H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** July 26, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 31 Circulation: 17,112 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 215 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 -------------------- * -------------------- _____________________________________________________________ | | | DON'T MISS HPCwire's C A R E E R T R A C K | | Special Supplement On August 16th ! | | NOW YOU CAN RECRUIT HIGH PERFORMING | | COMPUTER ENGINEERS, PROGRAMMERS, | | SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS AND EXECUTIVES | | ----- BEFORE THEY START LOOKING ! | | For More Information Retrieve Item Number 7162. | |_____________________________________________________________| ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | 8898 ) FEATURES: IBM ENCOUNTERS OLYMPIC DATA DELIVERY BOTTLENECKS | | 8900 ) SCIENCE NEWS: IRVINE SENSORS CREATES 3D PROCESSOR MODULE | | 8902 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: IBM INCORPORATES POWER PC FOR SMPS | | 8907 ) NEWS BRIEFS: HP UNVEILS 64-BIT TRANSITION ROADMAP | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 8897 ) SANDIA AND OAK RIDGE READY ATM PROTOCOL ENGINE.....................4.2K by Alan Beck, managing editor Sandia National Laboratories and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in cooperation with Intel, have developed a high-speed (OC-12) interface capable of creating a single metacomputer from ATM-connected supercomputers. 8898 ) HITS AND HISSES: IBM FUMBLES OLYMPICS NEWS FEEDS..................10.7K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Formatting and other glitches in data-delivery shattered IBM's dream for a perfect 10 at the Olympics. Cross-cultural misunderstandings, over-ambitious plans, and a defensive news policy have magnified IBM's embarrassment. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 8899 ) UCSD OPENS ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CENTER...3.7K The University of California, San Diego, has established a center that will support computational science and its applications to scientific research across a broad range of disciplines. The new center will work closely with the San Diego Supercomputer Center. 8900 ) IRVINE SENSORS IS DEVELOPING 3-D PROCESSOR MODULE FOR NAVY.........3.2K The three-dimensional computer processor module will use off-the-shelf processor chips developed by Aspex Microsystems and based on Brunel University's parallel computing research. The modules also represent the first use of Irvine Sensors' patented 3-D stacking process. 8901 ) CHIPMAKER AMD CHOOSES PLATFORM LSF FOR CORPORATE DEPLOYMENT........2.5K AMD will deploy Platform's LSF (Load Sharing Facility) system software on more than 2,000 computers. This move is expected to achieve greater engineering productivity and reduce product time to market. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8902 ) IBM'S NEW POWER PC SMP'S FOR COMMERCIAL BUYERS.......................8K News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The PowerPC microprocessor is alive and well in IBM's latest mid-level SMP servers for commercial buyers. Multiprocessor PowerPC nodes are also planned for SP distributed-memory systems. All feature the PowerPC 604. 8903 ) NEW PROGRAM VALUES MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES........................2K A revised approach to the automated valuation of mortgage-backed securities promises to make a new competitive edge available for savvy issuers and investors alike. 8904 ) BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, OTHERS OPT FOR SYBASE SQL SERVERS........3K Sybase SQL Server technology has been implemented in enterprise-wide client/server systems by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Advantage Rent-A-Car and Boeing Information Services for US Army National Guard and Army Reserve. 8905 ) VIPS INC. BUILDS MANAGED CARE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM..............1.8K Health care software developer VIPS, Inc. has selected Red Brick Warehouse as the relational database component of its new managed care decision support system comprised of integrated data analysis software and a centralized health care data warehouse. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 8897 ) "An interesting (application) involves two global weather models, one is atmospheric, and the other is oceanic... Normally, it would be difficult to run both on the same machine -- if you had one big enough to do it. So we'll run one model on one machine, and the other on another; they'll exchange data." -- Steven A. Gossage, Sandia Laboratories ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS_______________________________ | | | 7161 ) How To Increase Your Editorial Coverage In HPCwire | | 7156 ) Latest Benchmarks of APR's PARALLEL TOOLS on MPP and SMP Systems | | 7162 ) Recruiting?? Don't Miss HPCwire's Special CAREER TRACK Supplement! | | 7158 ) NCSA Offers Exciting New Opportunities For Computer Scientists | | 7141 ) FREE Trial Subscription to WEBster, The Cyberspace Surfer - | | Your Guide to What's News on the Web | | 7153 ) SIGGRAPH 96 Imagine it. Do it. Celebrate it. August 4-8 New Orleans| | 7142 ) Call for Participation Supercomputing '96 Nov.17-22 Pittsburgh, Pa.| | 7122 ) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? | | A Special State-of-the-Industry Report | |____________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 8906 ) Cray to Detail Its Allegations of NEC Dumping in NCAR Win........1.1K 8907 ) Hewlett-Packard Outlines 64-bit Transition Strategy..............1.7K 8908 ) IBM RS/6000 and AS/400 Revenues Grow, Overall Q2 Revenues Down...4.5K 8909 ) Hitachi Introduces Family of Fast Ethernet Devices...............5.5K 8910 ) NAG Ltd and ACE bv Launch Improved Fortran 90 (SPARC) Compiler...1.5K 8911 ) Exxon Awards 3D Seismic Contract to Russian-Norwegian Venture....1.6K 8912 ) Mitsubishi Funds Value-Added System Design Start-up..............2.7K 8913 ) Doculabs Completes 1996 COLD Products Benchmark Study............4.3K 8914 ) OpenVision Storage System Can Backup One Terabyte Data Overnight.2.6K 8915 ) Jet Propulsion Lab Selects PGI for HPF Compiler..................1.1K 8916 ) Mercury RACE Selected for Navy Sonar System......................1.6K 8917 ) HP Workstations Top User Satisfaction Ranking in Datapro Survey..2.8K 8918 ) Lycos Web Service Will Be Powered by 64-bit Digital Alpha........1.7K 8919 ) Sumitomo Electric Adopts MMC's ATM Switch Chip Set...............1.3K 8920 ) ZX Posts TPC-C Benchmark For NT Server 4.0 & MS SQL Server 6.5...1.5K 8921 ) SPEC Announces SPECweb96 Web Server Benchmark......................3K SHORT TAKES 8922 ) Product Watch: Alias 3-D Design Software for IBM RS/6000........10.6K Intel MMX Chip Optimized for Internet & Multimedia 8923 ) Corporate Liaisons: IBM-Xylan Campus Network Switch Alliance......12K HP Licenses Coldfire Multiprocessor Cores 8924 ) Financial Watch: Petroleum Geo-Services Reports Record Earnings.16.6K Paradigm Earnings Down. Unisys Profits Drop. 8925 ) People and Positions: XLNT Designs Expands Executive Staff.......2.1K JOB BANK ===================================================================== 667 ) Employment Opportunities...........................................3.5K From: SunSoft, Tera Computer, ORTECH, Lockheed, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, IBM Corp., Nichols Research, ARSC. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, NEC European Supercomputer Systems 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................... 1.2K 7162 ) Career Track Supplement Information................................1.0K CONFERENCES ================================================================== 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated July 25, 1996)..........8.7K HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================== 670 ) Masthead..........................................................2.2K 601 ) Subscriptions & Removals..........................................2.6K 602 ) Submitting Letters & Articles.....................................1.6K 950 ) Index of Back Issues...............................................11K Comments regarding editorial content may be sent to: editor@hpcwire.tgc.com ______________________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. 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