Reprints from my posting to SAN-Tech Mailing List and ...

2011/07/22

[san-tech][03297] Slide (Google Docs): SciDAC 2011 (2011/07/10 - 14)

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:13:04 +0900
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2011年 7月 10日~14日に開催された

Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing Program (SciDAC) 2011

の講演資料がほぼ公開されています (先週に比べてかなり増えています)。

Agenda
ただし、PDF直公開ではなく Google Docs経由での公開となっています。

[san-tech][03296] Violin Memoryをメタデータに使用して、"GPFS Scans 10 Billion Files in 43 Minutes", July 22, 2011

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:47:47 +0900
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IBM GPFS (General Parallel File System) のメタデータに Violin Memoryを
使用したら、ファイルスキャンが 2007年の報告比べて 37倍になったとの報告
です:

"Violin Memory Breaks Existing General Parallel File System World
 Record By 37 Times Using IBM Research Storage Technology"
 Violin's Flash Memory Arrays Enable IBM's GPFS to Scan 10 Billion Files
 in 43 Minutes, Setting a New Standard for Big Data Applications
 July 22, 2011

  "... today announced that IBM Research used Violin Memory's 3200
   Flash Memory Arrays to break IBM’s previous General Parallel File
   System (GPFS) world record. Leveraging Violin's technology, IBM's
   GPFS scanned 10 billion files in 43 minutes, 37 times faster than
   the previous record of one billion files in three hours."

"scanned" が 37倍です。今回の試験では実データへのアクセスはありません。

[san-tech][03294] 135TB: $7,384のストレージシステム (Re: 約 $100/TBのストレージシステム)

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:00:10 +0900
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二年弱で
  67TB: $7,867 (September 1, 2009)
  135TB: $7,384 (July 20, 2011)
になりました。もちろん専用ケース、ファン (6個) 込みです。

[san-tech][03291] NEC (ドイツ?) Netlist HyperCloud Memory Module認定

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:07:10 +0900
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NEC (ドイツだけかもしれませんが)、Netlistの HyperCloud Memory Moduleを
認定しました:

"NEC Qualifies Netlist's HyperCloud Memory"
 HyperCloud memory available to NEC LX Series high performance computing
 customers"
 July 20, 2011
※↑PDF

  "... today announced that its HyperCloud? Memory module is qualified
   and available from NEC in the compute server of the LX Series. NEC's
   LX Series is a market leading scalable compute cluster resource and
   is delivered as a complete turnkey solution to the customer."

[san-tech][03292] "日本のデータセンターにおける エネルギー効率化の取組み事例"、2011年7月19日、グリーン・グリッド日本支部

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:52:27 +0900
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グリーン・グリッド日本支部からのホワイトペーパーです。
プレスリリース:

"グリーン・グリッド日本支部編集のホワイトペーパー
 「日本のデータセンターのエネルギー効率化の取り組み事例」を発行
 日本企業の顕著な改善活動を国内外に広く紹介し、データセンターでの
 省エネ活動を支援"
 2011年7月19日、グリーン・グリッド(The Green Grid)日本支部

Adaptable IO System (ADIOS) 1.3 Released, July 12, 2011

Adaptable IO System (ADIOS) 
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2012/07/28
"ADIOS Middleware Update Sets the Stage for Exascale Computing"
 July 26, 2012, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility
  http://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2012/07/26/adios-middleware-update-sets-the-stage-for-exascale-computing/

"Researchers can multitask and access files simultaneously with version 1.4"
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2012/07/21
1.4.0 Released July 2012

*) new read API for staging methods with step-by-step processing,
   also with non-blocking and chunking APIs
*) visualization schema added to ADIOS XML format
*) skel: I/O skeleton generator and evaluation tools
*) unified error/debug logging
*) hidden attributes (version, create/update times)
*) Java and Numpy bindings
*) F90 modules adios_write_mod and adios_read_mod to check syntax
   at compile time
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Revision History
1.3 Released July 12, 2011

*)New read method BP_STAGED for reading files with improved performance
*)Changes in MPI_AMR and MPI_LUSTRE to support default parameters.
  Parameters for MPI_LUSTRE and MPI_AMR in XML file are not mandatory
  any more.

