H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Jan. 12, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 1 Circulation: 18,367 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 133 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7122) AS HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING UNDERGOES A METAMORPHOSIS, WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? Redefining the Scientific & Technical Market in Terms of Demand. by Norris Parker Smith The scientific and engineering market for high-performance computing equipment and services is undergoing a transition so far-reaching that it is best described as a metamorphosis. If you are trying to make sense of the rapidly evolving market, you must read this report! This comprehensive report is available exclusively from Tabor Griffin Communications. _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 8167 ) FEATURES: NSF SOLICITS PROJECTS FOR NEW SUPERCOMPUTING PROGRAM | | 8171 ) SCIENCE NEWS: CUSTOM COMPUTER ASSISTS IN GLUEBALL DISCOVERY | | 8178 ) NEWS BRIEFS: MAX STRAT. 20 TBYTE STORAGE UNIT ONLINE AT MAUI HPCC | |___________________________________________________________________________| * * * S P E C I A L S U P P L E M E N T * * * 1995 President's Letters 7116 ) DATATAPE INCORPORATED's Dom Soccacio, Chairman and CEO, considers 1995 as the beginning of a promising rebirth, and the year their high speed DCTR-LP400 tape drive broke a world speed record. 7117 ) CRAY RESEARCH INC.'s J. Phillip Samper, Chairman and CEO, looks back on a year of major achievements, in collaboration with an expanding family of customers and strategic partners. 7118 ) INTEL'S ENTERPRISE SYSTEM GROUP'S Dave House, V.P. & General Manager, discusses the changes in the high performance computing industry. FEATURES ===================================================================== 8167 ) NSF SOLICITS PARTNERSHIPS FOR NEW SUPERCOMPUTER PROGRAM...........3.23K The National Science Foundation is issuing a program solicitation for the Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure program, which builds on and replaces the current NSF Supercomputer Centers program established in 1985. 8168 ) THE TERMITE: INTEL'S PENTIUM PRO STRATEGY FOR HPC.................11.9K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Intel has a comprehensive, aggressive strategy to climb up the food chain in high-performance computing. The goal: the PCization of multiprocessor computing. This campaign is based upon the new Pentium Pro microprocessor, which should be called the Termite. 8169 ) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STUDY IDENTIFIES SUPERCOMPUTER ISSUES.......10.5K Commentary by Dr. Jeffrey Mohr, contributing editor An internal DoD study claims that US weapons systems designers commonly use computers with only 10 percent of the power allowed under the revised export control limits. If true, the assertions of this study cast shadows of doubt over recently adopted export control limits. 8170 ) HITS & HISSES: STYLE, HP/CONVEX, AND PROFITABILITY................11.7K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Robbie Cordo questions the humor occasionally used in these columns. Also: one big correction and numerous comments on the HP/Convex merger, plus profitability for lower-end systems. 8171 ) FOR THE RECORD: CRAY TO RELEASE 2 GB MEMORY VERSION OF T90 IN 4Q...1.74K by Dr. Jeffrey Mohr, contributing editor Cray Research has raised an issue with the statement in HPCwire article 8146 "EXPLORING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED AT SUPERCOMPUTING '95" 12.15.95 about the maximum memory on the four processor Cray Research T90 (T94). SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 8172 ) IBM SCIENTISTS DETERMINE MASS AND DECAY RATE FOR GLUEBALLS........4.31K by Alan Beck, associate editor Two years of continuous processing on a $6 million custom-made supercomputer has resulted in what scientists say is the precise determination of the expected mass and decay rate of an important elementary particle. 8173 ) NEXT-GENERATION MICROSCOPY INCORPORATES IMMERSIVE DISPLAYS........3.90K by Alan Beck, associate editor Researchers at the Center for Light Microscope Imaging and Biotechnology are using a new microscopy workstation, operating on a high-end SGI machine via a high-speed link to the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Cray C90 and T3D, to probe living cells. