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To register for your free copy of SUPERCOMPUTING '94 LIVE, simply send an email message to: ============================================================================= H P C w i r e The E-zine for High Performance Computing and Commercial Processing *** November 4, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 43 Circulation: 17,270 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 225 Pages of Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article Retrieval instructions at end of this file . -------------------- * -------------------- 7006) Maximum Strategy Premieres New Data Server Products at Supercomputing'94 (November 15-17) Washington, D.C. (Booth # 501) _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 1511) COMMENTARY: HIPPI Strikes Back: Low Prices and Ready-Now Bandwidth | | 608) Lomdahl's Comments on: Paragon Sets 400 Million Particle Record | | 1512) EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: Can Cray Research Go from High to Low? | |___________________________________________________________________________| For a free 6-week trial subscription, email: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S P E C I A L S U P P L E M E N T 7007) SUPERCOMPUTING '94 -- PRE-SHOW EXHIBITORS GUIDE & DIRECTORY The following is a comprehensive exhibitor guide and directory including company names and booth numbers. Some exhibitors have provided more detailed information about the demonstrations or presentations they will be conducting at the show. IN THE NEWS ================================================================= COMMERCIAL NEWS Lines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4787) TANDEM MAKES DEALS IN DATA MINING AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE............74 By Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Tandem sold a $12 million decision support system to Ameritech. In cooperation with software specialist Open Market, Tandem will pursue e-commerce (digital transmission of business documents) over Internet. 4788) H-P TO MODERNIZE CHECK SORTING IN INDIA BANK.........................24 National check sorting facility in Bombay to be modernized by H-P. 4789) RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK REFORMS WITH SUN, AT&T/GIS AND INTEL............25 Computers from Sun, AT&T Global Information Systems and Intel will be used in downsizing efforts to replace a jumble of proprietary systems. 4790) UNIX CHARGEBACK SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR SGI'S ONYX/INDIGO SYSTEMS.....39 Multiple chargeback acctg. software for all systems running SGI's IRIX, POWER CHALLENGE, POWER Onyx and POWER Indigo2 systems. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4791) CLUSTERING SOFTWARE FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS FROM CRAY RESEARCH...115 SuperCluster products, a suite of high-performance, open software tools, allow users to cluster multiple Cray Res. supercomputers with systems and equipment from other computer vendors. 4792) LAPACK, BLAS, FFTPACK AND LINPACK FOR SUN RELEASED...................36 Users of over 10,000 engineering and scientific applications can now get a speed increase of up to 60 percent on single-CPU systems. 4793) MPP ANIMATION SOFTWARE HANDLES PROBLEMS WORKSTATIONS CAN'T...........68 Cray Animation Theater uses MPP power to create computer visualizations and animations of problems too large for graphic workstations. 4794) SOLAR WIND AND MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTION MODELED....................102 Solar wind is a hot plasma of highly ionized gas and its collision with Earth's magnetosphere has been numerically modeled by Antonius Otto (UAF). His computer code has been adapted to run on the ARSC's T3D. NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================= 4795) Intel Delivers Fast Ethernet/High-Bandwidth Networking.............63 4796) Cisco Breaks $500 Price Per Port Barrier with New Concentrator.....53 4797) NCD Unveils Industry's First 64-Bit X Terminals w/Ultra Hi-Res.....76 4798) SGI Predicts Entertainment Industry to Generate $1B in 5 Years.....42 4799) 65GF CFD/Chemistry Combo Nets 2nd Bell Nomination for Sandia......114 INSTALLATIONS/ORDERS 4800) Cray Res. Has 100+ Orders Year-to-Date for ELs and J916s...........54 4801) IBM Delivers SP2 Supercomputer to CERN Laboratory.................135 CONTRACTS/VENTURES/ACQUISITIONS 4802) Contracts/Ventures/Acquisitions News Briefs (9 Brief Articles)... FINANCIAL WATCH - PEOPLE/PROMOTIONS/PROFILES 4803) Most Active NASDAQ HPC Stocks......................................30 4804) Yoshikazu Hori Named Chairman of Cray Research Japanese Subsidiary.25 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 4805) CERFnet Provides Internet Connection to the Prince of Wales........75 4806) Campaign Information for 30 Statewide Calif. Candidates............78 4807) Computer Museum's New Exhibit Gives Global Network Access..........67 4784) Telecommunications News Briefs (19 Brief Articles)................234 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 795) LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. IT'S SUPERCOMPUTING DAILY COVERAGE! | | 7003) DEC's Alpha 21164 Keeps Top Spot as Competitors Debut New Chips | | 7004) Digital Announces Largest Alpha AXP System Sale In Brazil | | 789) Supercomputing'94 - Advance Program Available on Info Server | |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 1512) "We are not abandoning what made Cray what it is ... As we move forward, I'm not ruling out any potential future actions." -- John Carlson, Chairman and CEO, Cray Research ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1511) HIPPI STRIKES BACK: LOW PRICES AND READY-NOW BANDWIDTH..............118 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Especially in the near term, HIPPI continues to provide reliable high-bandwidth communications -- available over longer distances, over optical fibers, and at increasingly moderate cost. ATM and Fibre Channel may prevail in time, but HIPPI is an immediate-delivery solution. With, perhaps, a longer future. 1512) CAN CRAY RESEARCH GO FROM HIGH TO LOW?..............................109 EXCLUSIVE FEATURE by Willie Schatz, Contributing Editor Exclusive interview in a series with HPC industry leaders. The business generated in and of itself by Cray Research being "king of the hill" is no longer sufficient enough to grow the company. It has to look at opportunities for growth. ___________________________ 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 ............................................150 Listings from: Convex, Cornell Theory Center, Cray Research U.K., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center*, Silicon Graphics*. <*> New Listings. This Week 9 New Job Listings! 604) SEEK OUT NEW LIFE ... AND BOLDLY GO...................................58 OTHER DEPARTMENTS =========================================================== CONFERENCES 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (4 New Listings)..................102 New Listing: Technology Training for Corp. Leaders; Call for Abstracts Petaflops Frontier Workshop; ICPP 94 Conference, Call for Papers BOOKSHELF 3142) MIT Press to Publish: "USING MPI" and "PVM".......................107 ______________________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 | | *931) Sony Corporation | |_________________ *Updated information within last 30 days________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 4757) Multiprocessors for Fossil Fuels: SGI Selling by the Dozen........122 1510) Intel's Latest Paragon: 1024 Nodes & Three Chips Per Node..........98 667) JOB BANK - Employment Opportunities................................75 4760) Larry Ellison Accused of Using Oracle Corp. to Benefit nCUBE.......69 ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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