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All they need to do is register for a free trial subscription to HPCwire by sending an e-mail message to trial@hpcwire.tgc.com. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Nov. 23, 1995: Vol. 4, No. 47 Circulation: 18,215 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 103 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7107) VISIT CONVEX AND HEWLETT-PACKARD AT BOOTH # 720 - SUPERCOMPUTING '95 REGISTER TO WIN AN HP PALMTOP _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 8105) HITS & HISSES: ENERGY SCIENCE RESEARCH NET AND THE INTERNET | | 8107) SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS: CHOREOGRAPHING MACROMOLECULES | | 8117) PEOPLE, PROMOTIONS & APPOINTMENTS: 3M & AT&T SPIN-OFFS NAME CEOS | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== Lines 8104) THE INTERNET: UNREAL STOCK PRICES AND OTHER HYPE.....................182 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor-at-large Is the Internet facing a (probably temporary and localized) bandwidth crisis? How about stratospheric prices of Internet stocks and proposals for specialized, inexpensive Internet servers? Will the Internet survive the present hype storm? 8105) HITS & HISSES: CLARIFICATION: DOE'S ESNET & THE INTERNET..............48 Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor-at-large Kevin Oberman of NERSC describes the current status and history of the Energy Science Research Net, which, he says emphatically, is an integral part of the Internet. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8106) PRISM SOFTWARE CHOSEN TO STREAMLINE AMYLUM MANUFACTURING FACILITIES...35 Starch and sweetener manufacturer Amylum will be running Marcam's Prism on IBM's RS/400 platform to enhance its group and plant planning, production monitoring and other functions. SCIENCE NEWS 8107) CELLULAR SEMIOTICS PROJECT CHOREOGRAPHS MACROMOLECULES...............104 Trajectories of diffusing antigens from Brownian dynamics simulations on remote supercomputers at Cornell Theory Center, Argonne National Laboratory, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications will be locally visualized at Supercomputing '95 in a 3-D virtual reality environment. QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 8107) "Only in recent years have computers been able to serve as microscopes for studying the molecules in their dynamic state on the atomic level of detail." -- NCSA Research Programmer Marcus Wagner ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT______________________________ | | | 7105) A Cost Model For Evaluating Your Next HPC Storage Purchase | | 7103) Emissary! Finally, Internet For The Rest Of Us. | | 7104) San Diego Hotel Reservations 1 800 SAVE-CASH | | 7084) SPECIAL OFFER ENDS THIS MONTH! Interoperabilty, The GII & The NII | | 7106) Don't Miss Supercomputing '95! http://sc95.sdsc.edu/SC95 | |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 8108) Convex Adds Shared Memory and Message Passing to Exemplar SPP Line..49 8109) New NEC Pentium Server Employs C-Bus II Architecture................25 8110) Informix Will Restructure Seguros Monterrey Aetna's Database........24 8111) Probita Multicast Software Is at Heart of Adlink Digital System.....35 8112) Convex Retains PaineWebber to Research Hewlett-Packard Acquisition..33 8113) PeopleSoft Launches Customer Benchmark Program......................36 SHORT TAKES 8114) Product Watch: SGI Debuts Rendering Package. Openroute is Enhanced..78 8115) Financial Update: HP Income Up, Stock Down. Encore Records Loss.....75 8116) Corporate Liaisons: Adaptec and Cisco Ink Marketing Pact...........130 8117) People, Promotions & Appointments: 3M & AT&T Appoint CEOs...........62 JOB BANK ==================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities..........................................37 From: New York University*, Nichols Research*, IBM, Fujitsu, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center * New listings 604) Job Bank Rates and Regulations....................................92 CONFERENCES ================================================================= 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Nov. 22).................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 *937) Digital Equipment| |__________________*Updated information within last 30 days_________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 8086) NEW TOP500 LIST CONFIRMS STRONG TREND TOWARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY..........39 8085) RESEARCHERS GEAR UP FOR SC '95 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CHALLENGE..143 8078) DOE'S HPC CENTER MOVING FROM LIVERMORE TO BERKELEY...................156 8079) LOCUS COMPUTING SETS SINGLE SYSTEM IMAGE RECORD STRAIGHT.............208 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~