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

2011/06/30

[san-tech][03228] IBM から Phase Change Memoryプレスリリース, 30 June 2011 (Re: UCSD: Phase Change Memory-Based SSD)

Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:17:59 +0900
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[san-tech][03149] UCSD: Phase Change Memory-Based SSD
  Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:40:13 +0900
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IBMから Phase Change Memoryについてのプレスリリースです:

"IBM scientists demonstrate memory breakthrough for the first time"
 Reliable multi-bit phase-change memory technology demonstrated
 30 June 2011
  http://www.zurich.ibm.com/news/11/pcm.html

  "For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated that
   a relatively new memory technology, known as phase-change memory (PCM),
   can reliably store multiple data bits per cell over extended periods
   of time."

[san-tech][03225] "Oracle Buys Pillar Data Systems", June 29, 2011

Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:05:54 +0900
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"Oracle Buys Pillar Data Systems"
 June 29, 2011
  http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/423263

News Facts
  "Oracle today announced that it has entered into an agreement to
   acquire Pillar Data Systems, a leading provider of innovative and
   highly scalable SAN Block I/O storage systems that provide
   exceptional performance scaling characteristics with patented
   Quality of Service. "

[san-tech][03224] Re: "Alcatel-Lucent rolls 400 Gbit router chip", 6/28/2011, EETimes

Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:47:48 +0900
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[san-tech][03221] "Alcatel-Lucent rolls 400 Gbit router chip", 6/28/2011, EETimes
  Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:04:24 +0900
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Alcatel-Lucent社からプレスリリースが出ました:

"The Internet Unlocked"
 June 28, 2011
  http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4x3tXDUL8h2VAQAURh_Yw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2011/News_Article_002465.xml

"Alcatel-Lucent innovation delivers a faster, smarter and greener
 network experience"
 June 28, 2011
  http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4w3MfQFSYGYRq6m-pEoYgbxjgiRIH1vfV-P_NxU_QD9gtzQiHJHR0UAAD_zXg!!/delta/base64xml/L0lJayEvUUd3QndJQSEvNElVRkNBISEvNl9BX0U4QS9lbl93dw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2011/News_Article_002464.xml

FP3 and the 400G Ecosystem
  "In order to deliver a fourfold improvement in speed, reduce power
   consumption and avoid compromising on service scale and quality,
   the FP3 processor requires predictable or deterministic access to
   memory at unprecedented speeds.

   In addition to developing its own technology solutions, Alcatel-Lucent
   is driving semiconductor industry leaders including Samsung Semiconductor,
   NetLogic Microsystems, Micron, GSI Technology, Cypress, Broadcom and
   others to push the envelope of innovation on high-speed DDR (double
   data rate), RLDRAM (Reduced-latency Dynamic random access memory),
   CAM (Content Addressable memory) and QDR (Quad Data Rate) memory and
   memory access, enabling the industry to accelerate adoption of 100G
   speeds and beyond."

2011/06/29

[san-tech][03223] SNIA Spring 2011 Tutorials

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:06:02 +0900
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SNIA Spring 2011 Tutorialsが公開されています:

Spring 2011 Tutorials, SNIA Tutorials
  http://www.snia.org/education/tutorials/2011/spring

[san-tech][03222] "The 10 worst cloud outages (and what we can learn from them)", JUNE 27, 2011, InfoWorld

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:42:44 +0900
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InfoWorldによる Cloud 10大事件 "Colossal cloud outage" 特集です:

"The 10 worst cloud outages (and what we can learn from them)"
 JUNE 27, 2011, InfoWorld (Total 5 pages)
  http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/the-10-worst-cloud-outages-and-what-we-can-learn-them-902

  "As a concept, there's a lot to like about the cloud. Drop those bulky
   servers and get yourself a big, white hard drive in the sky. Someone
   else handles the upkeep and lets you put your data where you want it.
   Even the word "cloud" itself brings to mind a heavenly (if slightly
   fluffy) fantasy.

   The reality is, of course, a mixed bag. What you gain in avoiding
   upkeep, you lose in control. And the security concerns are
   considerable. But nowhere is the nightmare as vivid as it is when
   your cloud service goes down."
.....
  "To help keep your business pain-free in the cloud, we offer these
   hard-earned lessons at the hands of 10 of the worst cloud storms
   the Web has weathered."
※"Colossal cloud outage" リストは Webを確認して下さい。

[san-tech][03221] "Alcatel-Lucent rolls 400 Gbit router chip", 6/28/2011, EETimes

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:04:24 +0900
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EETimesによる Alcatel-Lucentの次期ネットワークプロセッサに関する記事です:

"Alcatel-Lucent rolls 400 Gbit router chip"
 6/28/2011, EETimes
  http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4217295/Alcatel-Lucent-rolls-400G-router-chip?pageNumber=0
  http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4217295/Alcatel-Lucent-rolls-400G-router-chip?pageNumber=1

  "Alcatel-Lucent has designed a network processor capable of handling
   400 Gbit/second data flows, twice the throughput of the best chip
   from archrival Cisco. The FP3 will appear in edge routers in
   mid-2012 and ultimately will spearhead the company's drive into core
   routers."

