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 2230) NEWS: New MasPar Cluster Technology Provides 25 GFLOPS Scalability
 1335) COMMENTARY: Supercomputing '93 -- Parallelism, Clusters, ATM and More
 1336) FEATURE: Researchers Develop Supercomputer Model to Improve Air Safety
 2860) BENCHMARKS: NAS Benchmarks Part II: The Multigrid Benchmark
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NEWS BRIEFS
 2230) NEW MASPAR CLUSTER TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES 25 GFLOPS SCALABILITY  55 Lines
    Sunnyvale, Calif. -- MasPar Computer Corp. announced Tuesday the
 commercial availability of its ANSI-standard HiPPI I/O controller and
 demonstrated a HiPPI-connected cluster of MasPar systems capable of
 delivering up to 25 GFLOPS at the Supercomputing '93 show in Portland, Ore.
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 2231) THINKING MACHINES DOUBLES PERFORMANCE OF PROCESSING NODES     32 Lines
    Portland, Ore. -- Thinking Machines Corp. Tuesday announced a new
 generation of parallel processing nodes for its Connection Machine (CM-5)
 high performance computers and said the new superscalar processor has a
 benchmarked performance of over two times the processor used in previous
 versions of the Connection Machine.
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 2232) POWERparallel TOPS COMPETITORS ON LINPACK, NAS BENCHMARKS    103 Lines
    White Plains, N.Y. -- IBM said Wednesday that its RISC-based, high-
 performance parallel computer outperformed competing parallel systems on
 LINPACK Highly Parallel Computing (HPC) and Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation
 (NAS) benchmarks.
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 2233) INTEL ANNOUNCES NEW "ENTRY-LEVEL" PARAGON SUPERCOMPUTERS      32 Lines
    Beaverton, Ore. -- Intel's Supercomputer Systems Division Monday
 announced four new Paragon system configurations that the company said
 "lower the price-point for entry to the Paragon supercomputer family."
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 2234) HPCC PROMOTES PROFITABLE PARTNERSHIPS, ALCOA EXEC SAYS       394 Lines
    Washington, D.C. -- Third of a Series: In testimony before Congress,
 Peter Bridenbaugh of Alcoa says the HPCC initiative has increased the
 productivity and competitiveness of American business, maintained U.S.
 leadership in the HPC industry and promoted partnerships such as the one
 between Alcoa and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, through which Alcoa
 has been able to develop safer, cheaper and more energy efficient products.
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ALSO THIS WEEK: (Full stories available from more@hpcwire.ans.net)
 2235) Cray Research 128-Processor T3D Tops LINPACK Benchmark        29 Lines
 2236) Gordon Bell and Sidney Fernbach Awards Presented at SC '93    94 Lines
 2237) Convex Unveils Software Environment for New Exemplar Systems  69 Lines
 2238) HP Announces Five New Software Tools for Clustered Computing  73 Lines
 2239) Broadband Communications Unveils New Fiber Optic HIPPI Modem  20 Lines
 2240) NIIT Presents Applications for Information Infrastructure     66 Lines
 2241) Kendall Square Announces Programming Tools for KSR/Series     44 Lines
 2242) MacNeal-Schwendler Q3 Earnings Up Despite Aries Acquisition  110 Lines
 2243) Kendall Square and Gaussian to Parallelize Chemistry Package  40 Lines
 2244) IBM Demos POWERparallel Applications at Supercomputing '93    43 Lines
 2245) Parallel Solutions Announces Parallel Programming Products    25 Lines
 2246) Thinking Machines MPP Systems Aid In Scientific Breakthroughs 44 Lines
 2247) Meiko Gets Portland Group's High Performance Fortran for CS-2 46 Lines
 2248) Visual Numerics, Cray Research Reach Agreement on FORTRAN 90  44 Lines
 2249) Thinking Machines Sells Second CM-5 for Seismic Exploration   35 Lines
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INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
  739) 800 FLY CORP Announces Corporate Travel Savings Via E-Mail    96 Lines
  752) Convex Computer Announces Software Environment and Applications
       Availability for Its New Exemplar Systems                    122 Lines
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
 1337) "If we had CRAY-4s ready to go right now, I think we might make some
  sales, but it won't be ready for a while, and who can tell what the market
  would be like then?"
       -- Seymour Cray, Cray Computer Corporation
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ANALYSIS & FEATURES
 1335) SUPERCOMPUTING '93: PARALLELISM, CLUSTERS, ATM AND MORE      176 Lines
       Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large
  Supercomputing '93, the annual preach-in organized by the ACM/IEEE, held in
Portland, Ore. this year, spread its ecumenical cloak to embrace new
theologies like clusters and ATM, but concentrated upon parallel processing
while avoiding formal sermons on the universal preoccupation: the prospect of
many empty parallel churches next year.
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 1336) RESEARCHERS IMPROVE AIR SAFETY WITH SUPERCOMPUTER MODEL       56 Lines
       Feature Story by Reich Muehling, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
  In Alaska, home to more than 40 active volcanoes, the threat to aircraft
from eruptions is real. After a near crash in 1987, the Arctic Region
Supercomputing Center set its sights on modeling images of ash plumes from
active volcanoes in the area and developed procedures for notifying the FAA
of potential hazards when eruptions occur.
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 1337) SEYMOUR CRAY SEEKS SUCCESS WITH CRAY-4 PLANS                  99 Lines
       News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large
  In an interview at Supercomputing 93, Seymour Cray was positive about his
company's outlook, realistic about overcrowding of the market, pushing the
development of the CRAY-4, gently critical of parallel competitors, and
looking toward a hybrid vector-parallel CRAY-5.
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SCIENCE NEWS
 1414) Studies Support Claim That Alcohol Lowers Heart Disease Risk  42 Lines
 1415) Gene Allows Eggs in Diet Without Cholesterol Level Increase   46 Lines
 1416) Thinning of Ozone Causes Increase in Ultraviolet Radiation    49 Lines
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                             OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
BENCHMARKS
 2860) NAS Benchmarks Part II: The Multigrid Benchmark               73 Lines
MPP ROUNDUP
 2861) The Scalable Computing Revolution                            135 Lines
BOOKSHELF
 2862) O'Reilly Publishes "Migrating to Fortran 90"                  46 Lines
CONFERENCES
 2863) HPCN Conference and Exhibition: Dec. 8-10, Washington, D.C.   52 Lines
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LAST WEEK'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire
 1334) Hillis, Fishman Confident of Thinking Machines' Future       195 Lines
 2219) IBM Sets Course For Parallel Processing With Product Demos    51 Lines
 2855) Introduction and Background: NAS Parallel Benchmark Results  387 Lines
 2217) Bloomquist Urges Congress to Support "Transition" to MPP     186 Lines
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 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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