The First International Workshop on SCI-based Low-cost/High-performance Computing Sponsored by SCI Users, Developers, and Manufacturers Association (SCIzzL) Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 95053 August 17-18, 1994 Call for Contributions The Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI, ANSI/IEEE Std 1596-1992) is a rapidly spreading technology that is being adopted by more and more companies and organizations every month. SCI's RISC-like architecture and convenient single-package VLSI implementations have made it the leading contender for the next generations of high performance as well as highly cost-effective computers. SCI technology is breaking new ground for the computer industry, especially in the area of affordable high performance parallel/distributed computing and efficient high performance networking. The recent availability of commercial SCI interface chips and board products has now brought the technology to broad availability for many specialized user-driven applications as well. The goal of the workshop is to help users begin using SCI effectively, as easily as possible, by sharing experiences, tips, and lessons learned in an open forum. We will also explore possible future directions and help set priorities for features we want to see in next-generation products. Suggested topics for presentations include (but are not limited to): - SCI-to-Bus Interfaces - Switch and Network Design and Evaluation - SCI Chip Design - RamLink as a simple processor interface, for I/O and bridges to SCI - SCI Realtime Applications - Fiber Optic Interfaces, both parallel and serial - Operating System Support for SCI distributed-shared-memory systems - System Architectures and Modeling - Applications - Comparison with other interconnection technologies - Prototypes, Design Simulations - Performance Evaluation The workshop will have two phases: a full-day in-depth tutorial on August 17, and a day of technical presentations on August 18. You are invited to submit a 2-page technical summary of your work by July 1. The submissions will be reviewed by the program committee, and (if accepted) published in a Proceedings; as many as possible will be presented orally. The acceptance decisions will be made by July 15, and the full photo-ready paper (up to 10 double-column pages) should be submitted by August 1. Please submit your papers to: Dr. Qiang Li Dept. of Computer Engineering Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 95053 email: qli@sunrise.scu.edu Phone: 408-554-2730 Fax: 408-554-5474 For proposal of exhibits, or requests/proposals for tutorial topics, contact: Dr. Dave Gustavson SCI (ANSI/IEEE Std 1596 Scalable Coherent Interface) chairman Executive Director, SCIzzL:SCI Local-Area MultiProcessor Users, Developers, and Manufacturers Association, Santa Clara Univ. 1946 Fallen Leaf Lane Los Altos, CA 94024-7206 dbg@sunrise.scu.edu