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For complete details, order item 7084. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Sept. 22, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 38 Circulation: 17,416 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 205 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7076) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER QUARTERLY: A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO HPCWIRE _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 5910) FEATURES: SWISS-MADE DESKTOP SUPERCOMPUTER IN USE AT U OF ZURICH | | 5914) COMMERCIAL NEWS: IBM WINS $7M GRANT FOR SOFTWARE PARALLELIZATION | | 5918) NEWS BRIEFS: CHEN SYSTEMS RELEASES SMP SERVER | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ==================================================================== Lines 5908) HEWLETT-PACKARD BUYS CONVEX FOR $150 MILLION IN STOCK................52 Convex is set to become a subsidiary of HP in a buy-out born from the companies' 3-year-old alliance. 5909) AT&T SPLITS UP: WILL AT&T/GIS REGAIN ITS NCR-ERA VIGOR?.............104 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large As AT&T divides into three parts, its GIS division -- weakest of the three -- faces a tough transition but happier skies after leaving the AT&T umbrella. For high-performance competitors, this could mean a longer-term threat if GIS is able to restore the vigor of its roots in NCR and Teradata. 5910) UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH INSTALLS DESKTOP SUPERCOMPUTER..................64 by Alan Beck, associate editor America knows the Swiss make great watches, but has resolutely ignored their desktop, plug-in supercomputer. Are its programming needs too challenging? 5911) TERAFLOP COMPUTER IS ONLY FIRST STEP IN PURSUIT OF NUCLEAR FREEDOM..185 An HPCwire exclusive by Jan Rowell Department of Energy officials say the new supercomputer ordered last month represents hope that high performance computing can make a comprehensive nuclear test ban a viable option. 5912) FUZZY LOGIC, TREE-BASED LEARNING UNEARTH GOLD FOR DATA MINERS.......120 by Alan Beck, associate editor When enormous databases are mined for salient information, traditional approaches just aren't enough. And the insights gained through novel techniques are often counter-intuitive. That's exactly what gives them the competitive edge. 5913) HITS & HISSES: ALL ABOUT INTERNET PROVIDERS IN JAPAN..............1300 Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Details on two dozen Internet service providers in Japan show much diversity and versatility. COMMERCIAL NEWS 5914) IBM WINS $7 MILLION ARPA GRANT TO PARALELLIZE INDUSTRIAL APS.........48 This project will develop new parallel versions of leading engineering and manufacturing software for use on the RS/6000 SP. 5915) GIANT FOOD EMPLOYS 64-BIT OPTIMIZED ONLINE DYNAMIC SERVER............51 An Informix-Online Dynamic Server running on Digital's 64-bit AlphaServer is key to a grocery chain's item and category performance analysis. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 5916) FAST ALGORITHM HELPS DELINEATE PROTEIN STRUCTURES....................48 Sandia National Laboratories has developed a fast computer program that approximates the structure of any protein within minutes. 5917) HOUSTON NUCLEAR PLANT DEPLOYS SCALABLE PARALLEL SEQUENT CLUSTER....30 A cluster of Sequent computers running Oracle7 parallel database, Developer/2000, Designer/2000 and Discover/2000 replace a mainframe in nuclear reactor maintenance. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== 5908) "It was very, very clear this was the best way to improve shareholder value, no doubt, for the long term the No. 1 limiting factor that we've been having from a sales standpoint has been fear, uncertainty and doubt about our future, and this totally takes care of that." --Robert J. Paluck, Co-founder, CEO Convex ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 7081) REGISTER FOR SC'95 ON THE WEB! 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Analysis of Semis,| | Semi-Equipment and Flat Panel Display. http://www.infras.com | | 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 ================================================================= 5918) Chen Systems' Releases SMP Server For Distributed Environments.....37 5919) Security Flaw Found in Netscape's Navigator. Fix is in the Works...82 5920) Amdahl Announces Plans to Purchase DMR Group for $90 Million.......59 5921) MasPar Debuts Genome Bioinformatics for its Scalable Computer......35 5922) Singapore National Supercomputing Research Center Orders Cray T94..28 5923) Math Library Beefs Up Edinburgh's Fortran 90 Compiler..............33 5924) HAL Computers Introduces 32-bit Compatible 64-bit Workstations.....58 5925) New Oracle7 Release Incorporates Parallel-Aware Optimization.......53 5926) Bloor Report Compares & Critiques Parallel Database Vendors........62 5927) Intel's Next Generation Microprocessor Slated for Q4 Introduction..30 5928) Product Watch: A Digest of Recent Releases........................208 5929) Corporate Liaisons: A Roundup of Recent Partnerships & Agreements.140 BENCHMARK ANNOUNCEMENTS 5930) Informix, HP Record 1,110 SD User Benchmark at Under 1.6 Seconds...64 5931) Pyramid Reports SAP R/3 SD Results of 1.8 Seconds..................66 5932) Sun Announces SAP R/3 Benchmark Average of 1.5 Seconds.............41 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities..........................................139 Listings from: IBM POWERparallel Systems(2), Hewlett-Packard, San Diego Supercomputing Center (SDSC), University of Alaska-Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) (2) 604) Job Bank Rates and Regulations....................................92 CONFERENCES ================================================================= 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Sept. 21)...............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 *** 5888) SILICON GRAPHICS APPOINTS IBM VETERAN HEAD OF EUROPEAN MARKETING.....67 5898) SAN DIEGO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER LOSES STATE FUNDING GUARANTEE.........59 5889) 3COM PARK AND AFTER: RENAMING CALIFORNIA'S HERITAGE.................150 5894) PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER AWARDED BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH GRANT...87 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~