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Thank you very much for your interest and support. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- H P C w i r e The Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** September 16, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 36 Circulation: 16,431 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 186 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- 779) **Announcing** WEBster -- a new e-zine focusing on Mosaic and WWW As Mosaic software opens up the World Wide Web to millions of new users, information seekers need a centralized information and news source to help them maximize the power of the Web for personal and business reasons. WEBster provides the solution. Send a blank email to: <4free@webster.tgc.com> for a free trial, or retrieve <779> for more information. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE ______________________________ | | | 1495) HBCwire: Is "High-Bandwidth Computing" a Better Term Than HPC? | | 4592) MasPar Appoints Former Teradata Executives Simonds & Heldman | | 4594) ETH Zurich Gives Final Acceptance of Paragon XP/S 5 System | |___________________________________________________________________________| TO RETRIEVE ARTICLES: send a blank email to . On subject line, type article number(s). FOR EXAMPLE ON RETRIEVING ARTICLES, PAGE TO THE END OF THIS FILE. For a free 6-week trial subscription, email: Subscription Information: IN THE NEWS ================================================================= LINES 4592) MasPar APPOINTS FORMER TERADATA EXECUTIVES SIMONDS & HELDMAN.........51 IN THE NEWS By Carol Cramer, Managing Editor Looking toward entering more commercial markets, a major win has been achieved as two former Teradata executives go online with MasPar. 4593) IBM'S NEW CMOS/MVS MAINFRAMES: SLIGHTLY PARALLEL....................159 IN THE NEWS by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large IBM's new Parallel Enterprise Server post-mainframe MVS/CMOS systems are defensive weapons intended to retain the lower levels of dedicated blue customers. Up to six processors offer performance improvements of 10 to 25 percent, not enough for the power-greedy 1990s. 4594) ETH ZURICH GIVES FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF PARAGON XP/S 5 SYSTEM...........48 By David Krane, Staff Writer Swiss Federal Institute of Technology announced the final acceptance of a Paragon XP/S 5 system. Tests conducted in normal production mode with unrestricted user access took place during June and July. ANNOUNCEMENTS RECEIVED THIS WEEK ============================================ 4595) MacNeal-Schwendler Chooses Exemplar for Analysis Applications......65 4596) KSR Announces New DB Tool and Management System....................90 4597) Fuji Bank Subsidiary Orders Cray Research EL94 Mini System.........59 4598) Mosaic Communications Unveils Network Navigator/Servers...........126 4599) Intel Seeks Modem Standard/Is Backed By NTT, NEC, Fujitsu, Others..51 NETWORKING 4600) FORE Systems to Supply ATM Adapter to Hewlett-Packard..............23 4601) IBM's New OS/2 "Warp" to Offer Easy Internet Access................59 4602) Massively Parallel DB Server Planned for H-P, IBM and Sun..........67 4603) Sony-U.S. Unit Forming Internet Service............................19 4604) DEC Expands Its Integrated Switches, Servers and Routers...........82 4605) Exabyte Announces Beta Shipments of Breakthrough Tape Subsystem....50 4606) Burton Group Releases In-Depth Report on ATM.......................50 CONTRACTS & VENTURES 4607) NEC to Distribute Japanese-Language Version of Spyglass Mosaic.....61 4608) Sun/Mosaic Communications Form Partnership on Internet Tech........42 4609) DEC/Process Software Sign TCP/IP Technology Agreement..............48 4610) Amdahl/Sun Deliver Throughput-Scalability for SPARC Servers........72 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 4611) Sec'y of State Touts Global Marketplace Via Info Technologies......39 4612) Crime Bill Accelerates INS onto InfoHighway........................36 4613) InfoBahn Promotion Hits Pothole with False Advertising Complaint...26 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 784) Ampex Announces New Family of High-Performance Data Storage Products | | 771) Commercial Applications of Parallel Processing Sys. Conference Update| | 778) DEC: Alpha Systems Continue Explosive Growth & Leadership Performance| | 787) Digital Extends Introductory Pricing Offer for TechAdvantage Software| | 761) Microsoft Announces Limited Availability of FREE FORTRAN | | PowerStation Test Drive Kit | |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 4592) "The outstanding reliability of the MasPar system, coupled with its compelling price/performance advantage, is attracting considerable interest in commercial accounts which are in need of more complex data analysis capabilities. I look forward to helping MasPar further penetrate this lucrative marketplace." -- Kenneth W. Simonds, Chairman of the Board, MasPar ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1495) IS "HIGH-BANDWIDTH COMPUTING" A BETTER TERM THAN HPC?...............183 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large "High-performance computing" is a drab phrase, poorly understood by most people. "Performance" itself is ambiguous. Raw performance remains important, but high-speed data-transfer -- high-bandwidth -- is today's real frontier. Why not adopt "high-bandwidth computing"? 1496) TURBULENCE AND MICROTRANSPORT IN COMPLEX GEOMETRIES..................69 FEATURE By Merry Maisel, Science Writer, San Diego Supercomputer Center A Brown University group led by George Em Karniadakis is investigating fluid mechanics using the Intel Paragon at SDSC. Both projects involve elucidating the paradoxical behavior exhibited by simple fluids flowing around or within bodies having complex or microscale geometries. ___________________________ 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................................................13 | | 670) Masthead/Email Contacts/Submission Guidelines....................58 | | 950) A Complete Index of HPCwire Back Issues..........................48 | |__________________________________________________________________________| JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities.............................................113 Listings from: HPCwire, Numerical Algorithms Group, Silicon Graphics, Incorporated OTHER DEPARTMENTS =========================================================== CONFERENCES 3117) Recap of International Parallel Processing Symposium (IPPS).......106 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (3 New Listings/1 Update).........118 New Listings: Int'l ACM/SIGCAPH; RAPS Workshop-CERFACS; NIST, GPC Group Sponsor Workshop; Update: SUP'EUR 94 SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST 3118) Supercomputer Model Explains Migration of Forest Climate Change....41 3119) Explorers Venture into the Earth, One of the Last Frontiers.......141 _____________________H P C w i r e S P O N S O R S______________________ | | | Full background information on all Sponsoring Companies listed below | | is available to all readers. See TO RECEIVE THE FULL TEXT at the end | | of this file. | |*900) Ampex 915) Genias Software 916) MasPar Computer | | 912) Avalon Computer *930) HNSX Supercomputers 905) Maximum Strategy | | 921) Cray Research Inc. 902) IBM Corp. 906) nCUBE | | 907) Digital Equipment 904) Intel SSD *932) The Portland Group | | 909) Fujitsu America 928) Kendall Square Res 935) Silicon Graphics | |_________________ *Updated information within last 30 days________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 4566) Cray Computer Corp.: Down to Its Last Nanoseconds.................126 4568) Alpha Chip Breaks 300MHz Barrier...................................52 1492) More on Memory, Performance, Truth and Complexity.................111 4567) Spry Offers Secure AIR Mosaic for Financial Transactions...........65 ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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