H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Jan. 26, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 3 Circulation: 17,994 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 124 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7115 ) New Special Series in Parallel Computing Magazine focuses on APPLICATIONS _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 8221 ) FEATURES: HPC TECHNOLOGY IS KEY TO BATTLEFIELD OF THE FUTURE | | 8223 ) SCIENCE NEWS: POLLUTION MODELERS TURN TO HP WORKSTATIONS | | 8230 ) NEWS BRIEFS: CRAY RESEARCH OPTIMISTIC DESPITE POOR FOURTH QUARTER | |___________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 8220 ) SGI UNVEILS A FULL RANGE OF NEW MODELS, PLUS PRICE CUTS...........10.5K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Silicon Graphics announced key price cuts while launching comprehensive upgrades of its full product line, based on the new R5000 and R10000 microprocessors and new graphics engines. 8221 ) HPC TECHNOLOGY IS KEY TO FUTURE BATTLEFIELD STRATEGY..............3.40K by Alan Beck, associate editor During a keynote address at West 96, Admiral William A. Owens, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, characterized high-performance computer-based intelligence gathering as one of the four revolutions of the post-Cold-War era. 8222 ) NAS PARALLEL BENCHMARK 2.0 TEAM PLANS STAGED RELEASE NEW RESULTS..1.59K Special to HPCwire by Alex Woo, NPB 2.0 Team Spokesman New and modified Benchmarks that correct substantial deficiencies in the current NAS Parallel Benchmark 2.0 will be made available during the next few months. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 8223 ) GREAT LAKES POLLUTION MODELERS OPT FOR HP WORKSTATIONS............3.05K by Alan Beck, associate editor Although their programs may run faster on a supercomputer, the time spent waiting for access convinced scientists at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory to install HP workstations for their hydrodynamic modeling projects. 8224 ) MERCURY RACE TECHNOLOGY IS KEY IN MINE DETECTION RESEARCH.........3.46K Researchers at the Army Research Laboratory have developed mathematical algorithms that may help detect underground mines. During a recent demonstration, the algorithms ran significantly faster on Mercury RACE computers. 8225 ) NCSA OPENS "SCIENCE FOR THE MILLENNIUM" WEB SITE..................3.88K Three years in the making, "Science for the Millennium" is now officially open to the public. Through a video-rich, prototype online science exposition, visitors can explore advances in computing, networking and virtual reality. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8226 ) HARVARD PUTS SYBASE & SUN TO WORK DATAMINING DONOR POOL...........3.40K A Sybase SQL Server database running on a Sun 690 with four parallel processors is key to managing information about Harvard's 600,000 prospective donors and the 1.8 million gifts the university receives every year. 8227 ) SAN DIEGO COUNTY ADDS IBM SP TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ARSENAL...........1.39K A four-processor IBM SP running AIX 4.1 at its core will form the basis of San Diego's Automated Justice Regional Information System. Object-oriented software such as IBM VisualAge and C++ application development tools will be employed to allow users to pose complex queries. 8228 ) NCR INTRODUCES SCALABLE IMAGE ITEM PROCESSING SOLUTION...........3.04K A mere week after reverting to its original name, NCR unveiled SIIPS, a client/server-based image system designed to automate bank check and payment processing operations. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 8223 ) "Even though your particular run might take an hour of Cray time, it might take you 10 hours to get your chance to use it. Our rule-of-thumb is: we want a 10-to-1 factor in performance to make it worthwhile to shift a code to a supercomputer." -- David Schwab, oceanographer at GRERL ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT______________________________ | | | 7122 ) SIX SIGNIFICANT MARKET & USER TRENDS IDENTIFY HPC METAMORPHOSIS. | | WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? | | 7125 ) New Internet Resource for Real World Signals and Information. | | 7114 ) Quarterdeck InternetSuite: Everything You Need for the Internet | | 7120 ) How to find hard-to-find High Performance Computer employees. | | 7121 ) Bernhardt Agency Seeks Public Relations Account Executives | | __________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 8229 ) Cray Research Optimistic Despite Fourth Quarter Losses..........5.34K 8230 ) Brisk Orders for T3E Help Cray Finish 1995 With $437M Backlog...5.51K 8231 ) IBM SP2s Power U.S. Navy's Supercomputing Management System.....2.47K 8232 ) ENSCO Explores Parallel Technologies in Decision Support at CTC.1.87K 8233 ) NCSA's NWebScope Delivers Interactive Real-Time MRI Via Web.....4.35K 8234 ) Carnegie Mellon Given $2.2M to Develop Distributed Architecture.3.68K 8235 ) MatheMatrix Libraries 322x Faster than Comparable LAPACK Solver.2.42K 8236 ) SAP Installs Second Pyramid Reliant RM1000 Parallel Server......1.46K 8237 ) Sterling Software Wins $60 Million in Defense Subcontracts......2.35K 8238 ) Veritas Provides Storage Management for 5.5TB Data Warehouse....3.87K SHORT TAKES 8239 ) Product Watch: Entry-Level HP 9000 Servers Introduced...........9.88K 8240 ) Financial Update: DEC Profits Soar 700 Percent. Sybase Dips.....15.3K 8241 ) Corporate Liaisons: 22 Companies Join HP OpenWarehouse Alliance.2.30K 8242 ) People & Promotions: Auspex Appoints Bruce Moore COO............3.17K JOB BANK ===================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities.........................................2.07K From: NEC (Switzerland and Texas), Berkeley Laboratory, IBM, The Bernhardt Agency, Batelle Pacific, Tessera 604) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES ================================================================= 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Jan. 25)..............10.8K 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 *** 7119 ) SILICON GRAPHICS INC.'s Vice President Dave Orton comments on seizing leadership in the High Performance Computing market in 1996. 8207 ) MIPS/SGI Is About to Ship R10000 Chip, Plans 275 MHz Version......4.89K 7122 ) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? 8198 ) NEW NSF PROGRAM EXPECTED TO OFFER FLEXIBILITY IN SUPERCOMPUTING...7.45K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~