H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Sept. 8, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 36 Circulation: 17,323 *** 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7081) REGISTER FOR SC'95 ON THE WEB! The SUPERCOMPUTING '95 (SC'95) WWW pages http://sc95.sdsc.edu/SC95 have been updated, with more important pieces of information _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 5874) FEATURES: NSF TASK FORCE EMPHASIZES COMMITMENT TO SCALABILITY | | 5877) SCIENCE NEWS: OIL COMPANY GETS 2.5 GFLOPS FROM FUJITSU SYSTEM | | 5879) NEWS BRIEFS: SANDIA TO HOUSE TERAFLOP COMPUTER BY END OF 1996 | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ==================================================================== Lines 5873) INTEL CAPTURES $46M TERAFLOP SUPERCOMPUTER DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT.....103 An HPCwire exclusive by Jan Rowell DOE's plans for a teraflops computer are on the front burner in light of President Clinton's commitment to a nuclear test ban treaty. DOE Secretary Hazel O'Leary announced this morning that it will field a teraflops machine at Sandia National Labs next year -- and that Intel will build the system from its next-generation P6 chips. 5874) HAYES PANEL STRESSES SCALABILITY AS FOCUS FOR NSF CENTERS...........203 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large What function might justify continuation of the NSF-supported supercomputing centers in an era of tight, declining budgets? The Hayes task force, commissioned by the NSF, answers: focus on scalability. How many centers? Probably less than four. 5875) HIGH-BANDWIDTH DATA TRANSFER IS IN THE BAGNET.......................179 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large A new 155 Mb/sec network linking major bandwidth-hungry users around San Francisco Bay shows that one-half of the Information Superhighway still thrives. Spontaneous, unpredictable developments will bring more surprises. COMMERCIAL NEWS 5876) PRICE WATERHOUSE RELEASES REVVED UP DATAMINING SOFTWARE..............46 Newest version of Geneva V/T promises to mine multi-hundred gigabyte databases while they are being updated by OLTP processes. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 5877) OIL COMPANY SQUEEZES 2.5 GFLOP PERFORMANCE OUT OF FUJITSU SYSTEM.....27 Geco-Prakla has enhanced its 3-D seismic data processing and imaging capabilities by upgrading its Fujitsu VPX200. 5878) VIRTUAL REALITY IS KEY TO MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT DESIGN..........30 Use of VR early on in aircraft development cycles has reduced the number of physical prototypes, saving the company time and money. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7076) Technology Transfer Quarterly <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< A Special Supplement to HPCwire QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== 5879) "Development of such a machine (a teraflop computer) is considered by some to be in the same category of importance as landing a person on the moon. It's a major step toward the larger challenge of virtual testing for nuclear weapons and other similarly complex problems." -- Gil Weigand, deputy for computing and manufacturing programs DOE ___________________________ 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 ================================================================= 5879) DOE Orders Teraflops Supercomputer for Nuclear Test Simulations...120 5880) Digital Focuses Efforts on Capturing Connectivity Market..........128 5881) Maximo Running on HP 9000s Will Track DoD Depot Inventory..........39 5882) U.S. Army Employs Virtual Reality Applications for Weapons Design..42 5883) Fujitsu Closes Year with Record Pretax Profits: $65.9 Million......35 STRATEGIC ALLIANCES 5884) Andataco and SunIntegration Ink Reseller Agreement.................34 5885) Hewlett-Packard Licenses Silicon Graphic's OpenGL..................46 5886) NEC-Tandem Alliance Accelerates Windows NT Server Development......45 5887) Data General Guarantees AViiON Line Benchmark Performance..........48 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities..........................................139 Listings from: IBM POWERparallel Systems(2), The Portland Group, Inc., San Diego Supercomputing Center (SDSC), Hewlett-Packard, 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 Sept. 7)................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 *** 5855) NSF SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER TASK FORCE ISSUES DRAFT REPORT.............226 5862) SPEC95 BENCHMARK RESULTS ARE RELEASED. HERE THEY ARE................120 5857) HITS & HISSES: MORE ASCI; RED BRICK; AND NEEDLESS MOONS.............93 667) EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES............................................139 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~