H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Oct. 27, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 43 Circulation: 18,019 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 152 Pages of Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article Retrieval instructions at end of this file more@hpcwire.tgc.com For a free 4-week trial subscription, email trial@hpcwire.tgc.com -------------------- * -------------------- 7098) *** COME TO DIGITAL'S FREE HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SEMINARS *** Wed. 11/1 (Digital Equipment, 6406 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt, Maryland) Tues. 11/7 (Westford Regency, 219 Littleton Road, Westford, Mass.) REGISTRATION: 800-372-1998/DETAILS: Calvin McDonald at 603-884-3576 _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 8021) FEATURES: FOUR NEW MICROPROCESSORS WAITING IN THE WINGS | | 8024) SCIENCE NEWS: BROWN UNIVERSITY INSTALLS FIRST OF TWO CRAY SYSTEMS| | 8026) NEWS BRIEFS: CRAY COMPUTER ASSETS AUCTIONED | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ==================================================================== Lines 8021) FOUR NEW MICROPROCESSORS OFFER HOLIDAY VARIETY......................182 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor-at-large 1996 will be a good year for hot microprocessors, as Intel, the PowerPC alliance, Mips/Silicon Graphics, and Hewlett-Packard launch new products. Their Christmas toys and Valentines display similarities and sharp contrasts. 8022) TRACING THE ROLE OF THE SOLITON LEADS TO NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE..156 Cornell Theory Center's IBM ES/9000 and San Diego Supercomputer Center's Cray C90 were integral to Hermann A. Haus' soliton research. The scientist shares thoughts and comments about his work. 8023) HITS & HISSES: FURTHER SOURCES ON IBM NAS BENCHMARKS.................65 Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Karsten Kramer of the Potsdam Institute for Climatic Impact Research in Germany recommends an IBM document that contains extensive discussion of the RS/6000 SP and its performance. An analysis of additional benchmarks mined from IBM's Web site will follow next week. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8024) LEGACY MASS STORAGE SERVERS WILL STORE DIGITIZED WILDERNESS MAPS.....34 Navitrak is testing a 300-GB storage system that uses signal management technology with advanced signal equalization, input signal synchronization techniques and a dedicated CPU to manage individual tape transports as though they are all one large disk. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 8025) BROWN UNIVERSITY PHYSICS DEPARTMENT INSTALLS ITS FIRST CRAY SYSTEM....40 Physicists at Brown will be using a newly installed Cray EL98 and soon- to-be-installed Cray J916 to solve problems in high-energy and condensed-matter theoretical physics. QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 8026) "Cray Computer is in Chapter 11, and intellectual property is in possession of the debtor. The corporation has received offers on this property but has not accepted any so far. There is about $11 million in unpaid debt. The auction may generate $1-2 million." -- Jack Smith, attorney for Cray Computer Corp. ____________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT_____________________________ | 7097) Client/Server Data Serving for High Performing Computer Industry | | 7084) SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: Interoperability, The GII & The NII | | 7095) Sony Integrator--Tri-Plex Systems Corp.--Delivers Highest- | | Performance Tape Storage Solution for Intel Paragon(tm) | | 7089) Convex, HP Feature a New Vision and New Power for Geoscience | | Computing Solutions with Desktop-to-Supercomputing at SEG. | | 7091) Western Geophysical Purchases Fujitsu America VPP300 Supercomputer | | 7081) Only One Week Left for Early Registration for SC'95! | | Early Registration Due Nov. 3. Visit | | 7096) INFRASTRUCTURE Announces "Open Kimono Days" Free Back Issues | | and Commentary for Last Two Weeks of October | |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================= 8026) Cray Computer Corp. Assets Sold in Bankruptcy Auction..............35 8027) Boston University Builds 38-processor 3-Way Power Challengearray...49 8028) Cirrus Logic Forms Partnership to Develop Single-Chip ATM Solution.39 8029) Silicon Graphics-Avid Partnership Targets Entertainment Industry...37 8030) UTG Sponsor Members Will Get Advance Source Code for UnixWare 2.0..35 8031) SunSoft Announces Management Platform for 10,000-plus Nodes........38 SHORT TAKES 8032) Product Watch: HP Unveils 24GB DAT Drive. Aviion Employs C-Bus II.187 8033) Financial Update: Cray Reports Loss, SGI & Digital Post Profits...195 8034) Corporate Liaisons: Tandem Plans to Put Seer-HPS on Himalaya......158 8035) People, Promotions & Appointments: Tricord Adds Two VPs to Line-up.65 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities.........................................139 From: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center,* Cornell Supercomputing Center, Madentech Consulting, Nichols Research, IBM, Hewlett-Packard 604) Job Bank Rates and Regulations....................................92 CONFERENCES ================================================================= 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Oct. 26).................185 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| | *936) Sony | |__________________*Updated information within last 30 days_________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 5997) IBM'S NAS RESULTS CLAIM SUPERIORITY BUT RAISE QUESTIONS.............208 5998) FUTURE OF MILITARY SYSTEMS BELONGS TO SCALABLE ARCHITECTURE.........153 7092) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY'S ACQUISITION OF CONVEX COMPUTER CORPORATION 5999) GERMAN MINISTRY ASSIGNS FUNDING, REVIEWS HPSC PROJECTS..............130 Correction: The Financial Update headline printed on last week's table of contents was incorrect. 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