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February 18, 2003

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#======= GUIDED OPINION =======#
Storage
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/16/2149201

    One of the most challenging problems in the HPC space today is moving     data. Moving the raw data close to where it will be crunched, then     moving the resultant data to where it can be consolidated and analyzed     are two of the key issues at hand. There are a number of commercial     ventures and open source projects attempting to provide solutions to     this difficult problem. Over the next few weeks, I'll provide a high     level summary of a some of the popular solutions.

#======= NEWS =======#
Blade server pioneer RLX boosts power
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/17/1039218

    RLX Technologies, a pioneer of thin "blade" servers, will announce new     two-processor models Monday that catch the company part way up to its     larger competitors... New 'blade' servers will favour processing muscle     over low power consumption, as RLX battles IBM, HP and Dell.

IBM cools on Linux support for Itanium
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/1837216

    IBM has transferred a handful of developers who had worked to make     Linux perform well on Itanium to the task of tying the OS to its own     Power processor, said Ron Favali, a spokesman for IBM. This transition     away from Itanium came as a result of slow market adoption of the chip     thus far, according to Favali, and could signal a growing feud between     IBM and Intel. "IBM doesn't have anyone dedicated to working with Linux     on Itanium," Favali said. "Our view right now is that Itanium is like a     science project. There's not a market for it."

Supercomputing Resurrected
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/1835234

     The United States has fallen painfully short in the very field where     computing muscle matters most and where the nation has the most to     gain: in simulating such complex systems as weather on the macroscopic     end and protein folding on the microscopic.

Sexy It's Not, but Big Science Thrives on Earth http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/1535247

     Every time the shuttle goes up and safely returns it costs a few     hundred million dollars. For about the same price, the Japanese     recently completed their Earth Simulator, a gargantuan computing     complex almost five times more powerful than the fastest supercomputer     in the United States. The unprecedented fineness of its simulations     could result in a better understanding of meteorological phenomena, and     of global warming and other climatic change. What could be more     exciting than that?

Kasparov, Computer Tie In 5th Game Of Chess http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1339215

    World chess champion Garry Kasparov and computer opponent Deep Junior     tied the fifth game of their Man vs. Machine series Wednesday -- in     just 19 moves. Chess The six-game series in New York remains tied at     two and a-half games a piece. The final game of the match -- which     could end in a draw -- is set for Friday.

Power from the people
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1338202

     From the outside it looks just like another grey 18th-century church     on a quiet Edinburgh back street. On the inside, however, the shiny new     National E-Science Centre is home to some of the most advanced     technology under development in the UK.

To Win Chess, Machines Think Human
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/176216

    Garry Kasparov, the world's best chess player, may not realize it yet,     but he's doomed. It really doesn't matter whether he wins his current     match with a supercomputer, according to experts in artificial     intelligence, or AI. They agree that computer technology is advancing     so fast that within a few years machines will be well beyond the chess     skills of any human.

Grid computing used in smallpox research http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/175213

    Researchers from the US, UK and Canada, IBM and others today launched a     joint project using the processing power of millions of PCs to help     scientists develop drugs to combat the smallpox virus, considered to be     a potential biological weapon of terrorists.

IBM push gives grids extra spark
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/173241

     Grid computing, pioneered by academics seeking low-budget     supercomputers, links machines into a collective supercomputer running     software to manage how jobs are shared. IBM's latest grid hardware,     software and services target aerospace, the automotive industry,     financial markets, government and life sciences. For companies outside     the target areas, IBM is offering workshops on what grid computing is,     what applications are suited to run on a grid, and the cost involved.

SGI Origin 3000 Reigns Supreme In High-Performance SPEC Benchmark Tests http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/170238

    In tests running the SPEComp(R) Benchmark Suite (OMPL2001), SGI     outperformed all competing systems from HP, Sun and Fujitsu. In the     tests, a 128-processor SGI Origin 3000 system -- using only a quarter     of its total 512- processor scalability -- scored 197,838, performing     30% faster than its closest competitor. The results reveal the     performance advantage made possible by the vast scalability of the SGI     Origin 3000 architecture.

Xilinx Chips Enable World's First 'On-the-Fly' Reconfigurable Satellite http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/2011257

    Developed by the CRCSS at Queensland University of Technology in     Australia in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University / Applied     Physics Laboratory and support from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,     the FedSat reconfigurable computer is the world's first use of this     technology in space. As a critical component of the High Performance     Computing (HPC-I) payload, the reconfigurable nature of Xilinx FPGAs     enable satellites to be rewired without having to be retrieved, thus     drastically reducing cost and development time.

AMD Rolls Out New High-Performance Chip
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/209200

     The AMD Athlon MP processor 2600+ uses x86 architecture and is     designed for high-performance computing tasks, including graphics     rendering, oil and gas exploration, Web-hosting services and     superclusters for computation-intensive research applications, the     company said.

Linux Plays in the Storage Arena
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/1554233

    Despite Linux's gains, many analysts agree that Linux kernel 2.4, the     current version, has serious storage shortcomings. Matthew O'Keefe,     founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of Sistina Software,     believes Linux is limited to 2TB of storage per device and thus per     file system. According to O'Keefe, to compete at the high end of the     storage spectrum, Linux deployments need to resolve this storage     limitation.

Times Two
http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1338210

    Hawaii received $9.7 billion in federal funding for the 2001 fiscal     year, and 38 percent, or $3.7 billion, was in the area of defense. Some     Hawaii companies see those big defense dollars as a golden opportunity     to develop dual-use technologies. These are technologies that are     developed for the military that could have commercial or civilian     application.

Garry Kasparov plays chess supercomputer to draw http://hpc.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2127228

    World chess champion Garry Kasparov played his supercomputer opponent     to a draw Tuesday in the second game of their Man vs. Machine showdown.

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