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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 23, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 37 Circulation: 16,912 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 193 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- 781) DIGITAL ANNOUNCES: o HUGHES SELECTS ALPHA AXP SERVERS FOR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MOVE TO OPEN CLIENT/SERVER COMPUTING o SOUTHEAST'S LARGEST DAIRY PRODUCER CHOOSES ALPHA AXP PLATFORM ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE ______________________________ | | | 4616) Cray Res. Acquires Savant Systems to Pursue Commercial Market | | 608) Stellner's Remarks Regarding: "High-Bandwidth Computing" | | 4614) EDS, Oracle & SGI's 200 GB Database: No Field of Dreams | |___________________________________________________________________________| 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 4614) EDS, ORACLE, & SGI'S 200 GB DATABASE: NO FIELD OF DREAMS............144 An exclusive article by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Two parallel vendors have drowned recently, clutching hopes of wealth in commercial markets. Collaboration between system vendors and those who know the market may be essential. A proof-of-concept 200 GB database set up by EDS, SGI and Oracle could show the way. 4615) NETHERLAND BANK PURCHASES TWO nCUBE MPP SYSTEMS......................55 IN THE NEWS By Carol Cramer, Managing Editor Two additional MPP systems were installed at ING Bank of Amsterdam. The systems have bolstered the bank's computing performance and cut hardware, software and maintenance costs by 80 percent. 4616) CRAY RES. ACQUIRES SAVANT SYSTEMS TO PURSUE COMMERCIAL MARKET........80 Savant Systems of Dallas, a privately held consulting firm specializing in database and transaction-processing business solutions, has been purchased by Cray Research. This supports Cray's move to pursue the MPP commercial market. 4617) ARPA SELECTS TELEDYNE TO DEVELOP MILITARIZED MasPar HPC COMPUTER.....92 IN THE NEWS By Carol Cramer, Managing Editor Teledyne Electronic Systems was selected by ARPA Computing Systems Technology Office to design and build a demo prototype militarized/ ruggedized scalable high-performance computer based on MasPar Computer Corp.'s commercially available system technology. ANNOUNCEMENTS RECEIVED THIS WEEK ============================================ 4618) ONERA Announces Final Acceptance of Intel Paragon XP/S 5 System....61 4619) Ford Awards Convex $10.4M Contract for Strategic Tech. Research....62 4620) Chrysler First Auto Customer for CRAY T3D MPP System...............58 4622) New Super Fast HPC Desktop Available with AXP 64-Bit Processor.....29 4623) NSF Annual Postdoctoral Competition for Computational Science......23 4624) New DEC Cluster Products Use Encore MEMORY CHANNEL Technology......71 4625) Net One to Distribute High-Performance NetStar ClusterSwitch.......41 4626) Groundbreaking ATM Pricing Made by Start-Up Company................61 4627) NIIT/SynOptics Demo Nationwide Healthcare Service ATM Network......80 INTERNATIONAL UPDATE 4628) Fujitsu Wins Supercomputer Order from Japan Atomic Energy Lab......14 4629) Toshiba Introduces Sun-Compatible Servers and Workstations.........13 4630) IBM Japan Markets Entry-Level Parallel Mainframe...................26 CONTRACTS & VENTURES 4631) Development of Oracle7 Parallel Database for HP 3000 Servers.......81 4632) DEC to Provide Internet Tools, Services to MecklerWeb..............61 4633) IBM-Led Consortium Signs Federal Contract to Develop NII Protocol..79 4634) H-P/InSoft to Co-Develop Desktop Videoconferencing Product.........50 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 4635) Dataquest Survey Dispels the Home Shopping Myth....................47 4636) U. of N. Carolina Installs Connect2 to Unsnarl Email Messaging....119 4637) Harris Poll Shows Awareness of InfoSuperhighway Growing............31 4638) Ubique's Virtual Places Creates Online Service in Real Time.......130 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 783) Ampex DST Drives and Libraries Are Used in Leading HPC Facilities | | 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 =========================================================== 4616) "A critical issue in all industries today is how to manage the huge databases assembled in recent years. [Companies] have accumulated massive volumes of data from business transactions, but have had no way to efficiently manage, store and analyze these large databases." -- John F. Carlson, Chairman and CEO, Cray Research Corp. ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1497) SUN REENTERS POWER RACE WITH ULTRASPARC, ADDS MPEG..................123 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large After slipping behind in the performance race, Sun will hop ahead with its new UltraSPARC chip, due in sample form early next year. It will feature SPECfp numbers in the 300 range and include on-chip image compression capabilities. Will an MPEG feature pay off? 1498) COLLABORATIVE STUDIES OF LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION IN WAKES......121 FEATURE By Marianna Braza, Institut de Mecanique des Fluides and Charles Williamson, Cornell University Two-dimensional and three-dimensional vortical instabilities in wakes behind bluff bodies, such as cylinders, has been a subject of interest to engineers as well as to scientists for a great many years. ___________________________ 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 (10 New Listings)...........................113 Listings from: Advantis, Convex, Cray Research, Martin Marietta, Numerical Algorithms Group, Silicon Graphics 604) SEEK OUT NEW LIFE...AND BOLDLY GO.....................................58 OTHER DEPARTMENTS =========================================================== CONFERENCES 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (2 New Listings/1 Update).........114 Listings: IEEE Symposium; Int'l Workshop on Parallel Processing; Update: Cornell Theory Center Symposium SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST 3120) Scientists Emerge After Six Months Inside Biosphere 2..............42 3121) Enzyme Can Grow Bigger Plants......................................57 _____________________H P C w i r e S P O N S O R S______________________ | | | Full background information on all Sponsoring Companies | | | |*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 *** 1495) Is "High-Bandwidth Computing" A Better Term Than HPC?.............183 4602) Massively Parallel DB Server Planned for H-P, IBM and Sun..........67 4598) Mosaic Communications Unveils Network Navigator/Servers...........126 4593) IBM's New CMOS/MVS Mainframes: Slightly Parallel..................159 ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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