H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Sept. 29, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 39 Circulation: 17,668 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 182 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7087) SECOND ISSUE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER QUARTERLY HPCwire is proud to announce the release of the second issue of Technology Transfer. Reader response has been tremendous, making Tech Transfer the most widely read group of articles in HPCwire's history. Issue #2 will be released in November. _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 5934) FEATURES: INDIAN HPC INDUSTRY AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE | | 5935) COMMERCIAL NEWS: SGI NCSA ANNOUNCES COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE LAB | | 5942) NEWS BRIEFS: NEW BENCHMARK MEASURES PRIMITIVE-LEVEL GRAPHICS | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ==================================================================== Lines 5933) PSYNERGY: AT&T, HP/CONVEX, SEAGATE/CONNOR & SHOWBIZ.................234 A jumbo commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Is it real synergy or pseudo-synergy (psynergy for short)? A review of the AT&T trifurcation, Hewlett-Packard's proposed purchase of Convex, the conjunction of Seagate and Connor Peripherals, the Time-Warner/Turner deal, and alleged dalliance between IBM and Apple. 5934) INDIAN HPC INDUSTRY CONTEMPLATES IMPACT OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT.......127 by Alan Beck, associate editor An old Indian proverb proclaims that "no one knows all of India." The recent avalanche of Western investment in the subcontinent may put that piece of common wisdom to the test. COMMERCIAL NEWS 5935) SGI AND NCSA CREATE LAB FOR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS..................61 Called the National Data Laboratory, this joint venture will develop software technologies based on "intelligent algorithms" for recognizing and analyzing patterns in commercial databases. 5936) FINANCIAL PROCESSOR COMPLETES MIGRATION TO ESP WORKLOAD MANAGER......49 In the early 1990s DST Systems began replacing the scheduling system that controls its 45,000 computer-job-per-night workload. 5937) IBM UNVEILS DERIVATIVE PRICE CALCULATION SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY.......65 Estimated to calculate derivative prices up to thousands of times faster than Monte Carlo simulation, this new technology was more than a decade in the making. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 5938) COMPUTER MODELLING HELPS UNLOCK MYSTERIES OF MAGNETIC FIELD..........48 Scientists working at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center have put a Cray C90 to work to create a dynamically consistent, three-dimensional numerical model of the convecting fluid at the Earth's core. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== 5936) "I don't understand why people do a straight conversion. Chances are, if it's going to work exactly like the product you already have, it's going to have all the same issues. So why change, unless there is something to gain from it?" -- DST Vice President Jack Dooley ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 7086) Fujitsu System Attains Peak 2.5 Gflop at Oil Company Site | | 7085) The Influence of ATM on HPC Data Serving - A Perspective by Maximum | | Strategy | | 7084) Interoperability, The GII & The NII: A Special Report Covering Vital| | Technical, Political and Economic Issues | | 7081) REGISTER FOR SC'95 ON THE WEB! Visit The SUPERCOMPUTING '95 (SC'95) | | WWW pages http://sc95.sdsc.edu/SC95 | | 7083) HOW CAN I REGULARLY PROMPT FOLKS WHEN I PUT NEW STUFF ON MY SITE? | | HPCwire's WEB Return Program brings readers back. | | 7082) INFRASTRUCTURE "Home Plate of Hi-Tech Investing". 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 ================================================================= 5939) Cray's New J916 Series Peaks at 3.2 Gigaflops in 64-bit Mode.......37 5940) Danish Computing Center Replaces CM200 with 40-node IBM SP2........52 5941) German Firm Introduces Parallel Add-on Board for Workstations, PCs.51 5942) New Benchmark Measures Primitive-Level Graphics Performance........40 5943) Success: CTC Implements HPSS Technology in SP Environment..........68 5944) Boeing Team Gears Up to Bid on $1B Air Traffic Control System......32 5945) Candle Command Center is Put to Test on CTC's 512-Node IBM SP2.....42 5946) Maximum Strategy Installs Storage Solutions at Six New Locations...64 5947) Portland Group Releases Fortran Compiler for IBM SP2...............59 5948) Silicon Graphics Inaugurates Initiative For E-Publishing...........51 5949) IBM Scientists Earn National Medal of Technology for MO Disk Work..57 5950) SGI CEO Edward McCracken Awarded National Medal of Technology......45 5951) Product Watch: A Digest of Recent Releases........................286 5952) Corporate Liaisons: A Roundup of Recent Partnerships & Agreements.195 5953) People, Promotions & Appointments: Larry Smarr Inducted into NAE..180 NETWORLD+INTEROP UPDATE 5954) Networld+Interop Product Watch: A Digest of Releases..............115 5955) Networld+Interop Corporate Liaisons: A Roundup of New Alliances....55 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities.........................................139 Listings from: 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....................................80 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 *** 5908) HEWLETT-PACKARD BUYS CONVEX FOR $150 MILLION IN STOCK................52 5914) IBM WINS $7 MILLION ARPA GRANT TO PARALELLIZE INDUSTRIAL APS.........48 5910) UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH INSTALLS DESKTOP SUPERCOMPUTER..................64 5918) CHEN SYSTEMS' RELEASES SMP SERVER FOR DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS.......37 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~