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 1216) NEWS BRIEFS: Cray Research Introduces Deskside EL92 System
  373) EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Michael Levine, Co-Director of the PSC
  374) COMMENTARY: Cray Adapts Hardware, Software Postures to Mid-'90s Needs
  375) ANALYSIS: Kendall Square's Q2 Results -- Parallelism Can Be Profitable
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  373) "If we take essentially this calendar year, we will have changed over
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       -- Michael Levine, co-director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
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NEWS BRIEFS
 1216) DESKSIDE CRAY EL92 SYSTEM TARGETED AS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM    42 Lines
    Eagan, Minn. -- Cray Research Inc. Tuesday announced the Cray EL92
 deskside system, the company's smallest, lowest-priced system to date.
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 9005) LLNL TO INSTALL MEIKO CS-2 IN CLASSIFIED COMPUTING CENTER     42 Lines
    Livermore, Calif. -- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Meiko
 Scientific Corp. Tuesday announced the signing of a $17.5 million contract
 for delivery of a Meiko CS-2 massively parallel supercomputer.
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 1218) PITTSBURGH CENTER'S CRAY C916 PREDICTS OKLAHOMA STORMS        81 Lines
    Pittsburgh, Pa. -- In a first-ever collaborative experiment, researchers
 at the University of Oklahoma have used the Cray C916 supercomputer at the
 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center in daily forecasting of severe weather.
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 1219) INTERNET FACILITATES RESEARCH, LEARNING, PERSONAL CONTACTS    74 Lines
    Metuchen, N.J. -- A recent Associated Press feature chronicled some of
 the myriad ways the Internet connects people around the world.
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 1220) MASPAR'S SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS COMING TO ALPHA AXP       19 Lines
    Sunnyvale, Calif. -- MasPar Computer Corp. announced Thursday that it is
 porting its software development tools to Digital's Alpha AXP workstations.
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 1221) KALEIDA CEO DEMOTED AS IBM/APPLE SUFFER ECONOMIC TURMOIL      30 Lines
    Chicago, Ill. -- A report in Monday's edition of the Chicago Tribune said
 that Kaleida, the joint multimedia project between Apple Computer and IBM,
 is struggling to overcome major turbulence.
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 1222) Convex, CNPC Create Seismic Processing Center in Singapore    19 Lines
 1223) Networkers Enable Faxes to Be Sent Via Internet E-Mail        28 Lines
 1224) Witek Rejoins Digital to Build Alpha-Based Mobile Systems     39 Lines
 1225) Convex Computer to Resell EMass Storage Systems, Software     38 Lines
 1226) Absoft to Develop Cray Fortran 90 Compiler for PCs, Macs      62 Lines
 1227) Ampex, IBM/Adstar Build "Virtual Disk" Network Data Server    53 Lines
 1228) MasPar Porting ParaSort; MRJ Inks Systems Integration Deal    53 Lines
 1229) France's Electrical Utility Orders Eight-Processor Cray C98   31 Lines
 1230) SunSoft Introduces Motif Toolkit for SPARC/Solaris 2.2        41 Lines
 1231) Cambex Introduces Line of Low-Cost RS/6000 Storage Systems    36 Lines
 1232) Tandem Goes Client-Server With R4000-Based Himalaya Line      43 Lines
 1233) For the Record: Miscellaneous HPC News & Notes -- 6 Items     59 Lines
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INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
  737) FDC Technologies Presents RS/6000 GSA Schedule on HPCwire     34 Lines
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ANALYSIS & FEATURES
  373) Q&A: MICHAEL LEVINE, CO-DIRECTOR, PITTSBURGH SUPER CENTER    468 Lines
       Exclusive Interview by Mathew Burns, Managing Editor
  Levine discusses the MetaCenter concept, heterogeneous supercomputing,
computational science at the PSC and plans for the Cray T3D MPP system.
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  374) CRAY ADAPTS HARDWARE, SOFTWARE POSTURES TO MID-'90s NEEDS    126 Lines
       Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large
  If the broadest possible product line is a sure path to happiness and
profitability, Cray Research should now be filled with joy and wealth. This
may arrive, but Cray has been trading around 26 on the New York board,
roughly the middle of its 52-week range.
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  375) KENDALL SQUARE'S Q2 RESULTS: PARALLELISM CAN BE PROFITABLE   129 Lines
       News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large
  Is it possible to make money in scalable parallel processing? With second-
quarter results showing a net income of just over $1 million on $13.1 million
in revenues, Kendall Square Research has demonstrated once again that
profitability is possible even in today's thin, highly competitive market.
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