H P C w i r e The Electronic News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** February 11, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 6, Circulation: 15,035 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 180 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- This week's edition of HPCwire is sponsored by: ADVANCED NETWORK & SERVICES (ANS) Announcing Secure LAN-to-LAN Interconnect Service For complete specifications, select 743. ================================= IN THIS ISSUE ============================= 2430) EXCLUSIVE: New Cluster Software from Scalable Technologies 2458) SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT: CERT Advisory: Ongoing Network Monitoring Attacks 1367) FEATURE STORY: Developing Tools for Nanolithography/Joseph Lyding's STM ***************************************************************************** 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 2430) NEW CLUSTER SOFTWARE BENEFITS USERS AND MANAGERS.....................59 This report, exclusive to HPCwire/Select News, describes new "next generation" clustering software from Scalable Technologies that offers a graphical management display and user definition of access rights as well as up-to-date dynamic load balancing. 2431) EDINBURGH'S PARALLEL COMPUTING CENTER TO MANAGE UK'S NEW T3D.........84 Science and Engineering Research Council has chosen a 256-node Cray T3D parallel supercomputer for use in 'Grand Challenge' scientific applications. It offers over five times the power of any existing UK academic facility. 2432) TANDEM BRINGS COMMERCIAL PARALLEL PROCESSING EXPERTISE TO DSS........99 To extend its parallel processing expertise beyond its traditional online transaction processing (OLTP) focus, Tandem announced a major technology and solutions program aimed at the fast growing decision support systems (DSS) marketplace. ================================ ALSO THIS WEEK ============================= 2433) U.S. Army Installs Cray Supercomputer & EMASS Storage System.......29 2434) Sun Microsystems Named World's Best-Run Computer Company...........48 2435) ObjectStore Integrated with HP's Softbench Environment.............57 2436) Informix/Digital to Deliver 64-bit Alpha AXP Database..............49 2437) HP's New Compiler Technology Improves Workstation Performance......80 2438) NEC May Produce Workstations in Shanghai...........................15 2439) Cray Announces Lowest Priced Supercomputer Mass Storage Device.....41 NETWORKING UPDATE 2440) Network Analyzer Developed for 100 Mbps Ethernet Networks..........56 2441) ZNYX Has 1st PCI Ethernet Adapters for Multi-Million 94 PCI Sales..57 2442) MFS Datanet Announces First End-to-End International ATM...........45 2443) Micro Linear Has First Chip to Send ATM Over Low-Cost Copper Wire..51 2444) Cabletron $100 Million Development Efforts Leverage ATM Benefits...95 2445) ALANTEC Adds FDDI for PowerBits Network Equipment/ATM Surrogate....77 SOFTWARE 2446) APR's FORGE Fortran Analysis/Parallelization Tools Available FTP...39 2447) "SCO OK" Branding Program Endorsed by Oracle.......................50 EUROPEAN UPDATE 2448) Parsytec Has 28% Increase & Prepares to Launch New Product.........17 2449) Cray Research Sells More Than 220 Entry-Level Supercomputers.......11 CONTRACTS/VENTURES 2450) Unisys Gets Navy Workstation Pack Worth Up to $120 Million.........38 2451) Security CRADA Joins Martin Marietta with Laboratory...............38 2452) Naval Undersea Warfare Center Signs Major Contract with ANSYS......36 2453) Oracle and Marcam Enter Joint Development/Marketing Agreement......27 2454) Apple/Oracle/Brio Technology Collaborate on Workgroup Server 95....52 FINANCIAL WATCH 2455) Convex Computer Corporation Q4 Loss vs Profit......................17 2456) Lockheed '93 Earnings Up 21 Percent; Strong Cash Flow.............116 PEOPLE/PROMOTIONS 2457) Telco Systems Names Hodges Vice President..........................24 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 2458) CERT Advisory: Ongoing Network Monitoring Attacks.................589 2459) Text of Sun Microsystems' Official House Testimony on NII.........239 2460) 1993 HPCC Conference Keynoter Nelson Promotes NII.................102 2461) Internet Break-Ins Prompt Password Changes.........................44 2462) Beat the Deficit and Buy the Budget, Literally.....................29 ============================== 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 =========================== 2430) "The term 'supercomputing,' with all its implications of exclusivity, high prices, and limited availability at favored sites, has become obsolete, or, at best, applies only to relatively few highly specialized sites." -- Norris Parker Smith ============================== ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================== 1366) CLUSTERS -- IV: HETEROGENEITY: KEY TO BIG APPLICATIONS..............126 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Most clusters are heterogeneous, but attention is focusing upon mixed clusters of high-performance vector or parallel systems that can display favorable cost/performance ratios while attacking major league applications New software facilitates this trend. 1367) DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR NANOLITHOGRAPHY: JOSEPH LYDING'S STM...........187 Feature Story by Randall Graham "When it comes to making faster, smaller computers, the microelectronics industry is reaching a limit," says Joseph Lyding, NCSA principal investigator and UIUC professor of electrical and computer engineering. 1368) 1995 FEDERAL BUDGET: MORE ROSES THAN THORNS FOR HPC.................167 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Allocations of direct interest to high-performance computing are bright spots in the President's otherwise very tight federal budget proposal. This is not a Clinton-Gore innovation, but reflects a widely-held consensus that has been growing more over a decade. ============================== 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 3001) Cornell Helps Establish Hawaiian Supercomputer Center..............49 CONFERENCES 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events....................................26 SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST NEWS 3002) National Registry to Begin Finger-Imaging ID Technology...........107 3003) A Virus of Olympic Proportion: Viruses at Lillehammer..............49 3004) Discovery Crew Scraps Plans to Launch Wake Shield Satellite........54 ======================== 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 ============== 1364) Double Milestones Achieved in Chemistry & Supercomputing at SDSC....210 1363) Clusters -- Part III: New Software May Enhance Ease of Use..........193 2400) Chairman Clark Leave SGI to Form Multimedia Software Firm............51 2429) Internet Web Potentially Sticky Situation for Copyright Protection...69 =========================== NEXT ISSUE IN HPCwire =========================== * The Prospects for Parallel Computing in Process & Device Simulation * ============================================================================= Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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