScale EKOPath Compiler Suite to the Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions.
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| Mercury Computer Systems announces Serial RapidIO license agreement with Erlang Technology |
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Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. has singed a license agreement with Erlang Technology Inc. for the development and deployment of Mercury's serial RapidIO Intellectual Property (IP) in Erlang's high-end switching solutions.
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| Nexsan exhibits high-performance storage solutions at SC2004 |
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Nexsan Technologies exhibited its award-winning, high-performance SATAblade and ATABeast disk-based products at SC2004, the high-performance computing, networking and storage convention, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. The company also had a presence in the Cambridge Computer booth.
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| SBS Technologies unveils high performance CL9 3U CompactPCI single board computer |
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At the Electronica 2004 trade show in Munich, SBS Technologies Inc. continued its role as a single board computer market leader by introducing the CL9 high performance single board computer (SBC). The CL9 is a powerful processor platform for a wide range of applications and markets including multimedia, automation, transportation, imaging, medical, robotics and many others.
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| The Spanish Ministry of Education and Science presents the most powerful supercomputer in Europe |
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The Spanish Ministry of Education and Science and IBM have shown for the first time the supercomputer "MareNostrum", the most powerful high-performance computer in Europe and one of the most powerful in the world. The supercomputer, built as a result of an agreement between IBM and the Spanish Government, runs on Linux operating system and will be available for a wide range of high-level scientific research and for applications in several industrial sectors.
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| OptimaNumerics releases OptimaNumerics libraries 3.0 which are over 200% faster |
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OptimaNumerics, specialized in innovative high performance technical and scientific computing software, has released OptimaNumerics Libraries 3.0, providing customers with new improved high efficiency numerical tools to maximize performance and make high performance more affordable to a broader range of scientific and technical computing users. OptimaNumerics is a Qubis Ltd. backed company.
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| Allinea to announce general availability of the DDT scalar and parallel debugging solution for Linux on POWER |
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Allinea Software Ltd., a supplier of interoperable tools for HPC and formerly the software arm of Streamline Computing Ltd., has made available the latest version of its Distributed Debugging Tool (DDT) for Linux on POWER. DDT v1.8 provides a comprehensive, scalable and easy-to-use development solution for C/C++ and Fortran on IBM Linux on POWER clusters and multi-processor server systems.
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| Allinea's DDT and OPT products to be offered with HP Unified Cluster |
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Allinea Software Ltd. has made available its HPC development and optimization tools on HP's standards-based cluster platforms. For customers, the availability of these tools will simplify the development and deployment of scalable parallel applications at a minimal cost.
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| Bull announces the availability of NovaScale servers running the new Intel Itanium 2 processors |
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On the occasion of the SuperComputing event in Pittsburgh, Bull announces its range of NovaScale servers will run the latest Intel Itanium 2 processors, with an L3 cache up to 9 MB, and the new Low Voltage Itanium 2 processors, with optimised power consumption. Being at the forefront of IT makers investing in Intel's Itanium processors, Bull has taken a leading edge in mastering powerful and scalable infrastructures for both commercial and HPC applications, which is the cornerstone of its strategy.
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| Unmatched I/O performance of Bull's high performance solutions with the Lustre file system |
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Bull NovaScale servers have set new I/O performance records with Lustre, as a result of its strong co-operation with DataDirect Networks, Quadrics and Cluster File Systems. Bull here demonstrates its ability to deliver powerful solutions for high-performance computing.
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| Spain's Castilla La Mancha University chooses Bull's NovaScale servers to boost scientific research |
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The University of Castilla-La Mancha has chosen to use a Bull NovaScale 6320 server at its Institute of Environmental Sciences in Toledo. The high-performance server with 32 Intel Itanium 2 processors will be used to execute multiple versions of the Institute's numerical model for atmosphere processes, known as MOMAC.
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| SC|05 HPC Analytics members seek to spotlight HPC community accomplishments in sophisticated methods for data analysis and high-end visualization |
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The SC|05 High Performance Computing (HPC) Analytics Committee has announced the start of a year-long initiative to showcase more visibly the growing area of High Performance Computing Analytics within the annual Supercomputing conference.