2011/07/21

[san-tech][03290] 東芝 「HDD先行技術センター」と「HDD製造技術センター」を設立、2011年07月07日

Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:53:53 +0900
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2012/03/05

"米国・ウェスタンデジタル社とHDD関連契約を締結"
 ウェスタンデジタル社のHDD製造設備等の取得と当社タイ製造拠点の売却
 2012年02月29日
  http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2012_02/pr_j2902.htm

関連記事:
"東芝、Western Digitalの3.5インチHDD製造設備を取得
 ~WDへタイの製造拠点を売却"
 2012年 2月 29日、PC Watch
  http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20120229_515306.html

"Thai floods float Seagate to top of hard drive biz"
 Western Digital submerged, gurgling
 29th February 2012, The Register
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/29/seagate_bouyed_by_thai_floods/
Worldwide hard drive sales for the fourth quarter of 2011
  http://regmedia.co.uk/2012/02/29/hard_drive_stats.jpg
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少し前ですが、東芝が HDD関連の 2つの技術センターを設立しました:

"次世代高密度磁気記録技術の開発に向けHDD技術センターを設立"
 -先行技術開発に加えて製造技術も強化-
 2011年07月07日

  " 当社は、HDD(ハードディスクドライブ)における技術開発拠点として、
   7月16日付で新たに「HDD先行技術センター」と「HDD製造技術センター」を
   設立します。この両センターを拠点として、磁気ヘッドメーカーのTDK株式
   会社(以下、TDK)および磁気ディスクメーカーの昭和電工株式会社(以下、
   昭和電工)の2社の技術協力を得て、次世代高密度磁気記録技術開発を加速
   するとともに、製造技術の強化についてもTDKと協業し推進していきます。"

[san-tech][02809] OpenNSIM: 国産 Peta Scale Interconnect Simulator公開、2010/11/17

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:43:40 +0900
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財団法人九州先端科学技術研究所から、Web経由で大規模スーパーコンピュータの
インターコネクト性能評価に向けて開発したシミュレータ:OpenNSIMが公開され
ました。

公開までに至る経緯等はプレスリリース:
"超大規模スーパーコンピュータ向け通信性能シミュレータ「OpenNSIM」を公開"
 2010 年11 月17 日
 財団法人九州先端科学技術研究所
 富士通株式会社

を参照して下さい。

[san-tech][03289] "DOD Announces First Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace", July 14, 2011

Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:02:30 +0900
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直接関わる可能性は低いと思いますが、米国防省から Cyberspace戦略が公開
されました:

"DOD Announces First Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace"
 July 14, 2011

  "The Department of Defense released today the DoD Strategy for
   Operating in Cyberspace (DSOC).  It is the first DoD unified strategy
   for cyberspace and officially encapsulates a new way forward for DoD's
   military, intelligence and business operations."

[san-tech][02776] "Data Center Design and Operation" - ASHRAE Datacom Series CD, 2nd edition

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:31:38 +0900
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ASHRAEから "Data Center Design and Operation" の 2nd Editionが発売
されました (されています):

"Data Center Design and Operation"
 ASHRAE Datacom Series CD, 2nd edition
 ASHRAE
 (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers)
 2010, ISBN: 9781933742885

一般価格:$235.00 USD
1st Edition購入者は  65% discountです (会員価格:$199.00 USD)。

[san-tech][02270] InfiniBandエンドユーザ向け資料 (IBTA, 2010/04)

Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 05:56:08 +0900
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InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) が、エンドユーザ向け InfiniBand
入門資料(英語版 54ページ) を公開しました:

"InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) Announces Release of New 
 Publication; Introduction to InfiniBand for End Users Outlines 
 Value Proposition of InfiniBand for High Performance Computing
 and Enterprise Data Centers"
 Apr 27, 2010

  "Topics covered in the minibook include Basic Concepts, InfiniBand
   for HPC, InfiniBand for the Enterprise, Designing with InfiniBand, 
   InfiniBand Architecture and Features, Achieving an Interoperable
   Solution, and InfiniBand Performance Capabilities and Examples."

