7122) AS HPC UNDERGOES A METAMORPHOSIS, WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? (Updated Feb. 1) Questions addressed in this special study include: ** Has HPC lost its uniqueness? ** Is HPC limited to a relatively narrow core? ** Should the posture of the HPC community toward the commercial sector be one of resolute separation or dynamic interdependence? ** What are the major problems or shortcomings in HPC hardware, software, and services as they exist today? ** Two, five, or ten years from now, how will the technological foundation of HPC differ from today? This study explores these and other questions with the help of a worldwide panel of highly-experienced HPC professionals. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Feb. 2, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 4 Circulation: 17,994 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 120 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7126) Petasites And Mainstream Markets Moving SONY To New Levels _______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _____________________________ | | | 8245 ) LETTER TO THE EDITOR: MORE ON SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER QUEUES | | 8249 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: COMPUTER SLEUTHS TRACK DOWN MEDICARE FRAUD | | 8251 ) NEWS BRIEFS: IBM BUYS CLIENT-SERVER SOFTWARE COMPANY | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 8243 ) THE UNIX PARADOX: STRENGTH WITHOUT UNITY..........................6.99K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large As Uniforum approaches, the Unix factions may dispute among themselves, but they all fear Windows NT. However, diversity has its strengths, and Unix has acquired depth that remains beyond the grasp of NT. 8244 ) MARINE COMMANDANT CALLS FOR INNOVATION IN WARFARE APPLICATIONS....3.95K by Alan Beck, associate editor Expecting chip, computing and wide-band communications capabilities to improve more than three orders of magnitude by the end of the century, the U.S. military is looking for a few good applications that can deliver the right stuff. 8245 ) SUPERCOMPUTING CENTERS - FOR CYCLES OR SPORT CARS?................1.84K Letter to the editor by Ann-Marie (Martensson-)Pendrill Queues at a supercomputing center may build up until the point where "Sport Cars" are caught up in a queue of slow "Cycles". What strategies can program committees develop to avoid the establishment of such an equilibrium between supercomputers and workstations? SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 8246 ) UNLOCKING THE SUN'S SECRETS: SIMULATING TURBULENT CONVECTION......7.34K by Michael Schneider, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center To see what the Sun's 5,000 degrees F. surface would look like if you were there, University of Minnesota physicist Paul Woodward used computers at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and other places to develop new methods of modeling. 8247 ) 8-NODE IBM SP2 SEEKS ANSWERS TO PROVOCATIVE COSMIC QUESTIONS......10.0K Commentary by Michael Erbschloe, contributing editor Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Department of Physics and Astronomy will be putting their newly installed IBM SP2 to work unlocking the secrets of the universe's structure. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8248 ) BULL OFFERS A POWERPC SMP SERVER: THE ESCALA......................6.37K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large France's Bull SA reports sales of 4,000 Escala SMP systems, based on the PowerPC and running AIX. Bull must wait a year for the PowerPC 620 while Intel floods the world with PentiumPro multiprocessor boards. 8249 ) LOS ALAMOS COMPUTER SLEUTHS HUNT FOR MEDICARE FRAUD...............6.14K Under a two-year, $6 million contract with the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Los Alamos is using modern computer techniques to analyze transactions and recommend fraud reduction measures. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 8244 ) "Increasingly, capable opponents will not deal with us in a test of strength. Instead of trying to match us tank for tank, plane for plane, or fight an industrial-age war...They're going to target our vulnerabilities...They're going to come after our information systems." -- Gen. Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT______________________________ | | | 7122 ) AS HPC UNDERGOES A 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 HPC Professionals | | __________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 8250 ) Avalon A12 Supercomputer Packs 8 GFlops into Less Than 2 Cu.Ft..3.56K 8251 ) IBM Buys Client-Server Software Developer, Tivoli Systems.......3.00K 8252 ) Supercomputer Centers Drive Network Infrastructure Evolution....5.75K 8253 ) Data General & Dolphin Develop Standard Interconnect Technology.2.88K 8254 ) Intelligent I/O Architecture Initiative Calls for Scalability...4.35K 8255 ) Concurrent Ships 16-Processor Maxion Real-Time Computer.........1.62K 8256 ) It's Official: New U.S. Export Regulations Are Now in Effect....1.72K 8257 ) Digital AlphaStation Incorporates 64-bit, 333 Mhz 21164 Chip....2.06K 8258 ) Automated Fingerprint ID System Demand Reaches Record Levels....2.30K 8259 ) Northrop Grumman Picks Digital to Power Stealth Bomber Lab......1.31K 8260 ) Disk Drive Industry Dominated by Fibre Channel Loop Community...1.66K 8261 ) Quickturn Seeks to Halt Importation of Mentor Emulation Systems.2.15K SHORT TAKES 8262 ) Product Watch: Pyramid Reliant RM1000 & DEC AlphaServer Updates.13.4K 8263 ) Financial Update: SAP Sets Record. Adaptive's Private Placement.15.3K 8264 ) Corporate Liaisons: Maximum Strategy Allys. Sun Selects Praxis..6.74K 8265 ) People & Promotions: Woodward Wins Fernbach. New CEO for SAP....9.89K JOB BANK ===================================================================== 667) Employment Opportunities........................................2.38K From: NCSA(4), San Diego Supercomputing Center(2), NEC(2), 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 Feb. 1)...............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 | | | | 936) Sony 905) Maximum Strategy *912) Avalon Computer | | 934) Convex Computer Corp. 930) HNSX Supercomputers 932) Portland Group | | 921) Cray Research Inc. 902) IBM Corp. 915) Genias Software | | 909) Fujitsu 904) Intel Corp. 935) Silicon Graphics| | 937) Digital Equipment | |__________________*Updated information within last 30 days_________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 8220 ) SGI UNVEILS A FULL RANGE OF NEW MODELS, PLUS PRICE CUTS...........10.5K 8221 ) HPC TECHNOLOGY IS KEY TO FUTURE BATTLEFIELD STRATEGY..............3.40K 8225 ) NCSA OPENS "SCIENCE FOR THE MILLENNIUM" WEB SITE..................3.88K 8230 ) Brisk Orders for T3E Help Cray Finish 1995 With $437M Backlog.....5.51K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~