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For a free 6-week trial subscription, email: . -------------------- * -------------------- 7035) Digital's AlphaServer 2100 Takes "Server Of The Year" Award DATAMATION Editors and Readers Select DEC's Award-winning AlphaServer 2100 as "Server of the Year" "You Won't Find a More Flexible High-End Symmetric System Shipping" _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 1544) IBM's New SP2 Option Said to Out Hit T3D on NAS Benchmarks | | 1543) Getting Down to Basics: Exemplar Helps Scripps with Research | | 608) Correction to Article 1540 and Letter to the Editor on: | | "Coming Out of Chapter 11, TMC's New CEO Has Rough Road to Hoe" | |___________________________________________________________________________| IN THE NEWS ================================================================= COMMERCIAL NEWS Lines 5123) TYSON FOODS SELECTS SYBASE'S DATA WAREHOUSE SOLUTION................106 Their [system] complexity caused Tyson Foods to search for a new database that would be highly flexible and support groups of up to 200 users throughout its 70 sites. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 5124) GRUMMAN GOES FROM CENTRALIZED TO DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING w/CLUSTERS...146 A review of several work systems led to the selection of Platform Computing's LSF on a heterogeneous test cluster of 7 workstations. 5125) MODELING UNDERSEA CABLE VIBRATIONS ON AN INTEL PARAGON SYSTEM.......105 From petroleum platforms to underwater observation stations, vibrations set off by ocean currents are a hazard to cables that anchor undersea equipment. Brown University's models of flow-induced vibrations, running on Intel Paragons, help engineers understand the problem. NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================= 5126) Numerical Algorithms Group Launches Numerical PVM Library..........65 5127) Cornell Supercomputing Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)..547 5128) SC'95 "Challenge" to Demo Tflops Appl./Feb. 14 Submissions Due.....70 5129) Network Card Allows Workstations/Servers Fast Connection Rates.....38 CONTRACTS/VENTURES/ACQUISITIONS 5130) SGI/Alias/Wavefront to Merge/SGI Forms Software Unit...............99 5131) Denon/Nippon Columbia Co. and MasPar Debut Encoding Systems........67 5132) SunSoft to License Cray Research Fortran 90 Compiler Technology....62 5133) Convex Awarded ARPA Contract for Scalable Systems..................24 5134) Los Alamos Labs Selects Auspex for Supercomputing Environment......46 5135) NEC/H-P in Joint Development/Manufacturing of UNIX Servers.........41 5136) Unisys Awarded $57 Million Contract for Kentucky Medicaid System...30 5137) MPP to Support High-Volume Demands of Libraries via $12M Contract..28 PEOPLE/PROMOTIONS/PROFILES 5138) Gordon Bell Joins Fakespace Board of Directors.....................62 5139) IBM's Javaid Aziz Joins SGI as Senior VP of European Operations....22 5140) Intel's Andy Grove Receives Heinz Award/Predicts Phones Obsolete...36 5141) NCSA's Larry Smarr Inducted into National Academy of Engineering...51 FINANCIAL WATCH 5142) Ten Most Active NASDAQ HPC Stocks..................................22 5143) Convex Computer Releases Fourth Quarter Results...................223 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 5144) IBM Will Provide DB2 Customers with Access to Data from WWW........44 5145) Mosaic In A Box: First Instant Nationwide Local Internet Access....86 5146) Oracle's Internet Kit/Tools Help Companies Set Up Shop on Internet.94 5147) Novell/Netscape Pact Gives Customers Immediate Internet Access.....52 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 7033) RISC System/6000 Storage Solutions from IBM | | 7034) Sony and TRI-PLEX Transfer Digital Movies via HIPPI at 32 Mbytes/Sec| | 7036) DEC'S ATM System Removes Information Superhighway Speed Limits At | | Tampere University Of Technology | | 7026) "The Reinvention of Supercomputing: SGI and the Changing Technology"| | An IDC White Paper* (*Note: new email address included) | | 7023) 'Selling Your Story to the Business Press' Will Be Re-Scheduled | | 7032) HPC Community Welcomes Technology Transfer Quarterly | |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 1543) "This isn't the type of research that's going to result in something new landing in your medicine cabinet next year. This ... will create all sorts of possibilities in maybe five to 10 years or even 20 years into the future." -- Philip Cohen, Director of Research Computing, Scripps Institute FEATURES ==================================================================== 1542) SILICON GRAPHICS+ALIAS+WAVEFRONT = ADDITION OR DIVISION?............223 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large SGI's acquisition of Alias and Wavefront may multiply the strengths of all or lead to contention and net loss to the entire viz biz. This conglomeration seems a better fit than most, but it will not be immune to bloat or divisiveness. Remember the ghost stalking Toronto. 1543) GETTING DOWN TO BASICS: EXEMPLAR HELPS SCRIPPS WITH RESEARCH........299 Special Interview by Carol Cramer, Managing Editor HPCwire has a Q&A interview with Convex's CEO Bob Paluck and Scripps' Director of Research Computing Philip Cohen. Scripps' basic research in theoretical chemistry and physics press its new Exemplar into service. 1544) IBM'S NEW SP2 OPTION SAID TO OUT HIT T3D ON NAS BENCHMARKS..........132 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large IBM has announced performance upgrades for one version of the basic SP2 module and workstations. 32-processor versions of the new "thin" option with quicker access to memory and more cache space are said to outperform 32-CPU Cray T3Ds on NAS benchmarks by hefty margins. HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================= 7000) Subscription Information/Get On-Off Mailing List/Letters to the Editor Back Issue Index/Masthead, Email Contacts, Submission Tips............9 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities..........................................163 Listings from: Cambridge Parallel*, Convex, Cornell Theory Center*, Hughes Research Lab, HPCwire*, IBM POWERparallel, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, MadenTech Consulting, NEC*, Optimax Software, SGI Switzerland* < * > New Listings This Week - 4 New Jobs This Week! 604) WE WANT YOU -- LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD ... PEOPLE!..................92 CONFERENCES ================================================================= 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (1 Update)........................116 Update: Selling Your Story to Business Press seminar will be re-scheduled. ______________________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 *** 1541) Seymour Cray Says His Company Is at Financial Crossroads............60 1540) Coming Out of Chapter 11, TMC's New CEO Has Rough Road to Hoe......116 667) Employment Opportunities...........................................163 5101) Fujitsu Has Vector-Parallel Product with Supercomputer Performance..93 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright 1995 HPCwire. 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