[san-tech][02832] 講演資料:HPC User Forum (2010年秋)

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:23:18 +0900
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HPCネタがメインですが、なかなか興味深い講演があります:

HPC User Forum

Agenda
Seattle, September 13-15 2010
HLRS, University of Stuttgart, October 7-8, 2010 
SARA, Computing & Networking Services Amsterdam, October 11-12, 2010
北京, October 30, 2010 

HPC User Forum Presentations From Previous Meetings
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2011/07/21
Houston Meeting, April 5-7, 2011
Agenda:
も公開されています。
2011/07/21
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[san-tech][02394] "Livermore Lab Bellies Up to Native ZFS Linux Port", 2010/06/08, insideHPC

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:52:22 +0900
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2011/07/04
[san-tech][03247] Slide: ScicomP17 (IBM HPC Meeting), May 9-13, 2011
  Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:39:54 +0900

> "Sequoia Update"
>  Tom Spelce, Development Environment Group, LLNL
> ※なんと、Sequoiaの Lustreは ZFSベース (QDR InfiniBand SAN) です。
> ※Hyperion Projectで、安定性や相性の目処が付いたのでしょうか・・・
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と密接に関連すると思われますが、

"Practical Strategies for Power-Efficient Computing Technologies"(IBM Blue Gene), Proceedings of the IEEE, Feb. 2010

Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:42:53 +0900
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IBM Blue Geneを実例とした、中身のこい論文です:

"Practical Strategies for Power-Efficient Computing Technologies"
 Chang, L., et al. IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
 Proceedings of the IEEE Volume: 98,  Issue: 2, Feb. 2010
 Page(s) 215-236
  非会員:Price: $30 (PDFファイル)

[san-tech][03287] Re: "Intel to Acquire Fulcrum Microsystems", 2011/07/19

Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:07:20 +0900
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[san-tech][03279] "Intel to Acquire Fulcrum Microsystems", 2011/07/19
  Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:29:24 +0900
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Arista Networksの Bechtolsheimの Blogです (1年ぶり以上のエントリー)

"The March to Merchant Silicon in 10Gbe Cloud Networking"
 July 19th, 2011

  "The inevitable march towards merchant silicon for Ethernet switching
   is continuing with the announcement from Intel today that it is
   acquiring Fulcrum Microsystems. Fulcrum of course the silicon vendor
   that is the core of our low-latency switch family that is the most
   widely used switch across the world for high-frequency trading.

   I wanted to share my thoughts on what this means for the industry
   going forward."

10 Gigabit Ethernet - the time is right:
Legacy Networking Evolving at Glacial Speeds:
A single-chip Arista Switch versus the Catalyst 6509
Merchant Silicon is Inevitable:
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"Intel Takes Aim at Switch Chip Business with Fulcrum Deal"
 July 20, 2011, HPCwire

[san-tech][03286] NetLogic と EZchipが提携, July 18, 2011

Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:09:49 +0900
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こちらは提携のプレスリリースです:

"NetLogic Microsystems and EZchip Collaborate to Deliver High-Performance
 Packet Processing Solutions for Terabit Class Systems"
 July 18, 2011

  "NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL), a worldwide leader in
   high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for
   next-generation Internet networks, and EZchip Semiconductor Ltd.
   (NASDAQ:EZCH), a leader in Ethernet network processors, today
   announced that the companies are collaborating to deliver the
   industry's highest performance, merchant, packet-processing solutions
   for IPv6-ready Terabit class systems.  By optimizing and implementing
   exclusive operational modes in both EZchip's NP-4 100Gbps network
   processor (NPU) and NetLogic Microsystems' NL11k knowledge-based
   processor, the companies are enabling customers to achieve enhanced
   performance and functionality when using both the processors together
   when compared to alternative solutions.  The companies have achieved
   broad design success across leading Tier One OEMs adopting
   the 100G NP-4 NPU and the industry-leading NL11k knowledge-based
   processor.  In addition, the companies are collaborating to further
   enhance the performance optimizations and tight coupling between
   EZchip's next-generation NP-5 200Gbps NPU and NetLogic
   Microsystems'next-generation of knowledge-based processors at
   the 28 nm node."

