H P C w i r e The Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High Performance Computing *** October 21, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 41 Circulation: 17,430 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 183 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- 795) LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. IT'S SUPERCOMPUTING DAILY COVERAGE! HPCwire is your online guide to the Supercomputer '94 low-down. Daily coverage of the show brought to your lap-top as it happens! All your need-to-know information at your finger tips. _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 4724) SGI/MIPS Unit Debut Next Generation MIPS RISC Chips -- R10000 | | 4725) HINT: John Gustafson's Latest Measure of Performance | | 4727) Paragon Sets 400 Million Particle Molecular Dynamics Record | |___________________________________________________________________________| For a free 6-week trial subscription, email: IN THE NEWS ================================================================= LINES 4724) SGI/MIPS UNIT DEBUT NEXT GENERATION MIPS RISC CHIPS -- R10000.......103 IN THE NEWS by Carol Cramer, Managing Editor The next-generation MIPS RISC microprocessor has numerous features including new MIPS ANDES architecture and MIPS Avalanche bus. Samples are targeted for availability the first half of 1995. 4725) HINT: JOHN GUSTAFSON'S LATEST MEASURE OF PERFORMANCE.................64 IN THE NEWS by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large HINT, a new measure of performance, created by John Gustafson (inventor of SLALOM) and colleague Quinn Snell, seeks to measure the "quality of work done" (measured in QUIPS, for Quality Improvement Per Second) rather than superficial speed. 4726) MOTOROLA/IBM DEBUT HIGH-END POWERPC 620 MICROPROCESSOR..............103 IN THE NEWS IBM and Motorola completed development and fabrication of the PowerPC 620 microprocessor. It is software compatible with today's 32-bit applications and extendable to tomorrow's 64-bit applications and is designed as a volume price/performance leader for servers and high-end workstations. ANNOUNCEMENTS RECEIVED THIS WEEK ============================================ 4727) Paragon Sets 400 Million Particle Molecular Dynamics Record........57 4728) nCUBE Provides Server Hardware Platform for Oracle at Epcot '95....71 4729) Full Text of IBM's Wladawsky-Berger's CAPPS Keynote Talk..........493 4730) CAChe Scientific/IBM Partnership Yields Chemistry Software.........86 4731) StorageTek's Parallel Architecture TimberLine Now Available........67 4732) NAG Launches New Versions of Fortran 90 Compilers..................68 4733) H-P Delivers Satellite Communication Test System for Consortium....32 4734) Auspex NetServers Offer Storage Management Software................57 4735) Data General to Resell Oracle Cooperative Applications.............77 4736) H-P to Phase Out New Hampshire Manufacturing Activities............29 4737) Sharp Electronic Introduces New RISC System-on-Chip Design.........90 4738) DEC Strengthens Application/Support for COHESION Team/SEE Software.76 CONTRACTS & VENTURES * PEOPLE/PROMOTIONS/PROFILES 4739) Cisco/UB Networks to Develop Integrated Internetworking Solutions..48 4740) Bolt Beranek Unit Gets $2.2 Million NSF Grant......................23 4741) Leading Interactive TV Vendors Join Oracle's InfoBahn Alliance.....67 4742) SynOptics/Wellfleet Stockholders Approve Merger....................28 4743) Japanese Joint Venture for Cisco Systems Finalized.................45 4744) Oracle Names David J. Roux Senior Vice President...................22 FINANCIAL WATCH 4745) Q3 Reports: DEC, Exabyte, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Sybase..........12 4751) Ten Most Active NASDAQ HPC Stocks..................................29 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 4752) SPRY/GE Plastics Partner to Supply Instant Internet Access.........73 4753) City of San Jose Goes Online with Virtual Valley...................57 4754) Sun Spurns InfoBahn/Continues Targeting Corporate Market...........26 4755) Mecklermedia Sells UK Trade Show Operations/Changes Focus..........66 4756) Telecommunications News Briefs (27 Brief Articles)................377 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 767) 2 New Books from AP Professional: HPC, and Parallel Processing | | 7001) DEC & Team to Build UK National Health Service Messaging Backbone | | 7002) DEC: D&B's Decision Support Tool Moves to Alpha Platform | | 7003) DEC's Alpha 21164 Keeps Top Spot as Competitors Debut New Chips | |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 4729) "...I am convinced that scalable parallel systems are ready for 'prime time' now, and headed for bigger and better things down the line. This is a revolution whose time has come." -- Irving Wladawsky-Berger, General Manager, IBM POWER Parallel Systems ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1506) MULTIPROCESSOR SERVERS: REARRANGING HPC LANDSCAPE...................213 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Multiprocessor servers could reduce low-end opportunities for scalable parallel systems. Paradoxically, they might encourage clustering. Workstation demand might sag at the upper end. All this sounds reasonable, but surprises lurk. 1507) WORKSTATIONS DEVELOP BIONIC SYSTEM & PARALYZED HANDS MOVE AGAIN.....147 FEATURE by Robert Tokunaga, Medical News Writer, Stanford University Sun workstations were used to develop biomechanical modeling of the musculoskeletal system in order to understand how the human body operates. The bionic system was created by researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the Department of Veterans Affairs ___________________________ 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 ............................................144 Listings from: Advantis, Convex, Cornell Theory Center, Cray Research, Cray Research U.K., Martin Marietta 604) SEEK OUT NEW LIFE...AND BOLDLY GO.....................................58 OTHER DEPARTMENTS =========================================================== CENTERS 3134) Sandia Parallel Solver Earns Gordon Bell Nomination................45 SPECIAL EVENTS 3135) Cancellation of Cluster Workshop '94...............................57 3136) Information Delivery Topic for Experts at IEEE Media Briefing......92 3137) LANL Hosted Workshop on Electronic Archives Forging New Path.......99 2963) Desktop Storage Interface Pros and Cons Debate at Dataquest........32 CONFERENCES 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (4 New Listings; 1 Cancellation)..106 New Listings: ACM Supercomputing Call for Papers; HPC Symposium '95 Call for Papers; RCI Annual Conference Using HPC; Dataquest Debate. Cancellation: Cluster Workshop (Dec. 6-8, 1994). SCIENCE & HUMAN INTEREST 3138) Asteroid/Earth Collision Simulated at Sandia Symposium.............84 3139) Purdue's Supercomputer Benefits Students, Research................141 3140) Chips Help Yellowstone Park Measure Fire Risk......................61 ______________________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 *** 4694) SGI Adds R8000 Workstation, Beefs Up R4400 Products...............117 1504) Cray Research's New J916 Is Cray All the Way for $225K............157 4697) Mosaic Communications Releases Free Version of Netscape............23 4695) Cray Computer Announces Private Equity Financing...................53 ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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