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8174 ) CS FIRST BOSTON SELECTS SYBASE AS DBMS STANDARD...................1.80K Citing continued support for a wide variety of platforms and allowance for rapid development of applications as key considerations, CS First Boston is replacing its mainframe environment with Sybase architecture. 8175 ) CCH INC. SELECTS EMC SYMMETRIX 3500 ICDA FOR DATABASE STORAGE.....2.51K Three Symmetrix 3500 ICDA systems will provide the data storage for CCH's tax and business law information databases. The storage component is one consideration in the company's move from mainframes to systems from Hewlett-Packard, Sun and IBM's RS/6000. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 8177 ) "Thinking Machines is saying that, in a fundamental sense, we're going to be a major player in making parallel systems easy to use. Now if you take that at face value, it'll be a hell of an investment." -- Mike Burwen of Palo Alto Management Group ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT______________________________ | | | 7112 ) Fujitsu Ltd. Secures Service Contract to Supply New Supercomputer | | to the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) | | 7103 ) Emissary! Finally, Internet For The Rest Of Us | | 7109 ) Fujitsu VPP300 Ordered By 3 German Universities | | 7114 ) Quarterdeck InternetSuite: Everything You Need for the Internet | | 7120 ) Looking for High Performance Computing Professionals? | | 7121 ) Bernhardt Agency Seeking Public Relations Account Executives | | __________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 8176 ) Roel Pieper Named Tandem President and Chief Executive Officer..1.44K 8177 ) Ladenburg, Thalmann Invests $10.6 Million in Thinking Machines..4.11K 8178 ) MHPCC Completes Evaluating 20 Tbyte Max Strat Gen5 XL Server....2.88K 8179 ) IDC Prediction: HPC Market Will Expand by 26 Percent in 1996....1.80K 8180 ) ARPA Selects 168-Processor Cray T3E for Use on Key Initiatives..1.53K 8181 ) NEC Introduces VR5000 Implementation of MIPS RISC R5000.........1.83K 8182 ) Indian Computer Institute Licenses UltraSPARC for Param 9000....1.54K 8183 ) Naval Undersea Warfare Center Orders 64-Processor Cray T3D......8.18K 8184 ) Student Uses ICE Graphics Machine to Break Export SSL in 8 Days.2.12K 8185 ) IBM Opens European Solution Unit in Stuttgart, Germany..........1.13K 8186 ) AT&T/GIS Changes Name Back to NCR Corporation...................1.66K BENCHMARK UPDATES 8187 ) Cray Announces SPECrate_int92 for CS6400 Business Server........1.34K 8188 ) AlphaServer Running Windows NT & SQL Clocks in at 1153.7 tmpC...1.92K 8189 ) Sun SPARC 1000E Delivers TPC-C Results of 3255.88 tmpC..........1.16K 8190 ) Sybase SQL Server on AlphaServer 8400 Achieves 11,014 tmpC......1.08K 8191 ) Web Site Features Graphical Results of NAS Parallel Benchmarks..0.65K 8192 ) SPEC Puts Latest Benchmark Results on Web Site..................1.73K SHORT TAKES 8193 ) Product Watch: SAIC Makes Simulation Ap. Televaluation for Cray.29.0K 8194 ) Financial Update: IBM Receives Single-A/Single A-Minus Rating...10.7K 8195 ) Corporate Liaisons: Sybase Expands. Informix Acquires Illustra..9.40K 8196 ) People & Promotions: New CTO for Sun. Avid Tech. New President..4.62K JOB BANK ===================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities........................................2.21K From: IBM, The Bernhardt Agency, Batelle Pacific, Tessera, University of Illinois at Chicago 604) Job Bank Rates and Regulations..................................1.22K CONFERENCES ================================================================= 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Jan. 11.).............9.05K 8197 ) High Performance Computing Challenge Winner Announced..........8.57K HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================= 7000) Subscription Information/Get On-Off Mailing List/Letters to the Editor Back Issue Index/Masthead, Email Contacts, Submission Tips.......1.23K ______________________H P C w i r e S P O N S O R S______________________ | Full background information on all Sponsoring Companies | | | |*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 *** 8147 ) SUPERCOMPUTING '95 PANEL DEBATES VIRTUES OF 3 COMPUTING MODELS....7.42K 8146 ) EXPLORING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED AT SUPERCOMPUTING '95............10.8K 7113 ) BERKELEY LAB ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAM & AVAILABLE COMPUTING SCIENCES JOBS 8145 ) BINARY DEBATE: WILL 1996 BE BETTER THAN 1995?.....................12.5K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~