H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** November 11, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 44 Circulation: 17,214 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 219 Pages of Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article Retrieval instructions at end of this file . -------------------- * -------------------- 7015) Cray Research at Supercomputing'94 Featuring Customer Solutions (Booth #301) Simulation for Insights Into Science and Industry: The Human Body...The Earth's Surface...Volatile Financial Markets _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 4812) Cray Computer Unveils Its CRAY-4 Supercomputer | | 1513) NEC Joins Parallel Parade with Wide Range of CMOS Systems | | 3143) SPECIAL FEATURE: Job Hunting at a Conference | |___________________________________________________________________________| For a free 6-week trial subscription, email: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S P E C I A L S U P E R C O M P U T I N G '94 S U P P L E M E N T 7016) SECRETARY OF ENERGY HAZEL O'LEARY TO ADDRESS SUPERCOMPUTING'94 Hazel O'Leary, U.S. Secretary of Energy, will participate in the Keynote Session at Supercomputing'94. 7007) SUPERCOMPUTING'94 -- PRE-SHOW EXHIBITORS GUIDE & DIRECTORY This comprehensive exhibitor guide and directory includes company names and booth numbers. Some exhibitors provide detailed information about demonstrations or presentations to be conducted at the show. IN THE NEWS ================================================================= COMMERCIAL NEWS Lines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4808) CAN COMMERCIAL MARKET PRESERVE HEALTH OF HPC VENDORS?...............252 By Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large HPCwire debuts new commercial applications section of high-performance computing with a discussion of the implications of commercial sales for the health of the high-performance computing industry. The market is unforgiving and crowded. Will there be a Waterloo? 4809) MAXIMUM STRATEGY DEBUTS FILE SERVER FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS...103 The proFILE series targets any commercial application requiring extremely fast network file service. 4810) SGI'S SILICON STUDIO REVEALS FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT AUTHORING......116 Three programs promise to define a new future for the creation of entertainment, from motion pictures to new interactive media. 4811) SEQUENT PROVIDES CLUSTERED SYSTEMS TO REGENCY SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS......36 A $4.6 million project that will enhance critical central systems for Hyatt Hotels will be provided by Sequent and Regency Systems. It will support Hyatt's central systems applications: national sales, central reservations, revenue management, guest history and database marketing. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4812) CRAY COMPUTER UNVEILS ITS CRAY-4 SUPERCOMPUTER.......................92 With a 1 nanosecond clock cycle equivalent to an operating speed of 1 gigahertz, CRAY-4 has the fastest clock speed of any available system. 4813) TOP500 LIST SHOWS SGI AS SHOOTING STAR...............................37 As of Nov. 9, the TOP500 shows SGI with an increase from 25 to 60 Systems within only five months since the last list. 4814) UNICOMP DEBUTS FIRST INDEPENDENT VALIDATED FORTRAN 90 COMPILERS......47 The first successful, independent validation of Fortran 90 compilers has been completed and they are Fujitsu Fortran 90 and Edinburgh Portable Compilers Fortran 90. 4815) SPECIAL PROGRAM PROMOTES PARALLEL COMPUTING IN EDUCATION.............85 As part of the Partners In Parallel Education program, Portland Group begins a royalty-free, worldwide distribution of parallelizing compilers and tools to qualified universities. NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================= 4816) New Massively Parallel Semiconductor Chip for High-Speed Computing.39 4817) First Production Release of pghpf Compiler from PGI................58 4818) Sun Introduces SPARCstation 20 with 100MHz hyperSPARC Processor....67 4819) DEC's AlphaStations/AlphaServers to Replace VAXes & More..........100 4820) GeoQuest Has New Visualization Tools for Seismic Interpretation....35 4821) SCIENTIFIC's Linda Software Available for CRAY T3D System..........54 4822) PGI Announces HPF Compilers on Silicon Graphics Systems............60 4823) SunSoft Delivers New Integrated ADA Software Development Suite.....78 4824) Adaptive Solutions CNAPS Helps Pilots Cut Through Fog..............70 4825) SPEC/HPSC Birds of a Feather Session at Supercomputing'94..........70 4826) Kendall Square Research Reports Third-Quarter Results.............130 BENCHMARKS 4827) T3D Sets Performance/Scalability Records on NAS Benchmark Tests...181 4828) SGI Challenge SMP Servers Have Record-Breaking Benchmark Results...67 4829) Cray Research Superservers Have Barrier Breaking Performance.......74 INSTALLATIONS/ORDERS 4830) CRAY T3D System Ordered for Installation at Eglin Air Force Base...61 4831) Martin Marietta Selects Paragon as Platform for 2-D Radar Systems..45 CONTRACTS/VENTURES/ACQUISITIONS 4832) Newbridge/Hewlett-Packard in Alliance for High-Speed Networking....21 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 795) LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. IT'S SUPERCOMPUTING DAILY COVERAGE! | | 7017) 7th SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing | | 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 | |___________________________________________________________________________| ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1513) NEC JOINS PARALLEL PARADE WITH WIDE RANGE OF CMOS SYSTEMS...........180 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large NEC has joined the current mainstream of HPC with shared-memory multi- processors and distributed-memory systems with multiprocessor nodes linked by a cross-bar switch that can scale to a teraflop. Is this the price/performance crowbar to open up the U.S. market? 1514) INFORMATION ON DEMAND TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS.................142 SPECIAL FEATURE by Kim Mills, NPAC, Syracuse University What is the best approach to exploiting powerful computers and high speed networks for commercial application? InfoMall addresses this question by combining technical facilities and expertise, application development activities and InfoMall products and services. ___________________________ 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 ==================================================================== LOOK FOR SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOB BANK IN 'LIVEwire' HPCwire LIVE FROM SUPERCOMPUTING'94 IN D.C. 3143) JOB HUNTING AT A CONFERENCE, Special Feature to HPCwire.............108 667) Employment Opportunities ...........................................150 Listings from: Cray Research*, Convex, Cornell Theory Center*, Cray Research U.K., IBM POWERparallel*, Los Alamos National Lab, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Silicon Graphics. < * > New Listings. This Week 5 New Job Listings! 604) SEEK OUT NEW LIFE ... AND BOLDLY GO..................................58 OTHER DEPARTMENTS =========================================================== CONFERENCES 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (2 New Listings, 1 Update)........102 New Listings: Business Process Reengineering in Public Sector; HPF Workshop Update: HPCS'95 (Montreal) ______________________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 905) Maximum Strategy| | 912) Avalon Computer *930) HNSX Supercomputers 906) nCUBE | | 921) Cray Research Inc. 902) IBM Corp. 932) Portland Group | | 907) Digital Equipment 904) Intel SSD 935) Silicon Graphics| | 909) Fujitsu America 916) MasPar Computer *931) Sony Corporation| | *Updated information within last 30 days | |___________________________________________________________________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 1512) Can Cray Research Go from High to Low?.............................109 667) Employment Opportunities...........................................150 1511) HIPPI Strikes Back: Low Prices and Ready-Now Bandwidth.............118 4791) Clustering Software for Heterogeneous Networks from Cray Research..115 ***************************************************************************** Copyright 1994 HPCwire. 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