H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Aug. 2, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 32 Circulation: 17,056 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 198 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 _______________________________ | | | 8929 ) FEATURES: IBM'S 3-TFLOPS DOE SUPERCOMPUTER FOLLOWS AZTEC MODE | | 8935 ) SCIENCE NEWS: MATRIX WILL MANAGE DATA FOR CERN'S ACCELERATOR | | 8938 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: SAGENT ROLLS OUT NT DATA MART | | 8944 ) NEWS BRIEFS: DEC POSTS LARGE LOSS | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 8928 ) NEC CORP. ADDRESSES CRAY'S ACCUSATIONS OF DUMPING..................5.4K On July 29, Cray Corp. filed a formal petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission, accusing NEC of price dumping in the bid to provide supercomputers to NCAR. On July 30, NEC responded to the allegations. 8929 ) IBM ADOPTS AZTEC MODE FOR 3-TFLOPS DOE PROJECT....................11.1K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large IBM's ASCI Blue for DOE's simulation program is based on the well-tried SP modular design but depends upon a nascent microprocessor and a new architecture. Three TFLOPS by mid-1998 is an ambitious but not impossible goal. 8930 ) IN PURSUIT OF THE TERA-OP CHIP: CNN PARADIGM PLAYS LEAD ROLE.......7.5K by Alan Beck, managing editor Tamas Roska, a professor at the Computer and Automation Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science and head of the laboratory for Analogical and Neural Computing Systems in Budapest, describes his work on the development of a tera-op supercomputing chip. 8931 ) GIGANET AIMS FOR MAJOR METACOMPUTER IMPLEMENTATION.................7.2K by Alan Beck, managing editor HPCwire interviews GigaNet President Dave Follett about the metacomputer that is the anticipated result of a cooperative ATM protocol engine endeavor between Oak Ridge and Sandia National Laboratories. 8932 ) CORYPHAEUS MOUNTS 3D DRAMA FOR REPUBLICANS.........................3.6K News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large A Silicon Valley software firm named Coryphaeus used a dynamic 3D model to show how to fit 20,000 Republican convention-goers into a San Diego space designed for 12,000 people. 8933 ) SGI'S JERMOLUK LEAVES FOR NEW JOB @HOME............................7.3K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The exit of Silicon Graphics president Tom Jermoluk may be an example of a newly-volatile Silicon Valley job market -- or perhaps another sign that SGI is not invulnerable, but just another firm, with bad luck as well as good. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 8934 ) ESPRIT PROJECT EXPLORES PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF NEW TOOLS.........2.2K The Computational Tools and Industrial Applications of Complexity (CTIAC) project, now 36-months old, is well on its way to developing robust analytical and numerical algorithms for analysis, prediction and control of complex systems of different types. 8935 ) CERN SELECTS ADRA'S MATRIX FOR HADRON ACCELERATOR....................3K Matrix will be used to manage the design, fabrication and assembly of the LHC Accelerator and its related experiments, a 20-year project that will involve the collaboration of institutes and subcontractors from around the world. COMMERCIAL NEWS 8936 ) CARNIVAL CRUISE RE-DESIGNS HEADQUARTERS' BACKBONE NETWORK..........5.3K Using 3Com CELLplex 7000 Ethernet to ATM switches, Carnival Cruise Lines moved its communication systems to an ATM network that it says will support 5,000 corporate users and 750,000 business transactions per day. 8937 ) BRITISH STEEL SELECTS I2'S RHYTHM FOR SUPPLY CHAIN INITIATIVE......1.7K British Steel's Sections Plates & Commercial Steels (SP&CS) division has purchased i2's Rhythm intelligent global supply chain management system to better balance production constraints with customer orders. 8938 ) SAGENT TECHNOLOGY GARNERS $6.5 MILLION FOR NT DATA MART............1.5K A new entrant in the data mart market, Sagent Technologies will use its newly acquired funding to bring its integrated data mart solution for Windows NT to market. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 8930 ) "If our retinas would need 32-bit floating-point precision in the synapses, then we would all be blind." -- Tamas Rosksa, professor, Computer and Automation Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS______________________________ | | | 6886 ) SunSoft Is Seeking Development Products Group Project Leader | | 7162 ) Recruiting?? Don't Miss HPCwire's Special CAREER TRACK Supplement! | | 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 ================================================================== 8939 ) NCR & Digital Join Vendors Supporting Windows NT 4.0.............4.4K 8940 ) Report Identifies Networking Growth Areas, Emergence of Extranet.6.5K 8941 ) NHSE Web Site Features Cluster Software & Supercomputer Reviews..3.4K 8942 ) Mips Co-founder Puts MicroUnity Chip Factory up for Auction......1.9K 8943 ) Sybase Open Multi-node Parallel Database Server Available........6.2K 8944 ) DEC Posts Large Net Loss, Will Buy Back Up to 10 Million Shares..3.1K 8945 ) Silicon Graphics Pleased with 1996 Revenue Reports...............3.7K 8946 ) New Parallel Processing Facility Increases UNIX Batch App Speed..3.7K 8947 ) Vertigo Technology Creates Special Effects For Paramount.........2.2K 8948 ) Smithsonian Demonstrates 30-Frame-Per-Second Video File Server...2.5K 8949 ) Digital Geophysical Orders NEC SX-4 for Data Analysis............0.7K 8950 ) PeopleSoft Completes Online Financial Application Benchmark......1.9K 8951 ) MAS Developing Parallelized Version of Crystal Report Engine.....2.7K 8952 ) Fore Will Supply Keio University with ATM Network................1.7K 8953 ) Hitachi SuperH RISC Engine Is Incorporated into VLSI Libraries...1.7K 8954 ) IBM Invests $380 Million in New Storage Technology...............2.4K 8955 ) HAL Computer Systems Awarded the X/Open Brand for XPG4 Base 95...1.6K 8956 ) InReference to Use RAID 7 for Internet Search Service............1.8K 8957 ) SDSC Unveils Web-Based Introduction to Science and Computing.....1.8K 8958 ) SSA Opens Automotive Global Center of Excellence.................2.4K 8959 ) NEC, Hitachi Endorse Ipsilon's IP Switching Architecture.........1.8K 8960 ) OSU Summer Institute Puts Supercomputers in Hands of HS Students.2.2K 8961 ) Perceptronics Wins DoD Distributed Interactive Simulation Award..2.3K 8962 ) Letter from SGI Corporate Communications.........................1.5K SHORT TAKES 8963 ) Product Watch: Sony DDS-3 Tape Drive. IKOS Gemini Compiler......17.1K Oracle Unveils Next Generation OLAP Server. 8964 ) Corporate Liaisons: 3Com & IBM Extend Switching Alliance........10.2K NCR & Netscape Enter Partnership. 8965 ) Financial Watch: Tera Computer Reports $3.737 M Loss............20.6K Amdahl Hopes to Break Even in Fourth Quarter 8966 ) People and Positions: Microsoft Names 7 New VPs..................4.2K Former Sybase COO Will Lead Inktomi. JOB BANK ===================================================================== 667 ) Employment Opportunities...........................................3.5K From: Lockheed Martin, IBM Corp., Arctic Region Supercomputing Center SunSoft, Tera Computer, ORTECH, 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 Aug. 1, 1996)...........8.1K 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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