Buckingham Palace, London, England, 2009/11


2011/06/28

[san-tech][03220] IBM Power 775:光ファイバー (120Gbps) で筐体間を接続

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:20:49 +0900
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2012/07/09
"Avago Technologies Announces High-Density 120 Gbps Parallel Optical Solutions
 For Cloud Computing and Data Center Applications"
 June 26, 2012
  http://www.avagotech.com/pages/en/press/minipod_cxp/

"Industry underestimating 25 Gigabit parallel optics challenge"
 July 6, 2012, Gazettabyte
  http://www.gazettabyte.com/home/2012/7/6/industry-underestimating-25-gigabit-parallel-optics-challeng.html

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IBM Power 775筐体間は光ファイバー (120Gbps) で接続するそうです:
(最大 2,048ノード、3リンクホップ以下)

"Boosting high-performance computing with optics"
 JUNE 28, 2011, Gazettabyte
  http://www.gazettabyte.com/home/2011/6/28/boosting-high-performance-computing-with-optics.html

  "IBM has adopted optical interfaces for its latest POWER7-based
   high-end computer system. Gazettabyte spoke to IBM Fellow,
   Ed Seminaro, about high-performance computing and the need for
   optics to address bandwidth and latency requirements."
.....
  "Using optical engines, each node - a specialised computing card -
   has a total bandwidth of 224, 120 Gigabit-per-second (12x10Gbps)
   VCSEL-based transmitters and 224, 120Gbps receivers. The interfaces
   can interconnect up to 2,048 nodes, over half a million POWER7
   cores, with a maximum network diameter of only three link hops.

   IBM claims that with the development of the Power 775, it has
   demonstrated the superiority of optics over copper for high-end
   computing designs."

[san-tech][03219] "In-Memory Data Management", Plattner, Hasso, Zeier, Alexander, Springer, 2011/3/29

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:46:05 +0900
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SAP共同創業者の Plattner氏が共著の専門書です (発売日:2011/3/29):

"In-Memory Data Management"
 An Inflection Point for Enterprise Applications
 Plattner, Hasso, Zeier, Alexander
 1st Edition., 2011, XVIII, 236 p. 75 illus
 Springer, Hardcover, ISBN 978-3-642-19362-0
  http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/business+information+systems/book/978-3-642-19362-0

  "... Here we present, for the first time, how in-memory computing is
   changing the way businesses are run." ... "We describe techniques
   that allow analytical and transactional processing at the speed of
   thought and enable new ways of doing business. The book is
   intended for university students, IT-professionals and IT-managers,
   but also for senior management who wish to create new business
   processes by leveraging in-memory computing."

Technology Commercialized, Technology Review, MIT

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"Technology Commercialized"
 July/August 2011, Technology Review, MIT
  http://www.technologyreview.com/tomarket/26687/

Report Recommends Ways to Improve K-12 STEM Education, US National Research Council

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"Report Recommends Ways to Improve K-12 STEM Education, Calls on
 Policymakers To Raise Science Education to Same Level of Importance
 as Math and Reading"

 June 23, 2011, The National Academies
  http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=13158

  "State, national, and local policymakers should elevate science education
   in grades K-12 to the same level of importance as reading and mathematics,
   says a new report from the National Research Council.  The report
   recommends ways that leaders at all levels can improve K-12 education
   in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

   The report responds to a request from Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) for
   the National Science Foundation -- which sponsored the Research Council
   report -- to identify highly successful K-12 schools and programs in
   STEM fields."

[san-tech][03218] LLNL Hyperion: Lustre と GPFS 比較レポート (IOR, mdtest)

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:58:34 +0900
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2010年 11月 15日に開催された

5th Petascale Data Storage Workshop, Supercomputing '10
  http://www.pdsi-scidac.org/events/PDSW10/index.html

のポスターセッション
POSTER SESSION PARTICIPANTS
  http://www.pdsi-scidac.org/events/PDSW10/postersession.html
に投稿された (Poster Submissions)

"Comparison of leading parallel NAS file systems on commodity hardware"
 Richard Hedges, Keith Fitzgerald, Mark Gary, D. Marc Stearman,
 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  http://www.pdsi-scidac.org/events/PDSW10/resources/posters/parallelNASFSs.pdf
のテクニカルレポートが公開されました:

"Comparison of leading parallel NAS file systems on commodity hardware"
 Richard Hedges, Keith Fitzgerald, Mark Gary, D. Marc Stearman,
 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
 LLNL-TR-461793, Publication Date: 2010 Nov 08, System Entry Date: 2011 Jun 23
  http://www.osti.gov/bridge/product.biblio.jsp?query_id=0&page=0&osti_id=1016306&Row=0

Abstract
  "..... In this activity, we present the results of our tests of two
   leading file systems (GPFS and Lustre) on the same physical hardware.
   This hardware is the standard commodity storage solution in use at
   LLNL and, while much smaller in size, is intended to enable us to
   learn about differences between the two systems in terms of
   performance, ease of use and resilience. This work represents the
   first hardware consistent study of the two leading file systems that
   the authors are aware of."

