H P C w i r e The Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** March 11, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 9, Circulation: 15,485 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 145 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- This week's edition of HPCwire is sponsored by: ACADEMIC PRESS PROFESSIONAL The NEW AP PROFESSIONAL Books Catalog for the Computer Professional For the complete catalog, select 923. ____________________________IN THIS ISSUE_______________________________ | | | 2567) Four Corporations Sign NCSA Mosaic Licenses...................69 | | 2566) REBUTTAL TO ARTICLE 1371: "Renewed Trade War with Japan"......62 | | 2575) ISUG-94 to Feature Access to Intel Paragon and Internet.......32 | |________________________________________________________________________| 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 2566) REBUTTAL TO ARTICLE 1371: Renewed Trade War with Japan: Pain or Gain for HPC? by Jonthan P. Streeter, U.S. Department of Commerce.........62 Although it would be impossible to fully respond to the wide-ranging statements in Mr. Parker Smith's editorial on U.S.-Japan trade, I feel there is a need to address at least some of his basic misconceptions. 2567) FOUR CORPORATIONS SIGN NCSA MOSAIC LICENSES..........................69 NCSA Mosaic is a University of Illinois software product that provides a user-friendly, hypermedia interface to the international collection of data networks known as the Internet. 2568) VIDEO-ON-DEMAND NEWS SERVICE NOW A REALITY WITH AMPEX DST 600........63 The DST 600 tape drive provides D-Net with capability of storing/managing hundreds of hours of video segments including news, sports and entertainment that are accessible by network clients, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 2569) U.S. REVIEWING JAPAN'S SUPERCOMPUTER PURCHASE RECORD.................56 In the aftermath of President Clinton's decision to re-enact Super 301, a controversial provision of U.S. trade law that creates a "hit list" of countries judged to be unfair traders, the U.S. government is now reviewing Japan's trade record with U.S. companies. THIS WEEK =================================================================== 2570) IBM Introduces RISC/6000 PowerPC-Based UNIX Notebook Workstation..117 2571) Intel Corp. Debuts 90- and 100-MHz Pentium Processors..............66 2572) Hewlett-Packard Unveils Enhanced PA-RISC Microprocessor...........117 2573) ECCS Announces Split Mirror Option on Its RAID Products............66 2574) McDonnell Douglas Beta Site for Concurrent Multiprocessor..........61 2575) ISUG-94 to Feature Access to Intel Paragon and Internet............32 NETWORKING UPDATE 2576) H-P AdvanceStack Line Delivers True Distributed Connectivity.......64 2577) N.E.T. Introduces Lower-Priced, Smaller Adaptive ATMX Switch.......36 2578) NPI Adds FDDI Expansion Ports to Client/Server Switching Hub.......23 2579) Telco Systems Introduces New Generation of Network Access..........50 SOFTWARE 2580) Latest Version of MSC/NASTRAN Available on Hitachi Supercomputers..40 2581) Oracle to Integrate Media Server with Motorola Envoy...............19 2582) CEI Releases Engineering Postprocessing Workstation Software.......37 2583) Bell Atlantic Launches Software Development Program................88 2584) Logistics UNIX Software Company Expands North American Market.....104 INTERNATIONAL UPDATE 2585) Digital Equipment Corp. to Cut 6,000 European Jobs.................14 2586) DBP Telekom, Intel Forge Multimedia Workstation Venture............18 CONTRACTS/VENTURES 2587) U.S. Defense Contractors Merge Companies in $1.9 Billion Deal......80 2588) Fore and Cabletron Expand Existing OEM Agreement...................42 2589) Informix/Sequent Introduce New Parallel Processing Technology......49 FINANCIAL WATCH 2590) Most Active NASDAQ Stocks..........................................25 2591) New Enterprise Assoc. Raises $230M Looks for New Silicon Graphics..63 PEOPLE/PROMOTIONS/PROFILES 2592) Nat'l Academy of Engineers to Induct Silicon Graphics' Senior VP...40 2593) Cray Computer Corp. Hires Former Cray Research Exec Breckenridge...19 2594) Auspex Systems Appoints Kresnak VP of North American Sales.........25 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 2595) Texas Instruments Rolls Out Chip for Superhighway..................45 2596) America Online Expands Education Content for Educators/Students....80 2597) SCO Provides Real-World On-Ramp Via NCSA Mosaic....................51 2543) PacBell Offers Easy Internet Services Billing on Telephone Bill....49 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | |924) Ceram's E-Mail Services: Price Discounts On HPC Systems & Upgrades..27| |739) 800 FLY CORP Announces Corporate Travel Savings Via E-Mail..........96| |790) HPCwire's Electronic Publishing Software Provides TEXT-ON-DEMAND....38| |743) ANS CO+RE Announces Secure LAN-TO-LAN Interconnect Service..........75| |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 2566) "To say that the U.S. government should ignore unfair trading practices and "get out of the way" is both irresponsible and imprudent." -- Jonthan P. Streeter, Supercomputing Industry Analyst U.S. Department of Commerce ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1378) SILICON GRAPHICS MULTIPROCESSORS: POWER AND PRICE...................211 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large While scalable computer makers battle fiercely for single sales and clusters metastasize quietly, multiprocessor servers are selling by the thousands. A report on Silicon Graphics' current and forthcoming products leads off a series on the multiprocessor phenomenon. 1379) SUPERCOMPUTERS USED TO DISCOVER ENZYME FOR ALZHEIMER'S/GLAUCOMA......80 by Dr. Michael K. Gilson, Dr. T. P. Straatsma, and Dr. J. A. McCammon, University of Houston A Molecular Dynamics Simulation describes a breakthrough in the study of an enzyme thought to play a part in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and glaucoma, and how chemists used supercomputers to find an entrance into the molecule not apparent by other methods of observation. 1380) ANTIDOTE FOR POWERPC HUMBUG: WAIT FOR ZIPPIER 620...................139 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Readers deafened by the upcoming publiciblitz for Apple power Macs based on the PowerPC 601 should be forebearing and set their hopes on the 620 version, with much more punch, plus the prospect of multiprocessor servers Meanwhile, IBM again reveals bluefusion. ___________________________ 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 3017) NAS Parallel Benchmarks Update....................................557 CONFERENCES 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Weekly)...................28 SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST 3018) IT Corp/Lawrence Livermore Develop MPP Code for Water Cleanup......44 3019) Sylvan Learning Centers Aid Baltimore Schools......................61 3020) NASA Research Put to Work for Fido.................................54 3021) Fujitsu/AMS/Schoolyear 2000 Empower Teachers with Mobile Computers.66 3022) Language Instruction Enters Realm of High-Tech.....................82 _______________________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=============================== 2544) IBM Plans to Launch New Line of Powerful Parallel Computers........41 1376) 102 GFLOPS/Sec on the Intel Paragon: How They Did It..............110 667) Employment Opportunities...........................................24 2539) Parsytec Has First Parallel System with PowerPC Processor..........51 ============================= NEXT ISSUE IN HPCwire ========================= *** Updated List of World's Most Powerful Computing Sites ** ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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