H P C w i r e The Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** September 30, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 38 Circulation: 17,047 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 202 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- 771) CAPPS '94 draws wide-spread interest from HPC community. Updated CAPPS 94 program. This October conference in Texas will feature: IDC and The Smaby Group, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Citibank, Conrail, Cray Research, Epsilon, FirstBank, Forward Trust House, IBM, Intel, IRS, Lehman Brothers, MasPar, MEDSTAT and Prudential Securities. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE ______________________________ | | | 1499) NEWS ANALYSIS: Death of Telecoms Bill in Senate Spares Internet | | 4642) Low-Cost CRAY J916 Delivers 12-Fold Price-Performance Increase | | 1500) FEATURE: Is Convex Coming into the Light? | |___________________________________________________________________________| For a free 6-week trial subscription, email: IN THE NEWS ================================================================= LINES 4639) MERCEDES-BENZ INSTALLS nCUBE 2S MPP DATABASE SERVER..................57 An nCUBE 2S MPP database server has been installed to allow the auto maker to begin a quality assurance program which will monitor vehicle history and instantly profile the company's entire auto and truck line. 4640) MRJ/IBM TEAM UP TO TAKE ON COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN HPC MARKET....44 In an effort to capitalize on a new business area, IBM announced that specialty integrator MRJ, Inc. has been accepted in its National Solution Provider-Application Specialist Program for IBM POWERparallel scalable, parallel information systems. 4641) CRAY RESEARCH SUPERSERVER SELECTED TO AUTOMATE BOTTLING PLANT........87 IN THE NEWS By Carol Cramer, Managing Editor Neighborhood Beverage Corporation, a start-up bottling plant in South Central L.A., selected a CRAY SUPERSERVER 6400 system to run its manufacturing, order entry, accounting and distribution operations. ANNOUNCEMENTS RECEIVED THIS WEEK ============================================ 4642) Low-Cost CRAY J916 Delivers 12-Fold Price-Performance Increase....154 4643) Apple's Sculley & Cray's Rollwagen Join Video-on-Demand Company....53 4644) Kinky DNA Research at PSC Honored by Discover Magazine.............44 4645) DEC Unveils New High-Performance Backup Subsystems for Sun Market..43 4646) Hewlett-Packard Trims Prices to Capture IBM Users..................46 4647) IBM Squares Off to Launch Counter-Attack on H-P Discount...........32 4648) GA Tech Research Center to Help Retake U.S. Electronic Market.....122 4649) European Parliaments Receive Networking Equipment from USA.........76 SOFTWARE 4650) IBM Extends DB2 to Exploit System/390 CMOS Parallel Technology....117 4651) Oracle Introduces Multimedia Products, Media Server...............125 4652) CMstat Management System Available on Cray Superserver.............51 INSTALLATIONS/ORDERS 4653) SP2 Installed at Maui High Performance Computing Center............28 4654) Cray Has 37 Orders for Low-Cost J90 Series Supercomputers..........85 CONTRACTS & VENTURES/FINANCIAL WATCH 4655) MasPar/Lawrence Berkeley Lab to Develop Network Interfaces.........45 4656) Carnegie Mellon Awarded $4.8M Grant to Develop Online Library.....114 4657) Rational/DEC to Offer Ada Software Tools for Alpha AXPs/Servers....58 4658) MCNC/Cray Research Launch Environmental Research Partnership.......56 4659) Consortium Wins ARPA Funds for Workstation/Cluster Applications....77 4660) Survey: Strong Returns from U.S. Holdings by Foreign Investors.....97 4661) Ten Most Active NASDAQ HPC Stocks..................................28 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 4662) Can Virtual Space Replace Shelf Space in Libraries?................51 4663) Undersea Fiberoptic Communications Cable to Connect UK and Japan...31 4664) Computer Privacy/Copyright Laws from Typewriter Era A Major Issue..38 4665) Kentucky Builds Statewide, Multiprotocol Internetwork..............83 4666) MCI Selected to Provide Aviation Weather Network via Satellite.....16 4621) Olivetti Launches Interactive Information Service in Italy.........27 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 763) AMPEX: 19MM Helical Scan Tape Breaks Through Storage Bottleneck | | 767) AP Professionals' Fall Computer Books Catalog | | 769) DEC: Air BP Fuels International Invoicing System w/Alpha AXP Servers | | 773) DEC: Alpha AXP System Put a little ZIP Into the ZIP Code | | 777) Microsoft IMSL Mathematical and Statistical Libraries NOW Available | | for PC Platforms | |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 4641) "With our [Cray] Superserver, we will be able to accommodate the smallest of requirements and provide these services to other companies who can now join the private label beverage game." -- Calvin Jamerson, Co-founder, Neighborhood Beverage Corp. ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1499) DEATH OF TELECOMS BILL IN SENATE SPARES INTERNET....................172 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large The 1994 regulatory reform bill for telecommunications has been extinguished in the Senate. The Good: The Internet should continue to thrive. This provides proponents of interactive TV an interlude for second thoughts. The Bad: Prolonged failure to act could be disastrous. 1500) IS CONVEX COMING INTO THE LIGHT? FEATURE by Willie Schatz, Contributing Editor Exclusive interview in a series with HPC industry leaders. The former high performance superstar is rebounding from some very tough times, but is still too much of a wannabe in the desktop supercomputer game. Now it needs a little help from its friend. 1501) FILE SERVERS: ESCAPING FROM A SINGLE-CHANNEL PHILOSOPHY.............156 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Perhaps from Roman times, flow and data management have traditionally gone through the same pipe. This philosophy is now questioned, notably by Maximum Strategy. Their forthcoming, specialized, heavy-duty file servers will split the two paths. ___________________________ 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: Advantis, Convex, Cray Research, Martin Marietta, Silicon Graphics 604) SEEK OUT NEW LIFE...AND BOLDLY GO.....................................58 OTHER DEPARTMENTS =========================================================== CONFERENCES 3122) Director of Energy Research to Keynote October Meeting at OSC......47 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (1 New Listing/1 Update)..........114 Listing: IEEE Int'l Conf. Image Processing; Update: SIAM/IEEE Meeting. FACTS & FIGURES 3123) Updated List of the World's Most Powerful Computing Sites.........992 SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST 3124) A Software Named WANDA Detects Polluted Water......................78 3125) Smog Contributes to Cooling Trend for Spaceship Earth..............86 _____________________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 935) Silicon Graphics | |_________________ *Updated information within last 30 days________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 1497) Sun Reenters Power Race with UltraSPARC, Adds MPEG................123 4614) EDS, Oracle & SGI's 200 GB Database: No Field of Dreams...........144 667) JOB BANK..........................................................113 4616) Cray Res. Acquires Savant Systems to Pursue Commercial Market......80 ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. Feel free to distribute this Table of Contents. *****************************************************************************