2011/06/27

National Geographic LONDON


[san-tech][03217] Google PowerMeter引退へ (Re: 電力消費量のリアルタイム可視化公開)

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:10:59 +0900
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ここで、プロジェクトの存在だけ紹介した Google PowerMeter

> "消費電力を分析、共有するGoogle PowerMeter", Feb 10th 2009
>   http://japanese.engadget.com/2009/02/10/google-powermeter/
> "グーグル、「Google PowerMeter」でスマートグリッド分野に参入", 2009/02/12
>   http://japan.cnet.com/marketing/story/0,3800080523,20388039,00.htm
> Energy Information
>   http://www.google.org/powermeter/index.html

"Google PowerMeter"
 2009/02/09, Googleorg, 1:10, 720p
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dx38hzRWDQ

が、2011年 9月 16日をもって引退 (retire) します。Google Healthも日付は
違いますが引退します (Google Healthのことは全く解らないので省略します)。

"An update on Google Health and Google PowerMeter"
 6/24/2011, Official Google Blog
  http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/update-on-google-health-and-google.html

"Universities Report $55 Billion in Science and Engineering R&D Spending for FY 2009", Sep. 2010, US NFS

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少し前のですが、FY2009の米国大学の科学・技術の研究開発費に関する統計です:

"Universities Report $55 Billion in Science and Engineering R&D Spending
 for FY 2009; Redesigned Survey to Launch in 2010"
 NSF 10-329, September 2010
 Ronda Britt, Research and Development Statistics Program, Division of
 Science Resources Statistics, NSF
  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf10329/
  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf10329/nsf10329.pdf

  "University spending on research and development in science and
   engineering (S&E) increased 5.8% between FY 2008 and FY 2009 to
   $54.9 billion, according to FY 2009 data from the National Science
   Foundation (NSF) Survey of Research and Development Expenditures
   at Universities and Colleges (table 1).[2] When adjusted for
   inflation, academic R&D rose by 4.2% in FY 2009."

TABLE1. S&E R&D expenditures at universities and colleges FY 2004-09
  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf10329/tab1.gif
  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf10329/tab1.xls

"President Obama Launches Advanced Manufacturing Partnership ", June 24, 2011

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"President Obama Launches Advanced Manufacturing Partnership"
 June 24, 2011, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/24/president-obama-launches-advanced-manufacturing-partnership

  "Today, at Carnegie Mellon University, President Obama launched
   the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort
   bringing together industry, universities, and the federal
   government to invest in the emerging technologies that will
   create high quality manufacturing jobs and enhance our global
   competitiveness.  Investing in technologies, such as information
   technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, will support
   the creation of good jobs by helping U.S. manufacturers reduce
   costs, improve quality, and accelerate product development."

  "The President's plan, which leverages existing programs and
   proposals, will invest more than $500 million to jumpstart
   this effort."

2011/06/26

Liberty, London, England, 2009/11


"Optical amplifier with world record low noise", 20 Jun 2011, Chalmers University of Technology

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スエーデン Chalmers University of Technologyのプレスリリースです:

"Optical amplifier with world record low noise"
 20 Jun 2011, Chalmers University of Technology
  http://www.chalmers.se/en/news/Pages/Optical-amplifier-with-world-record-low-noise.aspx
.....
  "The researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have, by using
   a so-called phase-sensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifier, PSA,
   reduced the noise figure to 1 dB. In traditional erbium-doped fiber
   amplifiers the noise figure is 3 dB at best, resulting in loss of
   signal integrity. 1 dB is the lowest noise ever reported in any kind
   of amplifier with reasonably large signal gain. This represents
   a breakthrough also because it is implemented in a practical way,
   making it potentially very attractive in various applications
   - most notably in high capacity optical communication systems."

"Science’s 10 hottest fields", June 24, 2011, FT Magazine

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"Science's 10 hottest fields"
 By Clive Cookson
 Published: June 24 2011 17:28 | Last updated: June 24 2011 17:28
 FT Magazine, Financial Times
  http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/bedd6da8-9d37-11e0-997d-00144feabdc0.html

[san-tech][03214] Re: Juniper QFX3500(Project Stratus) 発表

Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:25:46 +0900
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下記の投資に関連して、

"Violin tunes up for billion dollar flash gig"
 25th June 2011, The Register
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/25/violin_memory_billion_dollar_platform/
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/25/violin_memory_billion_dollar_platform/page2.html

  "Violin Memory CEO Don Basile reckons Violin can repeat what Connor
   Peripherals did in disk drives, Cisco in networking, and NetApp in
   file storage; become a billion dollar a year revenue platform
   company."