H P C w i r e The Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** June 24, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 24 Circulation: 15,360 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 201 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- This week's edition of HPCwire is sponsored by: 760) MAXIMUM STRATEGY and the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Are we alone? The world's most comprehensive Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project is out to discover the answer. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE ______________________________ | | | 4264) AT&T and SGI Wed, Give Birth to Multi-Media Venture | | 1459) COMMENTARY: IBM's SP2 and SGI's Power Challenge: A Comparison | | 4265) Hitachi Taking Orders for 23 GFLOPS Parallel Supercomputer | |___________________________________________________________________________| For a free 6-week trial subscription, e-mail: trial@hpcwire.ans.net Subscription Information: sub@hpcwire.ans.net IN THE NEWS ================================================================= LINES 4263) INTEL SUPERCOMPUTER EXPANDS OEM/RESELLER SCOPE - Part I..............37 The supercomputer division of Intel Corp. plans to expand the scope of its resale program of Pentium-based systems distributed through OEMs and value-added resellers. This is the first of a two-part series. Next week we will conduct an interview with Ed Masi, president of Intel SSD. 4264) AT&T AND SGI WED, GIVE BIRTH TO MULTI-MEDIA VENTURE.................141 Silicon Graphics and AT&T produced a new 50-50 joint venture baptised Interactive Digital Solutions (IDS). The new venture will be a separate company, located in Silicon Valley, with post-natal lodgings on the SGI campus. (HPCwire Exclusive) 4265) HITACHI TAKING ORDERS FOR 23 GFLOPS PARALLEL SUPERCOMPUTER...........20 This week Hitachi began taking orders for a parallel supercomputer and plans to ship 100 units in five years. In fiscal 1996, it will release a massively parallel supercomputer with 1 TFLOPS processing capability. 4266) STRATEGIC WEAPONS LAB TO BUILD ROTOR SUBASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC CAR....89 Oak Ridge National Labs will provide technology for flywheel battery system in American Flywheel Systems' high performance electric car in time to meet California's 1998 electric car requirements. 4267) MO' WEB WATCH........................................................85 Here's our latest Mo' Web Watch with six new specialty group listings available on the World Wide Web. ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WEEK ===================================================== 4268) Edinburgh University Launches Europe's Fastest Supercomputer.......15 4269) DEC Gets $8.1M Project with NEC -- Has Largest Alpha AXP Sale......22 4270) Citibank Purchases CRAY SUPERSERVER 6400...........................35 4271) KSR to Deliver Release 7.1 of Oracle7 For KSR in 1994..............54 4272) U.S. Multimedia Market to Quadruple and Top $20 Billion............80 4273) MPI Implementation for CHIMP V2.1..................................71 4274) Envelope of Parallel Processing Pushed via Oracle Parallel Query...24 4275) Xerox/Sun New $500M Agreement Includes SPARCstations/Servers.......48 4276) Sequent/Oracle Set New TPC-B Benchmarks for Oracle7................59 4277) Sunsoft's Solaris to Feature POSIX.2 Compliance....................35 NETWORKING 4278) Johns Hopkins Site for Advanced Medical Imaging ATM Network........84 4279) Wellfleet Licenses ANVL to Assist Router/Bridges Testing Process...54 INTERNATIONAL UPDATE 4280) JCC/Cray Research Japan Cooperate in Sales of Cray PP Server.......17 4281) China Disputes Image of Copyright Pirate Haven.....................42 4282) British TV Firms Launch Interactive Television News................40 4283) European Projects: PREPARE (HPC Compiler) and CLEOPATRA............31 CONTRACTS/VENTURES 4284) Cray Superserver/Atlantis Software Pact Offers Commercial Modules..54 4285) IBM Gets $276 Million U.S. Forest Service Contract.................22 4286) Security Dynamics/Cisco Venture to Provide "Crackproof" Networks...56 4287) DEC Aligns w/NeXT's OpenStep as Object Technology for Alpha AXP....26 PEOPLE/PROMOTIONS/PROFILES 4288) Cisco Systems Promotes Three Executives, CFO to Retire.............63 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 4289) New IBM Unit Will Focus on Information Superhighway................54 4290) Internet Gurus Weigh New Guidelines This Week in Prague...........110 4291) High-Tech Relationship Turns into E-Mail Stalking..................64 4292) China Lays Foundation for Futuristic Info Superhighway.............69 4293) World Cup Linked Across U.S. for Real-Time Video/Audio Clips.......77 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 771) Commercial Applic. of Parallel Processing Sys. Update June 10.....138| | 765) Cray Research Announces HEXAR Software.............................92| | 772) Applied Parallel Research Announces "Dare to Compare" xHPF Sale....38| | 764) More New Hits in Parallel, Distributed and High-Performance Computing| | 785) nCUBE/Amdahl Partner-Provide Advanced Massively Parallel Servers and | | Four-Company Alliance to Result in Broad-based Usage of MPP Technology | |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 4281) "There remain some naysayers in the world seemingly willfully blind to China's development and transformation. China's backwardness in its intellectual property system is now a thing of the past." -- Xinhua News Agency Official ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1459) IBM'S SP2 AND SGI'S POWER CHALLENGE: A COMPARISON...................254 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Profiles of IBM's SP2 and Silicon Graphics' Power Challenge, both entering volume product shipment, show each has marked up substantial sales and orders (with SGI ahead so far) and signed up third-party software vendors (both have a strong lineup). 1460) VIRTUAL-REALITY EXPLORERS WILL SWIM THROUGH FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SEA.....59 FEATURE by Roger Segelken, Senior Science Writer, Cornell University In the not-too-distant future, computer-networked researchers and students anywhere in the world will explore Earth's largest and least understood ecosystem -- the oceans -- without getting their swim fins wet. 1461) SMARTNET CLUSTER SCHEDULER SHOWS CAPABILITIES.......................164 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Despite glitches, SmartNet software for distributing tasks among highly heterogeneous clusters showed its capabilities at a Washington trade show. SmartNet organizers plan further performance comparisons with conventional homogeneous scalable parallel systems. ___________________________ 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...70 | |950) A Complete Index of HPCwire Back Issues............................48 | |___________________________________________________________________________| JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities (2 new ads)................................100 Ads from: Convex, NCSA, NPAC, Rensselaer, SGI, Univ. de Sherbrooke. 604) NEED HELP? Place your next job ad in cyberspace!.....................58 OTHER DEPARTMENTS =========================================================== CONFERENCES 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Weekly)...................93 SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST 3082) Solar Sails/Nuclear Weapons Eyed in Battle Against Asteroids.......96 3083) High School Students Map Genes Under Guidance of LLNL Scientist....59 3084) Scientists Examine Environmental Effects of Collapsed Salt Mine...100 _______________________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.| |__________________________________________________________________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 1457) SGI's Power Challenge Has Hot Chip, Good Scalability..............101 4232) NCSA Picks SGI's Power Challenge Over Cray.........................63 1458) The Evolution of Parallel Processing: Science to Business.........188 4230) Convex Unveils New Family of C4 High-End Supercomputers............95 ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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