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For a free 6-week trial subscription, email: . -------------------- * -------------------- 7067) IBM CLAIMS POWERPARALLEL SYSTEMS SP2 IS THE WORLD'S FASTEST COMPUTER AND STARTS SOLVING "GRAND CHALLENGES" AT CORNELL THEORY CENTER Rational Drug Design, Physics, "Big Bang" theory, Fluid Dynamics and Biomechanics are just some of the exciting cutting-edge research being conducted with the advanced computing capabilities of the SP2. _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 1590) COMMENTARY: Compaq Joins Clustered Multiprocessor Server Parade | | 5542) NEWS: IBM Merging RS/6000 Workstation and POWER Parallel Divisions | | 1592) ANALYSIS: Wladawsky-Berger to Head IBM's RS/6000 & SP Merger | |___________________________________________________________________________| IN THE NEWS ================================================================= COMMERCIAL NEWS Lines 5538) BEST WESTERN INT'L SELECTS ORACLE FOR CENTRALIZED RESERVATIONS.......42 This large hotel chain has selected Oracle7 as the database software for its new centralized reservation system. The reservation system will support more than 3400 Best Western properties around the world and represents a complete overhaul of the existing environment. 5539) PHILLIPS PETROLEUM USES CRAY MPP TO ASSESS GULF OF MEXICO FIELD......31 Oil giant Phillips Petroleum Company is using its CRAY T3D system to help determine the commercial value of the first subsalt oil field slated for development in the Gulf of Mexico. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 5540) MODELING GLUONS ON THE INTEL PARAGON AT GERMANY'S KFA JUELICH.......125 The world of particle physics is a strange and mysterious place, populated by creatures with names like quark and charm and acting in ways that can seem downright schizophrenic. Europe's largest Paragon supercomputer is helping physicists at the DESY Research Center in Germany unlock some of the mysteries. 5541) TOOLS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS...132 As cities across the U.S. struggle to comply with federal regulations - Clean Air Act Amendments and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act - researchers at Los Alamos are developing an entirely new approach to simulate transportation systems. NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================= 5542) IBM Merging RS/6000 Workstation and POWER Parallel Divisions.......42 5543) 21st Century Digital Studio to be Developed by DreamWorks & SGI....72 5544) Sun Microsystems to Ship Sample UltraSPARC Chips...................18 5545) Tandem Opens Service Center in Beijing.............................36 5546) Major Enhancements to Pyramid 'Nile' Scalable Enterprise Servers..103 CONTRACTS/VENTURES/ACQUISITIONS 5547) SDSC in Agreement to Use CST Images' Software Tool 'VIA'...........48 5548) Cambridge Animation Software to be Available on SGI Platform.......49 5549) Digital's Alpha System Used to Operate Global Satellite Network....37 5550) Sun's 'Java' to be Used in Netscape's Navigator Browser............65 5551) Newbridge & Siemens Win Multi-Million Dollar ATM Swiss Deal........31 ORDERS/INSTALLATIONS 5552) France's CGG Installs CRAY C94 System for 3-D Seismic Processing...26 FINANCIAL WATCH 5553) Ten Most Active NASDAQ HPC Stocks..................................22 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 5554) China's Telecom Minister Considering Restricting Internet Access...30 5556) EBT Develops Free Hot Java 'DynaWeb Applet' for WWW Browser........71 5557) Over 75 Percent of Internet Users Shy Away from Online Shopping....26 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 7063) Cray Steps Up to the Plate With Business Solutions -- | | CS6400 System Batting 1000 | | 7061) Digital AlphaServer 8400 ACES Technical Computing Benchmarks | | 7052) Dolphin Breaks Cluster Latency Barrier with SCI Adapter | | 7066) Digital Internet Contest Challenges Best and Brightest | | to Stretch Limits of High-Performance Computing | | 7065) Buckminster Fuller Centennial Symposium and Celebration | | 7062) What's New on the Web? Find Out with WEBster! | | 7032) HPCwire to Launch Technology Transfer Quarterly -- | | A Special Supplement to HPCwire | |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 5543) "When we embarked on the idea of creating the studio for the 21st century, we knew that technology would play a critical role. We believe these alliances give us the best in the business ... to design and produce the most advanced, sophisticated studio ... ever created." -- Steven Spielberg, Co-Founder, DreamWorks Digital Studio FEATURES ==================================================================== 1590) COMPAQ JOINS CLUSTERED MULTIPROCESSOR SERVER PARADE.................186 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Compaq plans hierarchical clusters of P6-based multiprocessor nodes. Soon most low-end multiprocessor servers will use PC-technology and run on Windows NT as well as UNIX. Today's SMP products will be driven upward or into market niches. Are Intel-inside multiprocessor servers from Toys-R-Us the next step? 1591) SATELLITE RADAR IMAGES PEER THROUGH THE CLOUDS.......................41 Feature by Eric Muehling, Science Writer, ARSC The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center's massively parallel CRAY T3D system has achieved a 70-fold reduction in the image post-processing time of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery. 1592) WLADAWSKY-BERGER TO HEAD IBM'S RS/6000 & SP MERGER..................158 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Irving Wladawsky-Berger, who wants to demystify supercomputing while moving toward TFLOPS performance, will be head of IBM's newly-merged POWER Parallel (SP) and RS/6000 divisions. He mentioned some of his preoccupations in a recent exclusive interview with HPCwire. 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..........................................189 Listings from: Cray Research UK, Cray Research USA, Hewlett-Packard*, IBM POWERparallel Systems*, NEC, Portland Group, Silicon Graphics, Thinking Machines* (* New listings this week) 604) Seek and Ye Shall Find.............................................92 CONFERENCES ================================================================= 3184) Student Volunteers Needed for Supercomputing '95..................192 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (2 New Listings)..................114 New Listings: Maui HPC Intro User Training Workshop; MPI Developers Conf. ______________________H P C w i r e S P O N S O R S______________________ | | | Full background information on all Sponsoring Companies | | | | 912) Avalon Computer 915) Genias Software *905) MAXIMUM STRATEGY| | 934) Convex Computer Corp. 930) HNSX Supercomputers 906) nCUBE | | 921) Cray Research Inc. 902) IBM Corp. 932) Portland Group | | 907) Digital Equipment 904) Intel Corp. 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 *** 1587) HITS & HISSES: Cray Retort, "Parallel" and a PC Sect.................90 667) Employment Opportunities............................................200 1589) The Tight-Fisted Tilt: Boeing, Cray, IBM and the GOP................315 5516) Commercial Acceptance of Parallel Computing Stronger Than Expected..367 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright 1995 HPCwire. 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