H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Aug. 11, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 32 Circulation: 17,094 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 215 Pages of Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article Retrieval instructions at end of this file more@hpcwire.tgc.com For a free 6-week trial subscription, email trial@hpcwire.tgc.com -------------------- * -------------------- ______________________H P C w i r e S P O N S O R S______________________ HOT HPC SITES - URLs begin with - http:// 912) Avalon Computer 904) Intel Corp. www.avaloncorp.com www.ssd.intel.com/homepage.html 934) Convex Computer Corp. 930) HNSX Supercomputers www.convex.com nec.co.jp/english/product/computer/sx.index.html *905) MAXIMUM STRATEGY 921) Cray Research Inc. www.maxstrat.com www.cray.com 902) IBM Corp. 932) Portland Group lscftp.kgn.ibm.com/pps/ www.pgroup,com 909) Fujitsu America 935) Silicon Graphics www.fujitsu.com:80/fai/ sgi.com/products/hardware.html ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 5792) COMMENTARY: Software Sparks Commercial Use of IBM SPs | | 5795) COMMERCIAL NEWS: HP and Informix Will Power Tax Payment System | | 5819) NEWS BRIEFS: SIGGRAPH '95 Showcase | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ==================================================================== Lines 5790) NSF TASK FORCE OFFERS TENTATIVE RESTRUCTURING SUGGESTIONS...........51 by Alan Beck, associate editor The Hayes Commission task force, which met last week to rethink the National Science Foundation's (NSF) relationship with supercomputing centers, has proffered tentative suggestions for restructuring. 5791) HTTP://NET$CAPE.BEYOND.DREAM$.OF.AVARICE.COM/......................162 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Netscape's dramatic leap into the stock market has drawn unprecedented media spotlights and made the company rich in one day. But can profits really be made on the Internet? Will all the fireworks and banners help the Internet? And Netscape? 5792) SOFTWARE SPARKS COMMERCIAL USE OF IBM POWERparallel SYSTEMS......189 by Michael Erbschloe, contributing editor IBM is trying quietly to develop an edge in the massively parallel market and has achieved success in the commercial arena where others have failed. 5793) HITS & HISSES: TERADATA HISTORY, TERAFLOPS, AND A HYPHEN..........81 Lounette Dyer of HyperParallel (formerly with Teradata) clarifies Teradata's origins; Dennis Duke of Florida State corrects a hyphenless URL; and Larry Smarr of NCSA gives his views on the prospects for teraflop computing. 5794) CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS AND APOLOGIES.........................52 COMMERCIAL NEWS 5795) INFORMIX, HP TECHNOLOGIES WILL DRIVE ELECTRONIC TAX SYSTEM........69 The driving technologies behind the U.S. government's Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) will be provided by Informix and Hewlett-Packard. 5796) ITALIAN STEEL TUBE MANUFACTURER MIGRATES TO TANDEM SERVERS........47 Italy's leading industrial enterprise, steel tube manufacturer Dalmine, will migrate all of its production control systems -- encompassing integrated logistics and decision support -- to Tandem's Himalaya massively parallel commercial servers. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 5797) UNL WILL ACQUIRE A CRAY RESEARCH J916 BEFORE SUMMER ENDS..........35 Later this summer, the College of Engineering & Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) will house its first Cray Research supercomputer. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7076) Technology Transfer Quarterly <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< A Special Supplement to HPCwire QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== 5795) "We were able to process over four million payments in eight minutes with INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server. During peak day conditions, the Informix database performed wide queries at extremely fast speeds, while loading the database at the same time..." -- Maribeth Anderson, First Chicago/Mercantile Services Vice President ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 7077) Cray System is Key Component in Revolutionary | | Medical Imaging Technology | | 7074) Lawrence Berkeley National Lab is Seeking Highly Qualified | | Computer Professionals | | 7070) Oak Ridge Lab Gets Site License for the Portland Group's | | High Performance Fortran Package | | 7068) Fast Growing MIT Spin-Off with Hot Technology Hiring Best, Brightest| | 7075) Executive Education Program Teaches Corporate Leaders | | to Build More Competitive Organizations | | 7069) Student Volunteers Needed for SUPERCOMPUTING '95 | |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================ 5798) Quality Flow Control Technical Specification Is Available........94 5799) Cornell Theory Center Introduces New Animation Software..........46 5800) APR Will Offer Fortran Code Browser Binaries as Shareware........66 5801) Oracle Completes $100M Acquisition of IRI's OLAP Business........55 5802) Arbor Software and Tandem Forge Data Warehousing Alliance........43 5803) HP Licenses Visigenic Software's ODBC Driver Technology..........31 5804) NAG and TGS Will Port IRIS Explorer to Non-SGI Platforms.........36 5805) TGS Provides 3-D Technology and Products for MAXION..............26 5806) Sybase Launches High Performance Data Warehousing Initiative.....71 5807) People, Promotions and Appointments..............................53 SIGGRAPH 95 UPDATE ========================================================= 5808) Fore Systems Builds Vanguard LAN/MAN/WAN for SIGGRAPH 95.........20 5809) ACM-SIGGRAPH Honors Silicon Graphics Co-founder Kurt Akeley......54 5810) HP, Convex, Mental Images Demo Entertainment Applications........43 5811) SGI Previews Project Maya, Announces WebForce Enhancements.......70 5812) Evans & Sutherland Unveils Optimized Port of OpenGL on Sun.......30 5813) Visitors Treated to First-Hand Technology Demonstrations.........44 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities........................................118 Listings from: CETech, Inc. (2), Cray Research, IBM POWERparallel Systems(2)*, NEC European Supercomputer Systems (NEC-ESS), The Portland Group, Inc., San Diego Supercomputing Center (SDSC), University of Alaska-Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC)* <*> Indicates new listings. 604) Seek and Ye Shall Find-Job Bank Placement, Rates, Rules, etc......92 CONFERENCES ================================================================= 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events..................................111 HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================= 7000) Subscription Information/Get On-Off Mailing List/Letters to the Editor Back Issue Index/Masthead, Email Contacts, Submission Tips...........9 *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 5772) NSF TASK FORCE MEETS TO RESTRUCTURE SUPERCOMPUTING RELATIONSHIP....65 5774) HIGH PERFORMANCE GRAPHICS: A FUTURE OF AI, VR AND HOLIDECKS?......147 5775) MICHAEL MOUSE, KOPEL, AND JENNINGS ON CRAY AND AT&T/GIS...........175