2011/07/20

[san-tech][03280] Riverbedの買収 (Zeus Technology と Aptimize Limited)

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:54:29 +0900
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Riverbed社から、買収に関するプレスリリース 2件です
(Zeus Technology と Aptimize Limited):


"Riverbed Expands IT Performance Business with Acquisition of
 Zeus Technology"
 Acquisition Enables Riverbed to Offer Comprehensive Application
 Performance Portfolio that Targets the Needs of the Next-Generation
 Datacenter and the Future of Web Applications
 July 19, 2011

  "..... today announced that it has acquired Zeus Technology,
   a privately-owned company that delivers high-performance
   software-based load balancing and traffic management solutions for
   virtual and cloud environments."

[san-tech][03279] "Intel to Acquire Fulcrum Microsystems", 2011/07/19

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:29:24 +0900
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Intel, Fulcrum Microsystemsからのプレスリリース:

"Intel to Acquire Fulcrum Microsystems"
 July 19, 2011

  "Intel Corporation today announced it signed a definitive agreement
   to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems Inc., a privately held fabless
   semiconductor company that designs Ethernet switch silicon for data
   center network providers."

Black & Red [01]

2011/07/18

[san-tech][03276] SeaMicro: Atom 768 64-bit Core (同サイズ) サーバ発表

Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:46:38 +0900
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SeaMicroから搭載コア数が 768個の新サーバが発表されました (サイズは同じ):

"SeaMicro Introduces the SM10000-64HD, Setting Industry Record for
 Energy Efficiency and Compute Density"
 July 17, 2011

[san-tech][03267] "Berkeley Lab and Internet2 to build 100 Gbps Prototype Scientific Network", 13 Jul 2011

Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:50:13 +0900
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Internet2のプレスリリースが一番冷静な気がするので:

"[I2-NEWS] Berkeley Lab and Internet2 to build 100 Gbps Prototype
 Scientific Network"
 13 Jul 2011
  https://lists.internet2.edu/sympa/arc/i2-news/2011-07/msg00003.html

  "The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and
   Internet2 today announced an agreement to build one of the world's
   fastest and most advanced scientific networks to further
   accelerate U.S. competitiveness in science and technology. The new
   network will be built for the Department of Energy by Berkeley Lab's
   Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) for its Advanced Networking
   Initiative (ANI), a $62M American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
   (Recovery Act) grant.

[san-tech][02469] Video, Slide: Summer 2010 ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs. 2010/07/11-15

Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:57:24 +0900
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2010年 7月 11日~15日に開催された

Summer 2010 ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs, July 11 - July 15, 2010

の講演ビデオ、講演資料が公開されました

[san-tech][02255] "ESnet Reaches First Milestone in ANI...", April 26, 2010

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:18:35 +0900
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  Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:43:32 +0900
[san-tech][02202] Re: 米ネットワーク研究開発投資:$62M ESnet, 2009/08/10
  Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:58:59 +0900
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ESnetから、Infinera DWDM導入のプレスリリースです:

"ESnet Reaches First Milestone in ANI Deployment with Infinera DWDM 
 Installation", April 26, 2010

Next steps
  "In the next few months, ESnet will be issuing a call for proposals 
   for users to conduct research on the testbed. ESnet is also issuing 
   a Request for Proposals (RFP) for equipment vendors and service 
   providers to build the next phase of the ANI project; a planned 
   nationwide 100G prototype network that is slated to link three of 
   DOE's major supercomputing centers" ... "and MANLAN, the 
   international exchange point in New York."

[san-tech][02202] Re: 米ネットワーク研究開発投資:$62M ESnet, 2009/08/10

Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:58:59 +0900
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[san-tech][01795] 米ネットワーク研究開発投資:$62M ESnet, 2009/08/10
  Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:43:32 +0900
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ESnetの方の発表資料を発見しました:

Winter 2010 ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs
 January 31 - February 4, 2010
  http://events.internet2.edu/2010/jt-slc/
Agenda
  http://events.internet2.edu/2010/jt-slc/agenda.cfm

[san-tech][01795] 米ネットワーク研究開発投資:$62M ESnet, 2009/08/10

Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:43:32 +0900
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以前紹介した、オバマ政権の景気刺激策 (The American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009) から、ネットワーク研究開発として $62M投資
されます ($62M = 58億円)

