H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Nov. 17, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 46 Circulation: 18,172 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 164 Pages of Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article Retrieval instructions at end of this file more@hpcwire.tgc.com For a free 4-week trial subscription, e-mail trial@hpcwire.tgc.com -------------------- * -------------------- 7105) A Cost Model For Evaluating Your Next High Performance Computing Storage Purchase _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 8079) FEATURES: LOCUS COMPUTING CLEARS UP SINGLE SYSTEM IMAGE CONFUSION | | 8081) COMMERCIAL NEWS: BEST WESTERN ORDERS $15M RESERVATION SYSTEM | | 8086) NEWS BRIEFS: NEW TOP500 LIST CONFIRMS STRONG TREND TOWARD CMOS | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== Lines 8078) DOE'S HPC CENTER MOVING FROM LIVERMORE TO BERKELEY...................156 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor-at-large The Department of Energy's National Energy Research Supercomputer Center is to be moved from the Livermore lab to the Berkeley lab in April 1996. Why? Berkeley promises to run it just as well, but at lower cost. 8079) LOCUS COMPUTING SETS SINGLE SYSTEM IMAGE RECORD STRAIGHT.............208 Letter to the editor by Phil Shevrin, vp technology, Locus Computing There is clearly some confusion as to what Single System Image means, and how SSI benefits parallel system users. Locus hopes this article helps clear up some of the confusion. 8080) AT&T: THE FINAL DOWNSIZING...........................................130 Fantasy Screenplay by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large AT&T plans to divest itself of 77,800 managers, out of a total labor force of 300,000. This news stimulated a screenplay, suitable for Thursday Night Semiconscious. Did all those AT&T managers ever do anything useful? COMMERCIAL NEWS 8081) BEST WESTERN WILL INSTALL $15 MILLION INTEGRATED RESERVATION SYSTEM...85 Created in conjunction with Vagus Technologies, the two-tier multi-vendor client/server system handles 2,000-plus transactions per second and is expected to generate $50 million in incremental annual revenues. 8082) MIDWEST PAYMENT SYSTEMS MIGRATES TO IBM PARALLEL ENTERPRISE SERVER....36 Planning on an estimated energy expense savings of 97 percent and floor space savings of 94 percent, Midwest Payment Systems opted to migrate its EFT and merchant processing systems to an IBM Parallel Enterprise Server. SCIENCE NEWS 8083) WHEN BLACK HOLES COLLIDE: COMPUTER MODEL EXPLORES COSMIC MERGE.......101 A team of theorists using supercomputing resources from Cornell Theory Center, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center makes progress in solving Einstein's equations. 8084) ARPA CO-FUNDS $32M, 5-YEAR HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE SYSTEM PROJECT...114 ARPA's aim is to see if this technology could help provide modern soldiers and command centers with rapid access to the large amounts of information and visual images they expect to need to be successful in the 21st Century. 8085) RESEARCHERS GEAR UP FOR SC '95 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CHALLENGE..143 Ten groups of top researchers prepare to compete head-to-head in the race to assemble the greatest amount of computing power and speed in running a single scientific application. QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 8079) "...SSI is certainly not rhetoric and is not some "Alice in Wonderland designation". Locus has been working on SSI for a decade..." -- Phil Shevrin, vp technology, Locus Computing Corp. ____________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT_____________________________ | 7103) Emissary! Finally, Internet For The Rest Of Us. | | 7104) San Diego Hotel Reservations 1 800 SAVE-CASH | | 7097) Client/Server Data-Serving For High Performing Computer Industry | | 7102) The Journal PARALLEL COMPUTING Now Covers Applications | | 7084) SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: Interoperability, The GII & The NII | | 7106) Don't Miss Supercomputing '95! http://sc95.sdsc.edu/SC95 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 8086) New TOP500 List Confirms Strong Trend Toward CMOS Technology........39 8087) DEC Alpha 21164 Benchmarks at 500 SPECint92 and 11 SPECint95........32 8088) Dolphin Acquires Kendall Assets Then Forms Partnership with Novell..39 8089) North Carolina Supercomputing Center Tests Wireless Cray T916.......31 8090) NAG Releases IRIS Explorer 3.0 for Pentium Processor Machines.......29 8091) Lockheed Martin & SAIC Win $500M Army Simulation Contract...........31 8092) Ford, Westinghouse & NASA Order Maximum Strategy Storage Products...35 8093) EDS Wins $900M Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group Infrastructure Contract..45 8094) Vicorp-Tandem Build TeleGlobe Intelligent Network Services Node.....35 8095) TeamQuest Adds IBM RS/6000 to Platforms.............................26 SHORT TAKES 8096) Product Watch: Red Brick Templates; MTI 2-Terabyte Tape Library....286 8097) Pentium Pro Roundup II: Unisys, Novell & Micronics Announce Support.59 8098) Comdex Overview: IBM CEO Emphasizes Network-Centric Model..........143 8099) Financial Update: Digital Outlines Revenue-Growing Plans............84 8100) Corporate Liaisons: Sequent Acquires Open Tool International B.V...166 8101) People, Promotions & Appointments: Convex Controller is Now ETI CFO.91 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities..........................................37 From: Nichols Research*, IBM, Fujitsu, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 604) Job Bank Rates and Regulations....................................92 CONFERENCES ================================================================= 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Nov. 16).................185 8102) Supercomputing '95 Research Exhibits Announced....................754 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 *** 8058) HIGHLIGHTS OF LATEST NAS BENCHMARK RESULTS..........................225 8064) THINKING MACHINES FILES PLAN TO EMERGE FROM BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION....42 8060) HITS & HISSES: BENCHMARKS AGAIN, FAB COSTS, AND JELL-O..............195 8073) PRODUCT WATCH: 200-MHZ, 64-BIT ULTRASPARC-I ANNOUNCED...............250 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~