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There will be no further disruptions. ________________________________________________________________________________ H P C w i r e The Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** October 7, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 39 Circulation: 16,524 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 176 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- 789) SUPERCOMPUTING'94 - PRE-REGISTRATION DUE OCTOBER 14 o NATION'S PREMIER CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS TAKES PLACE IN NATION'S CAPITAL o ADVANCE PROGRAM AVAILABLE ON SC'94 INFO SERVER _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 4667) IBM Offers Low-Priced SP2, Pursues Commercial Sales | | 4668) RAPID HPC Consortium Created to Promote Parallel Applications | | 608) Whitley's Remarks Regarding: "High-Bandwidth Computing" | |___________________________________________________________________________| For a free 6-week trial subscription, email: IN THE NEWS ================================================================= LINES 4667) IBM OFFERS LOW-PRICED SP2, PURSUES COMMERCIAL SALES.................215 IN THE NEWS by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large IBM has crunched below the $200K barrier in entry-level versions of its SP2 parallel system as SP sales grow in commercial markets and more RDBS software is available. Partial figures on the NASA/Ames NAS benchmarks show good scalability from 64 to 128 processors. 4668) RAPID HPC CONSORTIUM CREATED TO PROMOTE PARALLEL APPLICATIONS.......117 IN THE NEWS Contributed by B. Plateau, Bernard Philippe & Hugues Leroy The objectives are to coordinate parallelization activities in France, develop a synergistic relationship between research centers and industry, and promote and transfer the knowledge of HPC to these users or future users of intensive computing. 4669) H-P IN AGREEMENT WITH CONVEX TO RESELL EXEMPLAR PARALLEL SYSTEMS.....92 IN THE NEWS by Carol Cramer, Managing Editor In an agreement between Hewlett-Packard and Convex Computer Corp., H-P will emerge as a VAR of Convex's Exemplar SPP systems and will resell the product family through its worldwide sales force. ANNOUNCEMENTS RECEIVED THIS WEEK ============================================ 4670) Sun Microsystems Rolls Out Video Server............................36 4671) TestGen Toolset Has True Parallel ATPG Capability..................92 4672) Motorola Launches RISC Computers and High-Performance Servers......75 4673) DEC's UNIX Clusters Lead Industry in Commercial Solutions..........92 NETWORKING 4674) Optical Data Has New Dual Token Ring w/Per-Port Software Switching.75 4675) Cisco Sees Net Growth Rate of 30-50 Percent........................43 SOFTWARE 4676) Oracle Foresees Benefit from Restructuring.........................57 4677) Sun/Informix Have Best DB Results on TPC-C for UNIX Servers........46 4678) Fujitsu Announces DynaSERVE Integrated Network Storage Server......74 4679) DEC Includes LSF in "TechAdvantage" Software for UNIX Alpha Users..36 4680) New PowerHouse for UNIX from Cognos Supports Oracle7...............61 INTERNATIONAL UPDATE 4681) IBM Japan Delivers Latest UNIX Parallel Computer to University.....14 4682) Goldstar to Invest 2 Trillion Won for Multimedia Venture...........13 CONTRACTS & VENTURES/FINANCIAL WATCH 4683) Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst. System Bid Awarded to Intel SSD.12 4684) Superconductor Tech to Evaluate High-Speed Cryocooled Workstations.70 4685) Interfuse to Supply I/O/Networking Adapters for H-P Servers........62 4686) Sybase/H-P to Service/Support Workgroup-Level Sybase Customers.....65 4687) N.E.T. Wins Contract to Provide Symantec with European Backbone....45 4688) Ten Most Active NASDAQ HPC Stocks..................................29 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 4689) IDC Study Shows U.S. Leadership Role in Information Highways.......67 4690) Dept. of Commerce to Give Millions to Deploy InfoHighway...........84 4691) Stanford Information Expert Selected as Air Force Chief Scientist..32 4692) MecklerWeb's Online "Store Front" Presence Now on Internet.........91 4693) UK Consortium Starts Interactive Television Trial Test.............29 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 771) Commercial Applications of Parallel Processing Sys. Conference Update| | 763) AMPEX: 19MM Helical Scan Tape Breaks Through Storage Bottleneck | | 767) AP Professionals' Fall Computer Books Catalog | | 792) Digital Steals Show in 1994 "Hot Iron" Awards | | 777) Microsoft IMSL Mathematical and Statistical Libraries NOW Available | | for PC Platforms | |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 4669) "Our agreement with H-P fortifies Convex's sales and marketing strategy for Exemplar, expands our successful relationship with H-P and offers new opportunities for Exemplar sales." -- William Bock, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Convex ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1502) IBM ENTERS MULTIPROCESSOR WHIRLPOOL WITH POWERPC....................154 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large IBM has entered the low-end multiprocessor market with new models aimed at commercial markets, based on the 601 version of the PowerPC RISC microprocessor. A new crossbar switch combined with more powerful PowerPC versions could, in the future, appeal to technical users. 1503) SANDIA LABS' VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNIQUE SHOWS MANY POTENTIAL USES.....66 FEATURE by Chris Miller, Science Writer, Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Labs has developed a technology that for the first time can fuse data from several different media creating a virtual reality technique with exciting potential uses in manufacturing, medicine and television. ___________________________ 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 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (1 New Listing)...................115 New Listing: Are you Demonstrating a Parallel Tool at SC '94? CENTERS 3126) MCNC's Supercomputing Center Establishes New Environmental Center..40 SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST 3127) LLNL Research Shows Practical Application of "Buckyballs"..........34 3128) Space-Age Technology Could Wage War on Breast Cancer...............61 3129) Human Genome Sciences and Partners Ready Scientific Data Access....47 ______________________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 *** 1500) Is Convex Coming into the Light?..................................134 4642) Low-Cost CRAY J916 Delivers 12-Fold Price-Performance Increase....154 1499) Death of Telecoms Bill in Senate Spares Internet..................172 4643) Apple's Sculley & Cray's Rollwagen Join Video-on-Demand Company....53 ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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