H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Aug. 18, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 33 Circulation: 17,083 *** 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 -------------------- * -------------------- (7079) WHO'S SUCCEEDING ON THE INTERNET AND HOW? ___________________________________________ AN IN-DEPTH REPORT BY ACTIVMEDIA who visited 1,600 commercial online sites, screening out nonprofits, www consultants and other internet related service providers. If you are planning a business on the "NET" this report is a must. A special arrangement has been made with the publishers of this outstanding new report, offering an exclusive discount to HPCwire readers! _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 5816) COMMENTARY: Gordon Bell Joins Microsoft's Research Group | | 5819) SCIENCE NEWS: Caltech Researchers Use Paragon to Study Pulsars | | 5820) NEWS BRIEFS: One Student and 120 Workstations Decode Export SSL | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ==================================================================== Lines 5814) DREAMS OF AVARICE II: SAP REVENUE UP 67%; PROFITS RISE 80%..........104 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large SAP AG, the German vendor of modular integrated applications for commercial users, has been elevated to the German equivalent of the Dow Jones index. Parallelization is in the works, and a new process- control module will ship before long. 5815) INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS INVEST MILLIONS IN GERMANY'S HWW CENTER.........117 Special to HPCwire by Uwe Harms Top-level German politicians and industrial managers are investing millions to establish the recently opened HWW supercomputing center as a top-flight facility for academic and commercial research. 5816) BILL & GORDON: INNOVATION, IRRITATION OR BOTH?.......................91 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Gordon Bell's appointment to Microsoft's research group gives him another opportunity to apply his formidable talents for innovation and irritation -- two essential engines of technological advance. This could help Microsoft, eager to move uptown into bigger servers. COMMERCIAL NEWS 5817) DASSAULT DRIVES CHRYSLER'S VIRTUAL FACTORY...........................51 by Alan Beck, associate editor A close alliance between Dassault Systems and Chrysler has produced a virtual factory where all stages of car design and manufacturing are joined. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 5818) RESEARCHERS USE NCSA'S CAVE TO PERFECT CONFERENCE ROOM DESIGN.......169 United Technologies Research Center employs NCSA's CAVE to develop air circulation diagnosis software. 5819) IN PURSUIT OF PULSARS: CALTECH RESEARCHERS EMPLOY INTEL PARAGON......84 Special to HPCwire by Jan Rowell In an innovative signal processing application, Caltech astronomers are using standard digital videotapes and Intel's Paragon to replace hardware filter banks and correlators. 5820) UCSD/SDSC RESEARCHERS FIND CLUES TO CELLULAR SIGNAL SYSTEM..........117 Scientists from UCSD and the San Diego Supercomputer Center take major steps in understanding protein kinases and their activities. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7076) Technology Transfer Quarterly <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< A Special Supplement to HPCwire QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== 5818) "Architects and consultants don't have access to this technology. We want to be able to quickly custom-design conference and auditorium areas in which both physical comfort and acoustics are important." -- William ("Tilt") Thompkins, United Technologies Research Center ___________________________ 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 | | 7075) Executive Education Program Teaches Corporate Leaders | | to Build More Competitive Organizations | |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================ 5821) Student Uses 120 Work Stations to Unlock Netscape's Export SSL.....49 5822) Juelich Research Center Orders Cray Network Queuing Environment....46 5823) SGI Cluster is Key Component of NCSA's Cost Reduction Strategy.....98 5824) New Informix Tools Support Multiple Relational Database Access.....69 5825) Sunsoft's Solstice Backup 4.1 Targets Commercial IT Environment....54 5826) RDBS Vendor Andyne Forges Data Warehouse Alliance with Unisys......42 5827) EUROPORT-2 Names SGI Official Parallel Processing Platform.........39 5828) Text-based Virtual Reality Education Project Finds Home at SDSC....82 5829) EMC Corp. Installs 100th Symmetrix 3000 Since June.................41 5830) Multi-vendor 64-Bit UNIX Initiative Draws Industry Support.........56 5831) Newbridge Networks Alliance Extends VxWorks Reach..................48 5832) Quarterly Earnings Round-up: HP and Interphase Up. Harris Down.....65 5833) People, Promotions, Appointments: Gordon Bell Joins Microsoft......85 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities........................................100 Listings from: CETech, Inc. (2), IBM POWERparallel Systems(2), 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 ______________________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 916) MasPar Computer | | 921) Cray Research Inc. 902) IBM Corp. 932) Portland Group | | 909) Fujitsu America 904) Intel Corp. 935) Silicon Graphics| | | |__________________*Updated information within last 30 days_________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 5792) SOFTWARE SPARKS COMMERCIAL USE OF IBM POWERparallel SYSTEMS.........189 5790) NSF TASK FORCE OFFERS TENTATIVE RESTRUCTURING SUGGESTIONS............51 5793) HITS & HISSES: TERADATA HISTORY, TERAFLOPS, AND A HYPHEN............81 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~