\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** March 15, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 10 Circulation: 17,426 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 118 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7136 ) Come Face To Face With IT Don't Miss DB/EXPO `96 in San Francisco 4/15 - 19 The Leading Client/Server and Data Warehousing Conference and Exposition ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | 8378 ) FEATURES: HPF AND THE FUTURE OF HPC SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT | | 8381 ) SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS: EPCC ORDERS CRAY T3D EXPANSION | | 8384 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: CORNELL MBA STUDENTS PUT RS/6000 THROUGH ITS PACES| | 8386 ) NEWS BRIEFS: PYRAMID UNVEILS PARALLEL/SMP CLUSTER SERVER | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 8377 ) PARAGONE: THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONSOLIDATION.......................10.5K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The end of Intel's Paragon had not been unforeseen; it was the last in a long line of casualties due to Intel's decision against a direct successor to its i860 chip. This further consolidation of HPC narrows choices available to users. 8378 ) HIGH PERFORMANCE FORTRAN OFFERS INCREASED PORTABILITY.............5.45K by Alan Beck, managing editor Not yet an official ANSI standard, HPF (High Performance Fortran) is rapidly becoming a de facto standard. Supporters say that the HPF extensions offer a way to write Fortran applications that compile and run on virtually any HPC system. 8379 ) MAINFRAMES ARE DYING; LONG LIVE MAINFRAMES........................3.96K News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Fifty percent of IBM big iron sold in 1995 was based on its new CMOS technology. Traditional bipolar mainframes are slipping. IBM surrounds CMOS with blue smoke, but who cares if it helps to restore IBM's health? 8380 ) QUANTUM COMPUTATION PARADIGM GARNERS INCREASED ATTENTION..........3.89K by Alan Beck, managing editor The potential for carrying out complex and unusual calculations via quantum-mechanical principles has become the focus of increasing attention, particularly as it applies to the areas of cryptography, network information processing and quantum simulation. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 8381 ) EDINBURGH PARALLEL COMPUTING CENTER PLANS SYSTEM UPGRADES.........2.03K The Cray T3D supercomputer at EPCC (Edinburgh Parallel Computing Center), already the largest in Europe, is scheduled for an upgrade that will expand its processor count to 512. At the same time, EPCC is increasing its IBM mass storage system to 21 terabytes. 8382 ) PSA PEUGEOT-CITROEN ORDERS SIX CRAY J90S FOR CRASH ANALYSIS.......1.90K In an effort to decentralize crash simulations and move them closer to the teams doing the analysis, Peugeot has opted to place its new Cray J90s in networked office environments while dedicating its high-end Cray C90 to more intensive computer-aided engineering applications. 8383 ) NASA SELECTS EMASS FOR STORAGE OF EARTH OBSERVATION DATA..........3.22K EMASS will provide Automated Media Libraries and Data Management software solutions for NASA's distributed land-based system that will serve as the data processing, storage, and distribution link for high-level data gathered by six space satellites and land-based monitors. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8384 ) STUDENTS TEST FINANCIAL MODELS & APPLICATIONS ON SUPERCOMPUTER....3.26K Training for Wall Street used to mean an MBA in finance and a smattering of computer courses. At Cornell, it means putting financial models to the test on Cornell Theory Center's 512-node Scalable RS/6000 POWERparallel system. 8385 ) LSC SYSTEM WILL HOLD THAILAND FINGERPRINT DATABASE................3.75K To speed up fingerprint identification, the Royal Thai Police Dept. will be implementing an Automated Fingerprint Identification System, a 1.2 terabyte central database that will house fingerprints of criminals and suspects. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 8378 ) "What you'll see down the road is those technologies merging, so a user on a 4-processor PowerChallenge can program HPF and get equivalent performance to a native parallelizing SMP compiler. That's when HPF will hit its stride." -- Douglas Miles, Marketing Director, The Portland Group ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT______________________________ | 7128 ) IEEE Computational Science And Engineering Magazine Information | | 7130 ) Hardware Buyer's Guide `96: A Comprehensive, Up-to-Date Listing | | 7131 ) Fujitsu America Offers VPP Series For Advanced Scientific Computing| | 7134 ) Fujitsu America Introduces new VPP700 Series Supercomputer | | 7135 ) Advertise Your Jobs to Everyone Else Who's Reading This Ad For $400| | 7137 ) HPCN Europe`96, Brussels, April 15 - 19: Retrieve For Full Details.| |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 8386 ) New Pyramid Server Supports 300 Parallel Nodes & 16 SMP Servers.2.36K 8387 ) Digital Plans to Ship 64-Bit Operating System by Month End......3.97K 8388 ) Treasury Services Corp. Will Support Sequent Servers............2.21K 8389 ) NSF Offers Grants to Solve Issues of Internet Congestion........1.43K 8390 ) NEC CMOS-Based Parallel Computer Slated for December Release....0.91K 8391 ) Zycad Rolls Out LightSpeed MPP Platform for Simulation..........2.14K 8392 ) DEC Picks Fibre Channel for StorageWorks' Standard Serial SCSI..1.75K 8393 ) Analog & Mixed-Signal Extensions Added to Verilog HDL Standard..3.09K 8394 ) IBM's Argentine Unit Denies Allegations of $120M Overcharge.....2.10K SHORT TAKES 8395 ) Product Watch: LAM 6.0 Released. Oracle's 3-Tier Architecture...13.2K 8396 ) Financial Update: Harris Computer Announces 3-for-1 Stock Split.3.35K 8397 ) Corporate Liaisons: Amdahl, Bull Partner. Tera, PsiTech Team Up.9.46K 8398 ) People & Promotions: New CEO for Analog Devices.................4.44K JOB BANK ====================================================================== 667 ) Employment Opportunities........................................2.57K From: Pacific NW National Laboratories, Maui HPC Center, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Fujitsu America, HP Labs, IBM. 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES ================================================================== 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated March 14)..............8.14K 8399 ) Sybase Announces Second Annual Data Warehouse Contest...........1.23K 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)*HP/Convex Tech. Center930) 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 *** 8347 ) INTEL TO DISCONTINUE PARAGON SUPERCOMPUTER........................4.62K 7133 ) FUJITSU INTRODUCES NEW VPP700 SERIES SUPERCOMPUTER................5.34K 8351 ) DOE MOLECULAR SCIENCES LAB ORDERS 472-PROCESSOR IBM RS/6000 SP....6.06K 8349 ) SDSC'S SECURITY CHIEF DISCUSSES KEVIN MITNICK LIBERATION FRONT....3.22K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~