EXCLUSIVE REPORT OFFER EXPIRES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1995! Special discount for HPCwire readers! __________________________________________________________________________ (7079) WHO'S SUCCEEDING ON THE INTERNET AND HOW? AN IN-DEPTH REPORT BY ACTIVMEDIA which 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. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Aug. 25, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 34 Circulation: 17,471 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 195 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7080) DOWN MARKET TREND CONTINUES IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; SGI TAKES TOP SPOT IN THE TOP500 SUPERCOMPUTING SITES IN THE WORLD Silicon Graphics' interactive supercomputers have taken the number 1 spot in the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 5837) HITS & HISSES: MORE ON TERADATA; SAP/ PYRAMID; DOWNSIZE PLANETS? | | 5836) FEATURES: STANDARD PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS CORP. RELEASES SPEC95 | | 5844) NEWS BRIEFS: HP-CONVEX ESTABLISH COOPERATIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ==================================================================== Lines 5835) DOE: IMPROVE CODES AND MPP TO SUPPLANT NUCLEAR TESTS................170 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The Department of Energy and its three nuclear weapons labs propose to supplant nuclear tests with better simulations -- and much more powerful supercomputers. A draft plan -- the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative -- could cost $1 billion or more over the next seven years. 5836) SPEC95 BENCHMARK SUITES ACCOMMODATE NEW TECHNOLOGIES...............117 The rapid evolution of computer systems technology has prompted the release of a new set of benchmark suites from The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC). 5837) HITS & HISSES MORE ON TERADATA; SAP/ PYRAMID; DOWNSIZE PLANETS?.....93 Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The final word on Teradata, from Max Stern; Russell Dick on Pyramid and the parallelization of SAP's software; and an anonymous report on alleged Congressional plans to downsize the Solar System -- to cut costs and achieve planetary cleansing. COMMERCIAL NEWS 5838) WESTFALENBANK REPLACES MINICOMPUTER ENVIRONMENT WITH SUN SERVERS...42 A SPARCserver 1000 and scalable Sun UNIX multiprocessor servers will handle stock options, foreign exchange and decision support for the German bank. 5839) TANDEM'S HIMALAYA POWERS REMOTE SITE BANKING........................45 Ability to centralize operations coupled with improvements in quality and consistency of data communication services has allowed National City Corp. to cut new customer setup time by 20 days. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 5840) IBM'S SP ADVANCES MEDICAL IMAGING AT ARGONNE LAB AND U OF CHICAGO..169 Special to HPCwire by Ian Foster, PhD., Argonne National Laboratory Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago use advanced imaging tools to detect cancer that x-ray images, CT scans and mammograms might miss. 5841) VERTEX RESEARCHERS REVEAL MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF CALCINEURIN........84 by Alan Beck, associate editor Using x-ray crystallography, modelling and computational techniques executed on an SGI Power Challenge, researchers unlock 3-D structure of a cell-regulating protein that plays a key role in immune response. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7076) Technology Transfer Quarterly <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< A Special Supplement to HPCwire QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== 5836) "SPEC92 was a great success, but it is time to make the transition to standardized benchmarks that reflect the advances in chip technologies, compilers and applications that have taken place over the last three years; those benchmarks constitute SPEC95," -- Kaivalya M. Dixit, Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. ___________________________ 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 | |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================= 5842) Enhancements Increase IBM's SP Performance by 15 Percent...........51 5843) Sun Scalable Data Warehouse Solution Targets Commercial Users......83 5844) HP and Convex Establish Cooperative Technology Center in Germany...46 5845) Oracle VP Jerry Held Sees Opportunity in Object-Oriented Computing.63 5846) $55 Million Restructuring Strengthens Encore's Position............55 5847) Ancor Releases 1 Gbps Bandwidth Per Channel Fibre Switch...........41 5848) Benchmark Shows BPCS Software's Distributed Data Capabilities......43 5849) Harris and Integrated Develop Real-Time Simulation Environment.....30 5850) MFS Communications Establishes Integrated Wide Area ATM Network....44 5851) MountainGate Announces New Archival Storage Product Line...........30 5852) Progress to Provide Enhanced Support for DEC to Open Migration.....30 5853) Financial Update: Ross and Mylex File IPOs. NetEdge Raises $11M....74 5854) People Promotions & Appointments: IPL CEO Moves to Amdahl.........103 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities..........................................139 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 (Updated Aug. 24)................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 *** 5816) BILL & GORDON: INNOVATION, IRRITATION OR BOTH?.......................91 5821) STUDENT USES 120 WORK STATIONS TO UNLOCK NETSCAPE'S EXPORT SSL.......49 5823) SGI CLUSTER IS KEY COMPONENT OF NCSA'S COST REDUCTION STRATEGY.......98 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~