H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Sept. 1, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 35 Circulation: 17,281 *** 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 -------------------- * -------------------- EXCLUSIVE REPORT OFFER EXPIRES TODAY! 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. _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 5856) FEATURES: AFTER LONG DELAY, JAPAN JOINS THE ONLINE REVOLUTION | | 5858) COMMERCIAL NEWS: J.P. MORGAN PUTS CONVEX DATA MINING TO WORK | | 5862) NEWS BRIEFS: SPEC95 BENCHMARK RESULTS | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ==================================================================== Lines 5855) NSF SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER TASK FORCE ISSUES DRAFT REPORT.............226 by Alan Beck, associate editor Among the recommendations put forth in the Task Force's Draft Report are: decrease the number of centers; encourage center partnering with experimental facilities; and announce a recompetition of the High Performance Computing Centers that would permit funding of selected sites for a period of five years. 5856) AFTER LONG DELAY, JAPAN STARTS TO JOIN ONLINE TREND................117 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large After years of lagging in networking, Japan is finally joining the online revolution. Online subscribers have doubled in two years, PC sales are up 50 percent, and busy signals prevail when users try to log on. The Web comes next...Will Japan be the place where networking really transforms lifestyles? 5857) HITS & HISSES: MORE ASCI; RED BRICK; AND NEEDLESS MOONS............93 Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Alexander Wolfe (who broke the story) and Edward Smyth on DOE's ASCI proposal; Simon Griffiths on Red Brick data mining software; and Hagen Wollert, asking: "Do we need moons?" COMMERCIAL NEWS 5858) CONVEX DATA MINING AND FORECASTING TOOLS EMPLOYED BY J.P. MORGAN....50 Information Harvester software running on J.P. Morgan's Convex has improved the financial giant's data mining success. 5859) HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE CREDITS $1M SAVINGS TO SUN/SYBASE SYSTEM.......52 Sybase SQL Server 10 running on a Sun SPARC10 model 40 has added up to more than $1 million in savings for Premier's 55-member health alliance network. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 5860) BAYER AG ORDERS SECOND CRAY SUPERCOMPUTER FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT...21 By the end of the year, Bayer's Corporate Research Center in Leverkusen will have a Cray J932 for use in dynamic process simulations and molecular modeling. 5861) NBCR: MOVING BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS TO PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES.....186 Special to HPCwire by Elizabeth Smith, Marni Wahler, Michael Gribskov Researchers working on a National Biomedical Computational Resource (NBCR) project at SDSC have been porting biomedical applications to the Intel Paragon and optimizing the codes for parallel computation. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7076) Technology Transfer Quarterly <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< A Special Supplement to HPCwire QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== 5855) "Only with the past help of ARPA has the program been able to acquire high end parallel systems at all four Centers. Thus, without significantly increased budgets or newly emerging partnerships, it is unlikely that NSF can maintain the current four 'leading-edge sites' in their current world leadership role." -- Draft Report of the Task Force on the Future of NSF Supercomputer Centers (Chapter 6, p. 85) ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 7080) Down Market Trend Continues in High-Performance Computing; | | SGI Takes Top Spot in the TOP500 Supercomputing Sites in the World| | 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 ================================================================= 5862) SPEC95 Benchmark Results Are Released. Here They Are..............120 5863) Hitachi's New SR2201 is Scalable from 32 to 1024 Processors........29 5864) Cray Research Ranks High on TOP500 Supercomputer Site Listing......21 5865) Oracle Technology Slated for Testing During Military Exercises.....71 5866) SeaChange Offers Distributed Data Solution for Cable Ad Insertion..46 5867) Tektronix Outscores HP and NCD in X Terminal Satisfaction Ratings..31 5868) ARPA Awards $4.1M Infrastructure Contract to North Carolina's MCNC.63 5869) Financial Update: Moody's Upgrades IBM Rating, Avalon Gets $15M....44 5870) People, Promotions and Appointments: DEC Elects New Board Member...82 PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS 5871) Orion and Yokogawa Announce In-Circuit Emulator for ColdFire.......25 5872) Olicom A/S Will Release PCI Adapter For 155-Mbps ATM in October....24 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), Hewlett-Packard * <*> 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. 31)................151 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 904) Intel Corp. 935) Silicon Graphics| | | |__________________*Updated information within last 30 days_________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 7080) Down Market Trend Continues in High-Performance Computing; SGI Takes Top Spot in the TOP500 Supercomputing Sites in the World 5836) SPEC95 BENCHMARK SUITES ACCOMMODATE NEW TECHNOLOGIES................117 5837) HITS & HISSES MORE ON TERADATA; SAP/ PYRAMID; DOWNSIZE PLANETS?......93 5835) DOE: IMPROVE CODES AND MPP TO SUPPLANT NUCLEAR TESTS................170 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~