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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Here's a link to a benchmark project that I'll be doing during November. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.nationalinformatics.com/GlobalNOW/InternetNOWBenchmark.gif" TARGET="_blank">http://www.nationalinformatics.com/GlobalNOW/InternetNOWBenchmark.gif</A> - data sheet</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.nationalinformatics.com/GlobalNOW" TARGET="_blank">http://www.nationalinformatics.com/GlobalNOW</A> - web page that hosts the data sheet</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>It's pretty self explanatory, but please feel free to contact me.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>BTW I'll be announcing this again on this list sometime during the next week or two.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Richard Schilling</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Jan Lindheim [<A HREF="mailto:lindheim@cacr.caltech.edu">mailto:lindheim@cacr.caltech.edu</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 4:54 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: beowulf@beowulf.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: SC'00 State of the Field Address</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Dear all beowulfers,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I'm posting the following message for Thomas Sterling to try get some</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> material for his State of the Field Address at SC'00:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Greetings - I have a favor to ask of you. I am privileged to be giving</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the State of the Field Address on Cluster Computing at the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> SuperComputing 2000 Conference early next month in Dallas.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I am striving to assemble material that provides </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the broadest</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> representation of our field and most objective </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> characterization</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> as well. You, in ensemble, reflect a significant </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> cutset of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> discipline of cluster computing. I would like to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> request your</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> help by sending me any of the following that is </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> appropriate and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> convenient for you:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 1. Powerpoint viewgraph or JPEG picture with </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> one or more</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> photographs of your cluster systems. You </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> may include</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> bulleted specification of the cluster's </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> characteristics.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Pictures with people in them are acceptable.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 2. Powerpoint viewgraphs or JPEG pictures of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> applications</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> running on clusters. This can include </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> pictures of the end</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> science (or other meta-discipline), charts </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of performance or</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> scalability measurements, or a combination </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of both. A short</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> word statement of the problem and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> institution at which it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> was performed is fine, but not necessary.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 3. List of cluster or clusters you have on site with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> specifications.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 4. URL pointing to your web site where I </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> might garner more</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> information.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Please do not go out of your way over this, we appreciate </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> anything you may</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> have to contribute to this.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Thanks much in advance for your help.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Tron</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> -- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Jan Lindheim lindheim@cacr.caltech.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> M.S. 158-79 Caltech</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Pasadena, CA 91125 USA </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Tel: (626) 395-3926, FAX: (626) 584-5917</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
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