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CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/1952201

The goal of this special issue is to provide a forum for the publication of important research contributions in developing high-performance computing solutions to problems arising from molecular biology.

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CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/1952201

IBM's "Blue Gene" to run on Linux
http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/2044234

Linux will be the main operating system for IBM's upcoming family of "Blue Gene" supercomputers--a major endorsement for the operating system and the open-source computing model it represents.

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ModViz Makes Real-Time Visualization an Affordable Reality http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/2040234

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Affordable, high-quality, computer-based 3-D visualization of complex models and processes in real-time -- a technological "Holy Grail" for industries of every type -- is being made possible by ModViz, Inc., a new Silicon Valley startup whose software turns clusters of ordinary personal computers into super graphics engines.

IBM puts power in new "blade" server
http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/2016246

IBM unveiled a new "blade" server prototype Tuesday that uses its Power processor, putting Big Blue a step ahead in the race to squeeze high-end chips into compact servers.

Dell Clusters Aid the University of Utah In Resear http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/208237

AUSTIN, Texas - Researchers at The University of Utah are using a Dell high-performance computing cluster (HPCC) to research and help prevent accidental fires and explosions.

U of A builds supercomputer in a day
http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/201202

On Nov. 4, thousands of computers from research centres across Canada will be strung together by a U of A effort to create the most powerful computer in Canada. The computers will work jointly on a molecular chemistry research question that would take a single computer as long as six years to complete.

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HP Supercomputer to be Deployed at OSC
http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/1941234

HP today announced that the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) will deploy an HP supercomputer based on a cluster of more than 150 Intel Itanium2-based HP Workstation zx6000 systems.

Linux Cluster Makes Impact on Chrysler's Bottom Line http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/22/2134224

DaimlerChrysler has found an innovative way to cut costs: It is using a Linux cluster based on IBM workstations to perform impact analysis simulation at faster speeds and a lower cost.

Powering up the super grid
http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/203205

Across Canada, at universities and research labs, they are busy knitting a virtual "grid" of supercomputers in preparation for the next wave of e-science. When completed in 2007, this grid will be the testbed for a new kind of Internet -- tailor-made for Gerald Oakham and other researchers across the contry with high-performance computing needs.

The World's Fastest Linux Cluster
http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/1958212

The system, called MCR, will be housed at the Department of Energy National Laboratory at Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) in California and will ultimately provide close on 11 Tflop/s compute capacity, comprising of many thousands of processors connected by the largest Quadrics network yet. The performance of the system is anticipated to reach the top 5 of the supercomputers installed today.

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Linux Clusters Deployed In Race Against Global War http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/1937254

Accurately modeling climate issues is a huge computational task. The National Weather Service's supercomputers, for instance, have a hard enough time generating accurate local weather forecasts just a few days out. So imagine trying to generate accurate forecasts on a global scale 50 years into the future. This is causing particular consternation when it comes to proving that man-made chemicals are causing global warming.

NUS rigs up supercomputer
http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/21/2039200

The National University of Singapore (NUS) has cobbled together an innovative high-end computer that could just make it into the ranks of the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world. The entire exercise cost NUS just $500,000.

New Formula For Supercomputing
http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/2026211

Companies that solve data-intensive computing problems are no longer limited to purchasing only expensive, custom-built supercomputers from Cray or IBM. Now they can go to solution providers to buy inexpensive Linux server clusters built from commodity computer parts.

Linux Clustering Evolves High-Performance Computin http://clustering.foundries.sourceforge.net/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/2021231

The dawn of high-performance computing came in the 1970s with the development of the Cray 1 and other custom-built supercomputers running proprietary operating systems. The early 1990s saw the use of semi-custom microprocessor supercomputers, running Unix on clustered RISC platforms. A milestone was reached in 1997, when the TOP500 list, a biannual listing of the world's most powerful supercomputers, first included cluster systems. Clusters are now in the top 30, and in the next TOP500 list,due out next month,clusters are expected to dominate the top 10.

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