H P C w i r e The Electronic News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** December 17, 1993: Vol. 2, No. 50, Circulation: 14,653 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 82 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON RETRIEVING STORIES, PAGE TO THE END OF THIS FILE To Subscribe: sub@hpcwire.ans.net. Subscription Information: Select 601 For Advertising Information and Rates, Select 607 or call 1-800-795-4HPC ***************************************************************************** NOTE: Our next issue of HPCwire will be E-mailed to you on January 7 - Happy Holidays! ***************************************************************************** S P E C I A L S U P P L E M E N T 1993 Presidents' Letters & Year In Review -------------------- * ------------------ 1348) SCALABLE SURVIVAL IN 1994- II: MUSKETEERS VERSUS HORSEMEN..........256 Special Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large The marketing resources and global reach of major companies entering the scalable arena should give them a distinct but not decisive advantage over established smaller parallel competitors. Applications software could be the decisive battleground. Facts are too sparse to forecast the survivors, much less pick the winners. --------------------- 758) INTEL'S MASI SAYS COMPETITION NEEDED FOR U.S. HPC LEADERSHIP.........95 "The opportunity to supply systems...has created a fiercely competitive environment. Some view this with alarm.... But this new, highly competitive environment is exactly what's needed to preserve U.S. HPC leadership." --------------------- 756) SILICON GRAPHICS' RON BERNAL RECAPS BUSY & SUCCESSFUL YEAR...........72 "We became a serious player in the high-performance computing/supercomputing markets with...our new server product families.... The Introduction of these revolutionary systems ushered in a new paradigm in supercomputing. =============================== NEWS BRIEFS ================================ LINES 2300) KSR GIVES HEAVE-HO TO BURKHARDT/OTHERS; KOCH REVITALIZING..........102 The board of directors at Kendall Square Research asked for and received the resignations of Henry Burkhardt III, Peter Appleton Jones, and Karl G. Wassmann III. CEO William Koch also announced a revitalization program. --------------------- 2301) RAYTHEON SELECTS MASPAR MP-2 FOR THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE............71 MasPar reported their MP-2 massively parallel processing (MPP) system was selected for the Theater Missile Defense Ground Based Radar (TMD-GBR) system being developed by Raytheon for the U.S. Army. --------------------- 2302) AMPEX DISCLOSES CRITICAL REFINANCING PLANS OF $105 MILLION..........64 Ampex, Inc. disclosed Wednesday an agreement in principle on several transactions which would refinance $85 million of its outstanding debt and provide new funds of at least $20 million. --------------------- 2303) CRAY PLACES T3D IN FRENCH ATOMIC COMMISSION, C94 IN U.S. EPA........33 Cray Research announced the Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique (CEA), the French Atomic Energy Commission, ordered a CRAY T3D massively parallel processing system and the U.S. EPA ordered a CRAY C94 supercomputer. ============================================================================= 602) SPECIAL NOTICE: BE A SELECT NEWS INFORMATION SOURCE..................24 We are always looking for interesting news and information. If you would like to be a source person or guest editor, please select this article. ============================================================================= ALSO THIS WEEK: (Full stories available from more@hpcwire.ans.net) 2304) nCUBE Establishes Sales and Support Office in Tokyo, Japan..........34 2305) Intel, SynOptics To Jointly Create, Market Ethernet Products........46 2306) HP Expands Storage Management With HP OpenView OmniStorage..........90 2307) Cray Research Announces C & C++ Products to Ease Programming........41 2308) Thinking Machines Secures Naval Research Laboratory Upgrade.........37 2309) Human Rights Watch Raps Clinton, Cites China Supercomputer..........50 2310) NetFRAME Acquires Vortex High-Speed Tape Array Technology...........23 2311) Synernetics Ships 1,000th Intelligent Switching Hub, to DOD.........29 2312) Cabletron Joins Fast Ethernet Alliance, Becomes 12th Member.........31 2313) Chipcom Provides New Security Module for Ethernet Networks..........63 2314) System Strategies Offers Token Ring Connectivity for Solaris........37 2315) Unison-Tymlabs Names Tanya Candia New Marketing Director............20 2316) Encore Computer Selects Halifax for Maintenance Alliance............23 2317) Cisco Systems & Cascade Communications Enter Relationship...........58 ============================ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ============================= 739) 800 FLY CORP Announces Corporate Travel Savings Via E-Mail..........96 743) ANS CO+RE Announces Secure LAN-to-LAN Interconnect Service..........75 752) Convex Computer Announces Software Environment and Applications Availability for Its New Exemplar Systems..........................122 755) HPCwire Electronic Publishing Software Now Available...............101 ============================ QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================== 2876) "If America is to develop a world class information superhighway, we must promote healthy competition at home -- competition that...gives U.S.- based firms an edge in world markets." -- VP Gore, on National Infrastructure report/Council on Competitiveness. ============================ FEATURE STORY ================================== 1349) NCSA, STRUCTURAL MECHANICS, & MASSIVELY PARALLEL MACHINES..........196 by Jarrett Cohen -- "Our goal is doing computational mechanics, especially solid mechanics, on massively parallel machines," says M. Fouad Ahmad, NCSA research scientist in structural mechanics. ============================ SCIENCE NEWS =================================== 1426) Princeton Produces Most Powerful Controlled Fusion Reaction.........54 1427) Satellite Study Suggests Clouds Even Out Global Warming.............28 1428) Researchers Credit Vegetables, Not Wine, for French Paradox.........35 1429) Scientists Create Comprehensive Physical Map of Human Genes.........31 ========================== HPCwire INFORMATION ============================== 601) Subscription Information for HPCwire................................57 608) Letters to the Editor Information....................................8 603) HPCwire Masthead and Contact Information............................41 950) A Complete Index of HPCwire Back Issues.............................46 =============================== JOB BANK ==================================== 6020) Account Executives for Maximum Strategy.............................17 604) Post Your Help Wanted Listings in HPCwire's Job Bank................58 ============================ OTHER DEPARTMENTS ============================== BENCHMARKS 2875) NAS Benchmarks Part VI: Simulated CFD Application Benchmarks.......230 SUPERHIGHWAY ROUNDUP 2876) Competitiveness Panel Forges Information Infrastructure Policy......66 WORKSHOPS 2877) European MPI Workshop to Present MPI Standard, Seek Input...........50 =============== LAST WEEK'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire =============== 1347) Year-End Outlook: Weak 1993 Margins Foreshadow a Bleak 1994........332 756) Silicon Graphics' Ron Bernal Recaps Busy & Successful Year..........72 757) IBM Power Parallel System's Wladawsky-Berger on '93 & Beyond........65 1345) Integrating Global Models: Conference Report.......................131 ====================== H P C w i r e S P O N S O R S ====================== Product specifications and company information in this section are available to both subscribers and non-subscribers. 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. ============================ NEXT ISSUE IN HPCwire ========================== * NAS Benchmarks Part VII: Sustained Performance Per Dollar * Data Communications in 1993: Hope, Money, and Greed ========================== HPCwire E-MAIL CONTACTS ========================== add@hpcwire.ans.net To be added to the HPCwire distribution list. remove@hpcwire.ans.net To be removed from the distribution list. help@hpcwire.ans.net Feedback, suggestions, and help. *** For additional contacts, please select 603. *** ============================================================================= Copyright 1993 HPCwire. 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