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| SARA Computing and Networking Services selects Topspin |
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Netherlands-based SARA Computing and Networking Services have successfully deployed Topspin's InfiniBand-based Server Switches as the interconnect fabric for its new 275-node server cluster, located in Almere, The Netherlands. SARA Computing and Networking Services, the Dutch National Supercomputing Center, has supplied for more than 30 years a complete package of high-performance computing, high-performance networking and infrastructure services throughout The Netherlands and Europe. Among SARA's customers are scientific, educational, and government institutions and the business community.
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| National Institute of Nuclear Physics is Italy's first disclosed customer for Cray XD1 supercomputer |
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The National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) is Italy's first disclosed customer for the new Cray XD1 supercomputer. Financial details were not disclosed.
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| Four of the world's 15 fastest supercomputers are powered by Force10 E-Series switch/routers |
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The E-Series powers four of the top 15 fastest supercomputers in the world, including one of the top five, according to a list published by Top500.org that measures the performance of supercomputers worldwide. The Force10 E-Series family of switch/routers anchors 7 of the world's top 50 fastest supercomputers, which combined for a total computing speed of 66.35 trillion calculations per second.
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| SARA to install new national supercomputer cluster in Almere |
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In the second half of September, the SARA Supercomputer and Networking Center in Almere, The Netherlands started with the implementation of a new supercomputer, the Dutch National Computer Cluster. The new cluster which will be operational at the beginning of November, will be used to perform large scale calculations for scientific research in The Netherlands. The machine provides an important enhancement of the supercomputer capacity available at a national level. In addition to housing the supercomputer, SARA will also take care of its management and support the users of the system.
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| NASA's Columbia Supercomputer is world's fastest |
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NASA's new Intel Itanium 2 processor-based Columbia supercomputer is the most powerful computer in the world, NASA claims. Only days after NASA completed installation of Columbia and using just 16 of Columbia's 20 installed systems, the new supercomputer achieved sustained performance of 42.7 trillion calculations per second (teraflops), eclipsing the performance of every supercomputer operating today.
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| Konrad Zuse Center for Information Technology in Berlin orders Cray XD1 supercomputer |
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Cray has received an order for a Cray XD1 supercomputer from Germany's Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB). ZIB will use the Cray XD1 system primarily for computational chemistry applications. ZIB will also exploit the system's unique field programmable gate array (FPGA) capabilities to advance the use of reconfigurable computing to accelerate life sciences applications.
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| ECMWF Workshop - Teraflop/s challenges for NWP and meteorology |
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Over 150 meteorology experts, computer practitioners and vendor representatives, spent a week exchanging experiences about the latest results in meteorology and the computer infrastructure which goes with it. This excellent relatively small and friendly workshop provided a forum for the creme-de-la-creme of HPC users. What followed was 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 and climate forecasting models. They presented today’s practical reality, followed by their aspiration and vision for Teraflop/s computing and beyond. To give some idea, there were a total of 56 presentations and a discussion panel. Most of these presentations were by experts from major meteorological centres, from the USA, Canada, Europe, India, Japan, Australia and China. The rest were from HPC vendors (CRAY, FUJITSU, HP, IBM, INTEL, NEC, QUADRICS, SGI and TERASCALE). Friday was devoted to a brain storming debate, hoping to identify solutions to the many pressing needs, of this ever increasingly important field of science. (Chris Lazou)
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| CFS announces early success for Lustre File System as featured on HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share product |
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Cluster File Systems' Lustre technology has been integrated in the HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share product (HP SFS). With initial deliveries planned for December 2004, HP SFS delivers a production-tested distributed file server for Linux clusters at excellent price-performance ratios.
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| Paremus Grid Technology enhances Pricing and Risk Analytics solution for Financial Services Industry |
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Paremus has added Quadrus Financial Technologies and Sun Microsystems to the recently revealed Infiniflow Utility Datacenter Ecosystem (UDE). When integrated with the Infiniflow enterprise compute fabric, the high performance Quadrus QuIC Platform running on Sun's ground-breaking Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 systems, provides financial services companies with an adaptive and highly scalable state-of-the art utility pricing and risk management solution for the whole enterprise.
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| NASA, SGI and Intel build and deploy 'Columbia' in record time |
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Concluding a 15-week effort with NASA and Intel to build and successfully install the world's most powerful supercomputer, the new 10,240-processor Columbia supercomputer is fully deployed at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility located at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
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| Streamline Computing announces plan to spin out its software arm as Allinea Software |
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