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 2196) NEWS BRIEFS: Industry Leaders Tout HPCC Program on Capitol Hill
 1331) ANALYSIS: Intel's Masi Focuses on Interconnects, Not Processors
 1330) FEATURE: Creation of Supercomputing Knowledge at CSCS in Switzerland
 2853) RESEARCH REGISTER: Stronger Steel Design at PSC
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NEWS BRIEFS
 2196) INDUSTRY LEADERS TOUT HPCC PROGRAM ON CAPITOL HILL           105 Lines
    Washington, D.C. --  Although it has been promoted as one of the main
 engines which will fuel U.S. international competitiveness, the High
 Performance Computing and Communications program has never sailed smoothly
 through the shark-infested appropriations process. This time, however,
 industry leaders were on hand to throw their support behind the initiative.
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 2197) AUDLEY SHOWS THAT SCALABLE HPC CAN MAKE IT IN BUSINESS        69 Lines
    Washington, D.C. -- First of a Series: Testifying before Congress on the
 High Performance Computing and Communications Program, Prudential
 Securities, Inc. Director David R. Audley reveals what high-performance
 computers have achieved for Prudential, its customers and the public -- and
 rejects the claim that scalable supercomputers aren't fit for business
 environments.
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 2198) HPCwire's PUBLISHING SOFTWARE ACQUIRED BY PHYSICAL SOCIETY    68 Lines
    San Diego, Calif -- Tabor-Griffin Communications, publishers of the
 electronic magazine HPCwire, Monday unveiled Info Select, a software program
 that enables publishers and other organizations to deliver publications to
 their readers via electronic mail, and announced the first organization to
 acquire the software, the American Physical Society.
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 2199) KENDALL SQUARE RESEARCH UNVEILS NEXT-GENERATION SYSTEM        63 Lines
    Waltham, Mass. -- Kendall Square Research Tuesday announced the KSR2, a
 new family of continuously scalable, high-performance, general-purpose
 computer systems. Two initial customers were announced, the Theory Center at
 Cornell University and the Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) in Munich.
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 2200) NORTHERN TELECOM JOINS ANS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM    52 Lines
    Nashville, Tenn. -- Northern Telecom was announced as the newest member
 of Advanced Network & Services, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation
 established in 1990 to further the development of a National Information
 Infrastructure for academic, research, and government use in the U.S.
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ALSO THIS WEEK: (Full stories available from more@hpcwire.ans.net)
 2201) KSR Stock Plummets After Forecasted Q3 Loss, Lawsuits Filed   43 Lines
 2202) MSC Unveils FEA Products for Silicon Graphics Supercomputers  31 Lines
 2203) Kendall Square Announces Third-Party Software for KSR2        42 Lines
 2204) Concurrent Computer Reports Extraordinary Charges in Q1      151 Lines
 2205) Sun To Use Emulation Systems to Develop New Workstations      23 Lines
 2206) Cray Research Sells Supercomputers in Alabama and Australia   39 Lines
 2207) NASA Internet to Link U.S., Russian Scientists                30 Lines
 2208) Oracle Hires New VP to Supervise MPP Multimedia Software      39 Lines
 2209) Maximum Strategy Reaches Agreements with Intel, Convex        40 Lines
 2210) Cornell Theory Center Receives Grand Challenge Grant          31 Lines
 2211) Parametric Technology Ships Release 12.0 of Pro/Engineer      32 Lines
 2212) Sabah Credit Corp. of Borneo to Use Digital Alpha AXP System  43 Lines
 2213) Swedish Aero-Engine Builder Gets CADDS 5 for HP Workstations  36 Lines
 2214) Complete Congressional Testimony of David Audley on HPCC     249 Lines
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INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
 7100) SC '93 Pre-Show Exhibitor Directory                          358 Lines
  739) 800 FLY CORP Announces Corporate Travel Savings Via E-Mail    96 Lines
  743) ANS CO+RE Announces Secure LAN-to-LAN Interconnect Service    75 Lines
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
 2196) "If giving every mortgagee an extra $2000 a year isn't proof that
  the High Performance Computing Program is working, what is?"
        --David Audley, director of Prudential Securities Inc.
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ANALYSIS & FEATURES
 1329) KENDALL SQUARE LAUNCHES KSR2 WHILE WALL ST. FROWNS           182 Lines
       Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large
  Kendall Square CEO Henry Burkhardt takes satisfaction in KSR's new product
upgrade and sees glowing prospects for commercial sales. But what will be the
effects of current stock market woes? In the longer run, will KSR be able to
maintain current pricing levels despite far lower prices asked by competitors
like IBM and Silicon Graphics?
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 1330) CREATION OF SUPERCOMPUTING KNOWLEDGE AT CSCS IN SWITZERLAND  105 Lines
       Feature Story by Dr. Bernardo Zumthor, CSCS
  Following special efforts by the Swiss government to promote computer
science in education, research and industry, the CSCS supercomputing center
was established to offer solutions to academic, business, environmental and
human problems.
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 1331) INTEL'S MASI FOCUSES ON INTERCONNECTS, NOT PROCESSORS        112 Lines
       News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large
  Ed Masi, head of Intel's supercomputer division, will measure success
against the cost-effectiveness of clusters based on workstation -- and PC --
technology. Intel plans to survive in the forthcoming scalable shakeout by
concentrating on bandwidth and latency, not CPUs, and on the scientific
market -- leaving databases to partner Unisys.
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SCIENCE NEWS
 1408) UFO Believers Are Psychologically Normal, New Study Reports   52 Lines
 1409) Hard-Drinking Hamsters Used to Test Cure for Alcoholism       49 Lines
 1410) Scientists Solve One Hemophilia Mystery, Develop New Test     51 Lines
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                             OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
MPP ROUNDUP
 2852) MPP for the Commercial World: One User's Experience          103 Lines
RESEARCH REGISTER
 2853) Stronger Steel Design at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center    122 Lines
BOOKSHELF
 2854) O'Reilly Announces Publication of "Learning perl"             51 Lines
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LAST WEEK'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire
 1326) Short And Sweet: Selling Parallel Processing to Wall Street  135 Lines
 2180) Sandia Breaks 100 GFLOPS Mark On 1,840-Node Paragon System    44 Lines
 2178) Argonne Acquires First IBM 128-Processor Scalable System     109 Lines
 1327) SGI Multiprocessors Selling Well on the Way to the TFP Era   174 Lines
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 901) ANS                 902) IBM Corp.             904) Intel SSD
 905) Maximum Strategy    906) nCUBE                 907) Digital Equipment
 908) Hewlett-Packard     909) Fujitsu America       910) Convex Computer
 912) Avalon Computer     914) Applied Parallel Res. 915) Genias Software
 916) MasPar Computer     919) Transtech Parallel    921) Cray Research Inc.
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