Sydney Morning Herald: Biotech Group Opts for Linux
“Biotech company Medica Holdings Ltd today said it had formed an
agreement with IBM that will allow its subsidiary Cytopia to speed
up discovery of drug candidates to treat immune disease and
cancer.“Medica said the Melbourne-based Cytopia would deploy IBM’s
latest generation Linux supercomputing technology, allowing it to
increase 100 fold its speed and selectivity in screening drug
candidates.“Cytopia, which is developing drugs to treat immune disease and
cancer, has a worldwide exclusive licence to a number of proteins
that play a pivotal role in triggering immune diseases and
cancer…”
Genomeweb: Linux Heavyweight Comes to Pacific Northwest
National Lab
“It may not be much more than a pipsqueak right now, but the
computer system now being set up at the Department of Energy’s
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is expected to grow into the
world heavyweight of Linux supermachines.“Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard has now delivered an early
prototype of the supercomputer, a one-quarter teraflop system that
will be upgraded to a 1 teraflop version by the end of the summer.
PNNL staff are now working to adapt its computational chemistry
code and other software to this system…”