H P C w i r e The Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** March 4, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 8, Circulation: 15,398 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 167 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- * * * 922) HPCN Europe '94 * H P C N * Conference Program * E U R O P E * (632 lines) * 1 9 9 4 * * * * ____________________________IN THIS ISSUE_______________________________ | | | 2537) Honeywell Uses ISC's Memory Technology for Supercomputer......44 | | 1375) EXCLUSIVE: Three-Way Collaboration Speeds Genome Analysis....207 | | 1376) 102 GFLOPS/Sec on the Intel Paragon: How They Did It.........110 | |________________________________________________________________________| FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON RETRIEVING STORIES, PAGE TO THE END OF THIS FILE For a free 4-week trial subscription, e-mail: trial@hpcwire.ans.net Subscription Information: sub@hpcwire.ans.net. or select 601 NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================= LINES 2537) HONEYWELL USES ISC's MEMORY TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPERCOMPUTER PROTOTYPE...44 Irvine Sensors Corp.'s Memory Short Stack technology has been selected for use in a prototype supercomputer under development by Honeywell Space Systems for space and military applications. 2538) MOST POWERFUL CRAY IN EASTERN EUROPE IS IN POLAND....................13 The Interdisciplinary Center for Computational and Mathematical Modeling in Warsaw is installing a Cray EL98. Peak performance makes it at least twice as powerful as anything found in eastern Europe. 2539) PARSYTEC HAS FIRST PARALLEL SYSTEM WITH POWERPC PROCESSOR............51 Parsytec announced the incorporation of PowerPC microprocessors into its line of parallel processing systems. This is the first parallel system ever to merge the communication strength of the Transputer with the computational power of the PowerPC 601. THIS WEEK =================================================================== 2540) Cray Res./Dow to Advance Supercomputing for Chemical Engineering...65 2541) IBM Storage Systems Division Enters Commercial Market..............44 2542) Japan Warns U.S. Super 301 Revival Could Do Harm...................69 2544) IBM Plans to Launch New Line of Powerful Parallel Computers........41 2545) Cray Research Announces New Deskside Simulation Server.............70 2546) nCUBE Systems Selected for British Telecom Multimedia Services.....39 NETWORKING UPDATE 2547) Cisco Unveils Internetworking Architecture/Blends ATM, LAN.........25 2548) Network Peripherals Has New Stackable Client/Server FDDI Hubs......46 2549) China Has Booming Telecom Industry/Selects Telematics Network......25 2550) MIPS RISC Architecture Key to Time Warner Network Roll Out in Q4...47 INTERNATIONAL UPDATE 2551) Kubota Launches More Powerful 3-D Workstation/Replaces Kenai 3300..68 2552) German Climate Computer Center Orders Cray Research Supercomputer..42 2553) French Chorus Systems Expands to USA................................9 2554) NEC Plans Workstation Venture in China.............................13 2555) Cray Negotiates High-Speed Computer Sale with Toshiba..............14 2556) Hawtal Whiting Group Installs Cray EL98, Orders Next Generation....56 CONTRACTS/VENTURES 2557) Proteon/DEC Joint Development Project Yields New Token Ring Card...61 FINANCIAL WATCH 2558) Adaptive Solutions' Revenues Increase 65 Percent in 1993...........57 2559) Most Active NASDAQ Stocks..........................................27 PEOPLE/PROMOTIONS/PROFILES 2560) Sun Announces SPARC Technology Business President..................38 2561) Thinking Machines Names Vice Presidents at User Group Meeting......35 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 2562) House Panel Clears Key Info Highway Bill...........................47 2563) More Road Money Needed for Potholes? Gore's E-Mail Detoured.........8 2564) Computer Firms, Rights Groups Clash With White House..............125 2565) Fibre Channel Profiles Help Design On-Ramps to Info Superhighway..107 2525) Internet Delivery of Weather Data Available from Alden.............26 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 739) 800 FLY CORP Announces Corporate Travel Savings Via E-Mail........96 | | 790) HPCwire's Electronic Publishing Software Provides ON-DEMAND Info..38 | | 743) ANS CO+RE Announces Secure LAN-TO-LAN Interconnect Service........75 | |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 1377) "Citizen complaints about bloodsucking utilities is an old California tradition, going back at least to the era of Frank Norris." -- Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1375) THREE-WAY COLLABORATION SPEEDS GENOME ANALYSIS......................207 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Exclusive: An HPCwire Application Review: Close collaboration among software firm IntelliGenetics, MasPar, and Edinburgh scientists produced software that efficiently exploits algorithms needed for superfast analysis of data selected from the Human Genome project. 1376) 102 GFLOPS/Sec on the Intel Paragon: How They Did It................110 by David Womble, David Scott and David Greenberg Last fall, scientists at Sandia National Laboratories achieved 102.05 Gflops/sec in their Intel Paragon XP/S supercomputer computing the LU factorization of a complex, double-precision matrix. The announcement of this result has led to continued speculation as to the technique used. 1377) MIX OF BAD AND GOOD NEWS SUGGESTS NII IS ONLY MORTAL.................97 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Delay in launching the Orlando audience test of interactive TV and opposition to Pacific Bell's plans for a California mini-NII suggest some cloudy skies over the data superhighway, but prompt action in a House subcommittee supplies a ray of sunshine. ___________________________ 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................................18 | |608) Letters to Editor/Masthead/E-Mail Contacts/Submission Guidelines...62 | |950) A Complete Index of HPCwire Back Issues............................48 | |___________________________________________________________________________| JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities (Updated Weekly)............................14 604) Post Your Help Wanted Listings in HPCwire's Job Bank.................58 OTHER DEPARTMENTS =========================================================== BENCHMARKS 3012) Thinking Machines' CM-5E Benchmarks................................67 CONFERENCES 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Weekly)...................28 SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST NEWS 3013) Engineering the Future: Engineering 'All-Stars'...................119 3014) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Digest Update...............72 3015) Biosphere 2 to Get Second Crew.....................................60 3016) U.S. Releases First Close-Up Moon Photos Since 1972................29 _______________________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 914) Applied Parallel Res* 921) Cray Research Inc.| | 919) Transtech Parallel* | | | |_________________ *Updated information within last 30 days _______________| LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire=============================== 2504) Platform Launches LSF 1.2 with DEC, IBM and Convex.................48 2506) Intel's Pentium Chip Processes Data As Fast As RISC Chips..........50 667) Employment Opportunities...........................................24 2507) Cray Research Spins Off Computational Engineering International....51 ============================= NEXT ISSUE IN HPCwire ========================= *** Advanced Computing Research Institute *** Highlights of Member Research ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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