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Cornell Theory Center (CTC)
Advanced Cluster Computing Consortium - AC3
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/AC3/
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Vol. 2, #2 - 5/15/01

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- High Performance Cluster Computing Seminar in Chicago
- e-Science with Windows 2000
- CTC Adds 2 New Dell Clusters
- Application 2000
- MSHPC News Group
- InfiniBand I/O
- Dell Cluster and Windows-based CAVE at CTC to Support NASA Project
- Build-Your-Own Windows 2000 Cluster
- AC3 on the Road
- New Members
- In the News
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AN INVITATION TO DISCOVER ...
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS

Please join us for an informative seminar featuring insights from IT leaders sponsored by Cornell
Theory Center Advanced Cluster Computing Consortium (AC3), Dell Computer, Microsoft, and Intel.

WHAT: The Future of High Performance Cluster Computing
WHEN: Thursday, June 14, 2001
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Sign-in - 9:00 AM
WHERE: Sears Tower, Chicago, IL

AGENDA:
***Dell's Enterprise Strategies and Futures
Pete Morowski, Vice President, Enterprise Systems Group, Dell Computer
***Building Computing Clusters with VI Networks: Merrill Lynch and other Case Studies
Dave Wells, Director, Emulex Corporation
***World's Largest Windows 2000 Clusters: Maximizing Performance, Minimizing TCO
David Lifka, Chief Technical Officer, Cornell Theory Center
***Intel Architecture Roadmap for the Enterprise
Steve Johnson, Solutions Specialist, Intel Corporation
***Clustering Technology for .NET Services
Edmund Muth, Director, Microsoft Corporation
***Case Studies

This AC3 seminar is targeted toward senior IT and HPC managers. If you would like to attend,
please contact Paul Redfern at 607-254-8693 or red@tc.cornell.edu.
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e-Science with Windows 2000
Biotechnology firms and university researchers use Windows 2000 Dell server farms over the Web to
solve protein folding and aerospace engineering problems.
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/AC3/News/CaseStudies/2001/casestudy.e-science.html
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Two 64-processor Dell Windows Clusters added to meet increased demand. Current CTC production
systems detailed at:
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/AC3/tech/systems.html
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Application Center 2000 simplifies application deployment to clusters.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/05/appcenter/appcenter.asp
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CTC and Microsoft announce the launch of a news group dedicated to discussions about high
performance computing on Windows clusters. To join, aim your preferred news reader at the
mshpc.tc.cornell.edu server.
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How the new InfiniBand I/O specification offers increased performance, reliability, availability
and independent scalability of fabric elements.
http://www.intel.com/eBusiness/products/infiniband/wp010501.htm?iid=mail+tw64
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Dell "EduCluster" and Windows-based CAVE-like visualization environment implemented at CTC as part
of new NASA engineering education project.
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/news/releases/2001/educluster.asp
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Build-Your-Own Windows 2000 Cluster Toolkit available from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/hpc/toolkit.asp
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CTC AC3 On the Road

Recent CTC/AC3 briefings and conference meetings were provided to Intel, University of North
Carolina, Gen Re Securities, University of California, government agencies, NASA, MathWorks,
Fluent, and Plural, Inc.

60 IT directors and professionals attended a CTC New York State government computing conference
held at Government Plaza, Albany in April. 275 IT executives from businesses, education, and
government attended a March AC3 Windows high-performance cluster computing seminar in NYC.
Presentations are available at http://www.dell.com/high-performance/.

Upcoming events:
5/16-18, San Diego, CA - Parallel Tools Consortium
http://www.ptools.org/meetings/may01/
5/16-18, Brisbane, Australia - IEEE CCGrid2001
http://www.ccgrid.org/
5/28-30, San Francisco, CA - Int'l Conference on Computational Science
http://www.ucalgary.ca/iccs/
6/5-6, Manchester, NH - Fluent Users' Group Meeting
http://www.fluent.com/support/ugm/fluent/index.htm/
6/14, Chicago, IL - AC3 Future of Cluster Computing Seminar
Contact Paul Redfern at 607-254-8693 or red@tc.cornell.edu
6/19-21, New York, NY - Securities Industry Technology Management
http://www.sia.com/tmc2001/
6/25-27, Amsterdam, Netherlands - European HPC & Networking
http://www.science.uva.nl/events/HPCN2001/
6/25-28, Las Vegas, NV - Parallel & Distributed Processing Techniques
http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences/2001/PDPTA2001/pdpta.html
7/19, Ithaca, NY - Cornell Multitask Toolbox for MATLAB: Introduction
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Services/Edu/Events/CMTM/
7/26, Ithaca, NY - Cornell Multitask Toolbox for MATLAB: Advanced Workshop
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Services/Edu/Events/CMTM/

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New Members

Corning
http://www.corning.com/
NASA Ames
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Profile/profile.html/
Pacific Northwest Laboratory
http://www.pnl.gov/
Yale University
http://www.yale.edu/
University of North Carolina
http://www.med.unc.edu/
University of London, Imperial College
http://www-icpc.doc.ic.ac.uk/
VRCO, Inc.
http://www.vrco.com/

Over 85 companies, government agencies, and universities have joined the AC3. Organizations
interested in becoming members should visit
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/AC3/.

Member benefits include seminars; technology briefings; systems planning/installation; code
porting, optimization, and parallelization; 24x7 outsourcing services and beta/test systems
access; and training.

Companies interested in becoming CTC AC3 partners, should visit:
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/AC3/partners/

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In the News

Dell Expands Enterprise Services
http://www.dell.com/us/en/gen/corporate/press/pressoffice_us_2001-04-04-aus-001.
tm

Dell 2550: New Enterprise Server
http://www.dell.com/us/en/gen/corporate/press/pressoffice_us_2001-03-26-aus-000.
tm

Dell PowerApp.web Servers: Migrating from Sun to Windows 2000
http://www.dell.com/us/en/esg/topics/power_ps1q01-jaffe.htm

ILOG and Axioma Partner on Optimization Solutions
http://www.ilog.com/corporate/releases/us/010404_axioma.cfm

Intel Introduces Pentium 4 at 1.7 GHz
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20010423comp.htm

Microsoft and Dell Offer Alternative to "Big Iron"
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/press/2001/Mar01/03-14AppCenterPR.asp

Microsoft .NET Commerce Server 2000 Scalability Test Results
http://www.dell.com/us/en/arm/topics/power_ps1q01-murphy.htm

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Evaluation Edition Available
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/productinfo/evaluate.htm

MPI Software Technology MPI/Pro Version 1.6.3 Available
http://www.mpi-softtech.com/news/MPIPro163.asp

New MATLAB Product Features
http://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletter/win01/whatsnew.shtml

SAS Selects U.S. Census Bureau for Enterprise Computing Award
http://www.sas.com/news/feature/07may01/sasawards.html

Windows XP Hits Beta 2 - Launch Date Set for 10/25/01
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/press/2001/Mar01/03-26XPBeta2PR.asp

Windows 2002 Hits Beta 2
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/features/2001/Mar01/03-26whstlrsrvrbeta.asp
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