H P C w i r e The Electronic News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** February 4, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 5, Circulation: 15,014 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 159 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- This week's edition of HPCwire is sponsored by: FASTCOMM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Announcing a partnership with U.S. West to offer multi-protocol frame relay network access devices. For complete information, select 735. =============================== IN THIS ISSUE =============================== 2400) NEWS BRIEFS: Chairman Clark Leaves SGI to Form Multimedia Software Firm 1364) FEATURE STORY: SDSC Achieves Double Milestones-Chemistry/Supercomputing 1363) COMMENTARY: Clusters -- Part III: New Software May Enhance Ease of Use ***************************************************************************** FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON RETRIEVING STORIES, PAGE TO THE END OF THIS FILE For a free 4-week trial subscription, email: trial@hpcwire.ans.net Subscription Information: sub@hpcwire.ans.net. or Select 601 ================================== NEWS BRIEFS ============================== LINES 2400) CHAIRMAN CLARK LEAVES SGI TO FORM MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE FIRM...........51 Dr. Clark, who founded Silicon Graphics in 1982, made the decision in order to pursue applications software opportunities in the emerging interactive broadband network and television market. 2401) PRODUCT LINE YIELDS CRAY RESEARCH MORE THAN 120 NEW-NAME CUSTOMERS...53 Since entering the market for departmental ("entry-level") supercomputers in late 1991, Cray has received 220 orders and attracted more than 120 new- name customers for these systems priced as low as $125,000 (U.S.). 2402) GTE PROVIDES NEW ATM-LIKE MULTIMEDIA DATA SERVICE...................130 GTE Telephone Operations has introduced a new tariffed service, the Multimedia Data Service (MMDS), to provide ATM-like services using protocols such as Ethernet and Token Ring. 2403) MAXIMUM STRATEGY EXPANDS TO CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON, D.C..............30 As part of an overall expansion in response to increased demand for the company's storage solutions in the U.S. and abroad, Maximum Strategy opened two new regional offices in Washington D.C. and Chicago, Illinois, to provide sales and support for the North Eastern United States and the Midwest. ============================================================================= ALSO THIS WEEK 2404) HP Announces 8 Entry-Level HP 3000 Commercial Servers...............139 2405) IBM Upgrades AS/400 to Prevent Revenue Decline.......................38 2406) Brokerages Bullish on Cray Research; 2 Firms Upgrade To Buy .........14 2407) HP/Pinnacle Develop On-line Graphics Library for ABC.................29 2408) Former HP General Manager Appointed VP for AT&T Asia/Pacific.........13 2409) IBM Vice President E. F. Rogers to Retire............................28 FINANCIAL WATCH 2410) Cirrus Logic Proposes Public Offering................................37 2411) Sun Approaches Quarter Billion in Revenues/Workstations Are No. 1....44 EUROPEAN UPDATE 2412) SERC Orders Cray T3D Supercomputer for Major Project..................8 2413) Cologne University to Discontinue NEC SX-3 Service....................9 2414) SP-1 Ordered for Shell Research Lab...................................6 2415) Alpha Data Parallel Systems Plots Progress to Date...................11 SOFTWARE 2416) Sun Microsystems' New SBus Developer's Kit Supports Multiprocessing..35 2417) Instrumental Announces First European Sale...........................30 2418) Sybase's New SQL Server Software Available for Sun Workstation.......15 2419) Object Design Supports All Silicon Graphics Systems..................58 2420) HP/Marcum to Provide PRISM & MAPICS on UNIX HP 9000 Servers..........69 2421) Aries Research Ships New Ross/Fujitsu-based hyperSPARC Marixx........53 2422) Users Create Customized Graphics for UNIX with LOOX.................100 2423) New Beta Version of CA-UNICENTER Available for RISC S/6000 Clients...51 NETWORKING UPDATE 2424) NTT Selects Tandem As Prime Vendor for Network System................38 2425) PacBell/CLI Build Videoconferencing Network for Quake Recovery......121 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 2426) HP First Global Integrator for Emerging Voice/Data/Video Network.....49 2427) Quarterdeck Wins NCSA Mosaic License; Seeks PC Superhighway..........41 2428) Wavefront Establishes On Ramp to the Information Superhighway........30 2429) Internet Web Potentially Sticky Situation for Copyright Protection...69 ============================ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ============================= 739) 800 FLY CORP Announces Corporate Travel Savings Via E-Mail..........96 755) New Licenses Available for HPCwire Electronic Publishing Software..105 743) ANS CO+RE Announces Secure LAN-TO-LAN Interconnect Service..........75 ============================== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================ 2400) "I am leaving [Silicon Graphics] at this time because I believe there are major entrepreneurial opportunities in applications software for inter- active television, and I want to explore these opportunities. I'm also certain that Silicon Graphics will be one of the key suppliers of computing technology for the interactive television market." -- Dr. James H. Clark, Chairman and Founder, Silicon Graphics ============================== ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================== 1363) CLUSTERS -- PART III: NEW SOFTWARE MAY ENHANCE EASE OF USE..........193 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Software is the DNA of clusters. This column describes advanced software products, many from new, smaller companies, that could enable clustering to retain its cost/performance advantages and respond to user requests for improved management facilities. 1364) DOUBLE MILESTONES ACHIEVED IN CHEMISTRY & SUPERCOMPUTING AT SDSC....210 Feature Story by Merry Maisel, San Diego Supercomputer Center "Wu and Kuppermann have demonstrated that distributed supercomputing can deliver a superlinear speedup, and that's a milestone in computation," says Reagan Moore of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). 1365) AT&T CANCELS "DAWN" AS COMPAQ REINVENTS KEYBOARD....................147 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Recent setbacks for personal communicators underscore the need to follow the formula summarized in the words demand, timing, pricing, workability, and, only then, technology. Earlier technology-driven flops and demand-driven successes illustrate this principle. ============================ HPCwire INFORMATION ============================ 601) Subscription Information for HPCwire.................................57 602) Contribute Your News, Tips, and Information to HPCwire...............24 603) How to Get On/Off Distribution List; Masthead; E-Mail Contacts.......42 608) Corrections/Letters to the Editor.....................................9 950) A Complete Index of HPCwire Back Issues..............................48 ================================= JOB BANK ================================== 667) Employment Opportunities.............................................24 604) Post Your Help Wanted Listings in HPCwire's Job Bank.................58 ============================= OTHER DEPARTMENTS ============================= COMPUTER CENTERS 2996) Advanced Computing Center for Arts Alpha Site for Discrete Software..25 FACTS & FIGURES 2997) Updated List of World's Most Powerful Computing Sites..............1028 CONFERENCES 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events......................................26 SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST NEWS 2998) BellSouth and Fujitsu Launch New Health Cost Technology.............109 2999) A Loaf of Bread, A Jug of Wine and a Belgian ATM Card................18 3000) Super Mario Brothers, Sonic Hedgehog More Popular Than Alice.........26 ======================== 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 912) Avalon Computer 909) Fujitsu America 915) Genias Software 916) MasPar Computer 919) Transtech Parallel 921) Cray Research Inc. 914) Applied Parallel Res. =============== LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire ============== 2377) 1994 High-Performance Computing Hardware Buyers' Directory..........297 1358) Breaking Historical Mold of Microprocessor Industry.................368 1362) Clusters Part II: Dedicated Clusters vs Scalable Systems............152 2376) HPCwire System Survey...............................................122 =========================== NEXT ISSUE IN HPCwire =========================== * MPP Interconnection Standards Emerge * ============================================================================= Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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