"Berkeley Lab's ESnet Receives $62 Million to Develop World's 
 Fastest Computer Network"
 August 10, 2009
.....
  "Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Advanced 
   Networking Initiative, will ensure that the United States stays
   competitive in science and technology. Specifically, ESnet will develop
   a prototype 100 gigbits per second (Gbps) Ethernet network to connect
   DOE supercomputer centers"
※プロジェクト名は Advanced Networking Initiative (ANI)

[san-tech][03275] 報告書:「今後のハイパフォーマンス・コンピューティング技術の研究開発について」、2011/07/15、文部科学省

Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:54:30 +0900
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文部科学省から、
「今後のハイパフォーマンス・コンピューティング技術の研究開発について」
の概要と報告書が公開されました:

"「今後のハイパフォーマンス・コンピューティング技術の研究開発について」
 の報告書のとりまとめ"
 平成23年7月15日

  "文部科学省では、HPCI計画推進委員会のもとに「今後のハイパフォーマンス・
   コンピューティング(HPC)技術の研究開発の検討ワーキンググループ」を
   設置し、今後のHPC技術の研究のあり方について検討しました。

    今般、「今後のハイパフォーマンス・コンピューティング技術の研究開発
   について」報告書をとりまとめましたのでお知らせします。"

[san-tech][03274] Slide Show: "The 10 Coolest SSDs Of 2011 (So Far)", 7, 15, 2011, CRN

Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:13:10 +0900
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最新 SSD 10機種のスライドショーです:

"The 10 Coolest SSDs Of 2011 (So Far)"
 7, 15, 2011, CRN

  "Following is a quick look at some of the new SSDs which recently
   hit the market."

2011/07/17

[san-tech][02852] 次世代空港システムで必要なデータバンド幅、January 2010, TINA

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:23:09 +0900
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これも The Registerの記事ですが:

"How much bandwidth will next gen airports need?"
 22nd November 2010, The Register

  "Airports need to be jacked up to the gills with ubiquitous systems
   requiring increasingly high levels of computational power - 
   intelligent automation; unobtrusive safety and security; passengers
   and their devices; processing of goods and luggage; information and
   transportation systems; and all those shops."

  "So what's needed? The requirements involve fixed and mobile
   appliances, so an intelligent, adaptive, self-organising and
   self-managing wired and wireless infrastructure is going to fit the
   bill."

[san-tech][02895] 「VMの制御に係るインタフェース仕様の動向調査」, 2010/12/20, IPA

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:38:58 +0900
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IPA (独立行政法人 情報処理推進機構) から以下の動向調査が公開されてます:


VMの制御に係るインタフェース仕様の動向調査

[san-tech][02901] Oracle:Sun Grid Engine資産を Univaに売却, January 18, 2011

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:13:11 +0900
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"Univa Acquires Grid Engine Expertise"
 January 18, 2011
  http://www.univa.com/about/news/press_2011/01172011.php

  "... today announced that the principal engineers from the Sun/Oracle
   Grid Engine team, including Grid Engine founder and original project
   owner Fritz Ferstl, are joining Univa. The company will immediately
   offer superior engineering support for Grid Engine versions already
   installed and will publish a Univa version of Grid Engine before the
   end of Q1 2011. Univa will concentrate on improving Grid Engine for
   technical computing and HPC use cases in addition to promoting the
   continuity of the Grid Engine open source community."

[san-tech][03273] Active Optical Cable (AOC) 市場予想レポート

Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:13:03 +0900
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Active Optical Cable (AOC) に関する市場予想レポート (有償) です:

プレスリリース:
"New CIR Report Projects that Active Optical Cable (AOC) Market Will
 Reach $1.9 billion by 2016"
 June 13, 2011

"Active Optical Cabling Markets: 2011 and Beyond"
 June 9, 2011, Pages: 90, CIR, Inc.

  "Active Optical Cables (AOCs) are still a niche market. CIR believes
   that they will generate less than $60 million in 2011 and these
   revenues will largely come from sales into the data center (and
   especially the InfiniBand) market. Nonetheless, AOCs remain the
   best way for markets where knowledge of fiber optic communications
   is scarce to derive the benefits of optical networking. Soon, other
   markets will pick up on how AOCs can help them shift towards fiber
   optics. These include not only a broad range of data communications
   applications, but also digital signage and various consumer
   electronics applications. CIR estimates that within five years,
   the worldwide AOC market will have reached $1.9 billion."