H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** March 29, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 13 Circulation: 17,877 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 204 Pages of Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article Retrieval instructions at end of this file more@hpcwire.tgc.com For subscription information, email sub@hpcwire.tgc.com For a free 4-week trial subscription, e-mail trial@hpcwire.tgc.com -------------------- * -------------------- 7122) Chapter Six: GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR HPC: ESSENTIAL, USEFUL OR HARMFUL? This chapter of the soon-to-be-released report, "HPC Metamorphosis," addresses this issue and many more. Retrieve article 7122 for more information on this chapter, the report's final Table of Contents and ordering information. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | 8422 ) FEATURES: EXCERPTS FROM TESTIMONY TO HOUSE ON NSF PROPOSAL | | 8424 ) SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS: EXPLORING LIQUID CRYSTAL STORAGE | | 8428 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: INFORMIX WINS LABOR DEPT. DATABASE CONTRACTS | | 8432 ) NEWS BRIEFS: CRAY COMPUTER LIQUIDATION PLAN HEARING SET | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 8420 ) NERSC--I: GETTING READY TO MOVE TO BERKELEY.......................11.8K Report by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large NERSC -- the Department of Energy's National Energy Research Supercomputer Center -- is in the final stages of preparing a transfer from Livermore to Berkeley. This article, the first in a series, describes current plans and NERSC's background. 8421 ) ILLUMINATA'S CEO REVIEWS THE STATUS OF NUMA AND SMP...............6.80K by Alan Beck, managing editor In an effort to afford both deeper insight and a broader perspective on the future of NUMA and SMP, HPCwire interviewed Jonathan Eunice, president and CEO of Illuminata, a research and consulting firm focusing on servers and server technology. 8422 ) SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER DIRECTORS TESTIFY TO HOUSE ON NSF POLICIES..7.26K by Alan Beck, managing editor The National Science Foundation plan to overhaul the federal supercomputer program was reviewed earlier this month by the House research subcommittee. Published in this article are portions of the testimony delivered by Cornell Theory Center Director Malvin Kalos. 8423 ) HITS & HISSES: CRAY OBJECTS AND FUJITSU DEPLORES..................10.7K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Cray objects more strenuously about speculation regarding the future of the T90. Fujitsu deplores omissions of it and other Japanese vendors in recent articles. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 8424 ) COMPUTING CHARGED RELATIONSHIPS...................................7.71K by Sara Latta Barry Honig, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Columbia University, is using NCSA's CM-5 and POWER CHALLENGE computing systems to construct accurate, high-resolution models of protein- membrane and protein-drug electrostatic interactions. 8425 ) GEORGIA TECH RESEARCHERS EXPLORE 3-D LIQUID CRYSTAL DATA STORAGE. 1.98K Exposing custom-engineered molecules dissolved in liquid crystal to beams of polarized light may lie at the heart of new data storage devices with three orders of magnitude more capacity than CD-ROMs or hard drives. 8426 ) OXFORD MOLECULAR RELEASES CHEMICAL STRUCTURE SEARCH ENGINE........2.34K The sheer complexity and vastness of chemical databases pose challenging problems for researchers. Now HPC is coming to the aid of scientists who need to get a grasp on the enormous range of structural details comprising molecular systems. 8427 ) SGI INTRODUCES CHEMISTRY VISUALIZATION TOOLKIT....................2.86K An object-oriented architecture plus other features have been incorporated into a visualization toolkit expressly designed for professional chemistry. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8428 ) INFORMIX CAPTURES TWO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DATABASE CONTRACTS.1.70K Informix software will be used to build an automated student information and activities tracking system. A second Informix database system will be used to automate financial payments for on-the-job injury claims from federal government employees. 8429 ) SYBASE PUTS INTERACTIVE DATA WAREHOUSE SOLUTION ON-LINE..........3.07K Using a Sybase IQ interactive data warehouse server and Sybase web.sql dynamic Internet database link to rapidly access a Dun & Bradstreet Information Services database with records on more than 10 million U.S. businesses, Sybase was able to handle hundreds of real-time exploratory analysis via the World Wide Web. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 8421 ) "I recently read a remark saying 'when the bandwidth improves' is the greatest lie of our age. The bandwidth will never improve. The bandwidth will never get as fast as the processing ..." -- Jonathon Eunice, president and CEO of Illuminata ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT______________________________ | 7131 ) Fujitsu America Offers VPP Series For Advanced Scientific Computing| | 7135 ) For $400 Your Job Ad Can Reach Everyone Else Who's Reading This. | | 7134 ) Fujitsu America Introduces new VPP700 Series Supercomputer | | 7137 ) HPCN Europe`96, Brussels, April 15 - 19: Retrieve For Full Details.| | 7138 ) SONY's 19MM Storage Interface Options Offer Expanded Applications | |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 8431 ) Mercury Provides COTS Computers for Bosnian Surveillance........2.98K 8432 ) Cray Computer Corp. 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