H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Feb. 16, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 6 Circulation: 17,726 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 123 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 ) WORLD-RENOWN ROSTER OF HPC PROFESSIONALS OFFER INSIGHT INTO FUTURE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING. NCAR Chief of Computations Bill Buzbee, ORNL Distinguished Scientist Jack Dongarra, NCSA Director Larry Smarr, and other HPC luminaries have contributed their expertise to the making of "AS HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING UNDERGOES A METAMORPHOSIS, WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES?" For complete details retrieve item 7122. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | 8287 ) FEATURES: JOB SCHEDULING INCREASES EFFICIENCY AT AUDI AG | | 8290 ) SCIENCE NEWS: STREAMLINE PARTICLE TRACE ALGORITHM PARALLELIZED | | 8293 ) NEWS BRIEFS: MASPAR FOCUSES ON SOFTWARE, STOPS MP-3 PRODUCTION. | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 8285 ) IBM GOES "NETWORK-CENTRIC," SEEKS TO ESCAPE FEUDALISM.............9.12K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large IBM says it is moving toward an explicitly "network-centric" (indeed, Internet-oriented) posture. The RS 6000 brand is being expanded and abstracted to include all Unix systems. Windows NT and Solaris are being welcomed gingerly. Does this portend an end to the farmers' market? 8286 ) NAVAL LAB EXPANDS HPC TECHNOLOGY ROLE TO SURVEILLANCE SUPPORT.....3.11K by Alan Beck, managing editor A 336-node Intel Paragon XPS25 is at the heart of The Naval Command, Control & Ocean Surveillance Center's efforts in the areas of real-time signal processing for identification and evaluation of objects under surveillance and digital libraries for command and control. 8287 ) CASE STUDY: AUDI AG STREAMLINES JOB SCHEDULING....................7.47K by Uwe Harms, contributing editor Bolstered by significant computing resources, automaker Audi AG still found its computer-aided engineering efforts stymied by job-scheduling incompatibilities among its heterogenous systems -- until Platform Computing's LSF untied their Gordian knot of interoperability. 8288 ) KASPAROV VERSUS DEEP BLUE: A PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE............4.48K Commentary by Alan Beck, managing editor As HPCwire goes to press, the much-publicized chess match between world champion Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue remains dead even, with the outcome to be decided by Saturday. Yet, what will the contest actually prove about the respective merits of man and machine? SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 8289 ) ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR PROBABILITY OF PESTICIDE RUNOFF.........8.02K Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center used an architecture that integrates a number of public-domain packages, PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine), and a database management system with a surface water runoff model called GLEAMS (Groundwater Loading Effects from Agricultural Management Systems) to help control pesticide runoff. 8290 ) CEI PARALLELIZES VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE...........................2.65K Computational Engineering International (CEI) has optimized its streamline particle trace algorithm to take advantage of SMP systems, making interactive flow visualization a reality for massive datasets on parallel computers. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8291 ) NCSA PROGRAM TO ASSIST ALLSTATE WITH DATABASE ANALYSIS............1.56K Allstate Insurance will use resources available through the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Industrial Program to apply emerging supercomputing, networking, software and visualization tools to analysis of customer and market databases. 8292 ) TRICORD ENTERPRISE SERVERS WILL POWER GRAND CASINOS...............2.24K Fifteen Tricord PowerFrame Enterprise Servers valued at $1 million will form the brain center for Grand Casinos gaming floor and its administrative services' OLTP and OLAP applications. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 8301 ) "Based on this performance comparison NeTpower's move to Intel PentiumPro can only be interpreted as a business not a technology decision." -- Steve Schick, spokesman, MIPS Technologies ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT______________________________ | | | 7122 ) INDUSTRY LUMINARIES LEND EXPERTISE TO REPORT ADDRESSING HPC FUTURE | | 7125 ) New Internet Resource for Real World Signals and Information. | | 7114 ) Quarterdeck InternetSuite: Everything You Need for the Internet | | 7126 ) Petasites And Mainstream Markets Are Moving SONY To New Levels. | |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 8293 ) MasPar Discontinues MP-3 and Turns Focus to Datamining Software.2.16K 8294 ) X/Open Proposal Extends Single UNIX Spec to 64-Bit Environment..2.36K 8295 ) Cryogenic Cooling Device Increases Workstation & Server Speeds..2.86K 8296 ) F Language Presented as Bridge Between Fortran 77 & HPF.........2.11K 8297 ) Maximum Strategy Introduces SCSI-based Storage Servers..........1.81K 8298 ) Oracle7 Running on Four Processor ProLiant Delivers 3,849 tmpC..1.38K 8299 ) Mercury Wins ARPA Signal and Image Processing Software Contract.1.48K 8300 ) Thinking Machines Emerges from Bankruptcy Protection............2.09K 8301 ) NeTpower Migrates from MIPS to Intel's x86 Architecture.........5.87K 8302 ) Japan's MITI Funds Electronic Commerce Catch-Up Effort..........4.48K 8303 ) HP and SCO Unveil Next-Generation UNIX System Technology Stream.1.89K 8304 ) EMC Buys MTI's RAID and Network Technologies Patent Portfolio...2.33K 8305 ) Ross Technology Establishes SPARC Systems Unit..................1.55K SHORT TAKES 8306 ) Product Watch: Tandem Software Release. Solaris' 64-Bit Roadmap.15.0K 8307 ) Financial Update: BrainTech Gets $200K. Stratus Adopted in Asia.10.0K 8308 ) Corporate Liaisons: DEC, microCAD Team Up. Sun, Quantum Partner.7.07K 8309 ) People & Promotions: Michael Wolfe Joins PGI. New VP at LSI.....7.73K JOB BANK ===================================================================== 667 ) Employment Opportunities........................................2.81K From: Pacific NW National Laboratories, Maui HPC Center, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Fujitsu America, HP Labs, NCSA, IBM, NEC, Berkeley Laboratory. 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES ================================================================== 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated Feb. 15)...............10.5K HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================== 7000) Subscription Information/Get On-Off Mailing List/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 937) Digital Equipment| | 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 | | | |__________________*Updated information within last 30 days_________________| *** LAST ISSUE'S MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM HPCwire *** 8266 ) NEW TELECOMS ACT: PHIVE PHEARLESS PHORECASTS......................9.17K 667 ) EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES..........................................2.38K 8267 ) UCLA'S VIRTUAL WORLD DATA SERVER SIMULATES CITIES IN REAL TIME....3.61K 8276 ) SUN RESTRUCTURES AND RENAMES SPARC TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS DIVISION...2.06K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~