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For details on the report and special discount, retrieve item 7169. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | 10055 ) FEATURES: IDC ANALYSTS MAKE 1996-2000 HPC FORECAST | | 10058 ) SCIENCE NEWS: VR TECHNOLOGY WILL ASSIST STONEHENGE RESTORATION | | 10060 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE MOVES TO ALPHA SERVERS | | 10065 ) NEWS BRIEFS: SCO & HAL BRING ccNUMA to SCO UNIXWARE | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 10054 ) VISUAL PARALLEL PROGRAMMING MAY COME OF AGE WITH CODE...............8K by Alan Beck, editor in chief CODE (Computationally Oriented Display Environment), an abstract declarative graphical environment for parallel programming developed at the University of Texas, promises not only a different but also a much more effective approach to parallel programming. 10055 ) HIGH-PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS:1996-2000 FORECAST SUMMARY..............15.1K by IDC analysts Debra Goldfarb and Christopher G. Willard, Ph.D This first in a series of articles from IDC offers insight into the dynamics driving the high-performance computing market and future prospects shaping up within this commercial space. 10056 ) COMMERCE DEPT. AGREES TO INVESTIGATE DUMPING CHARGES AGAINST NEC..2.4K The Commerce Department's Import Administration said this week that it will investigate Cray Research's allegation that NEC supercomputers were being dumped in this country at unfairly low prices. 10057 ) NSF DIRECTOR GIVES OFFICIAL SUPERCOMPUTER ACQUISITION STATEMENT...2.4K On Aug. 20, Neal Lane, director of the National Science Foundation, released an official statement on the subject of supercomputer acquisition. HPCwire readers can view the entire transcript of the statement. --- Norris Parker Smith is on assignment in Asia and will return next week. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 10058 ) STONEHENGE RESTORATION PROJECT UTILIZES VR MODEL..................4.4K Possibly the most famous monument to the technical ingenuity of early Bronze Age society, Stonehenge is coming to life again through virtual reality technology and the dedicated efforts of artists, archaeologists and computer scientists. 10059 ) U.S. ARMY CONDUCTS VIRTUAL EXERCISES FROM JAPAN...................3.1K Yama Sakura 27, a bilateral military exercise involving US I Corps and Japan Ground Self Defense Force's Western Army marked the debut of distributed simulation on a large scale, enabling the use of split-base operations. COMMERCIAL NEWS 10060 ) PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE UPGRADED TO ALPHA SERVERS...............2.7K In a move to improve system performance, increase capacity, and minimize down-time, the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) has implemented a new set-up with two Alpha trading hub servers (THS) each at its Makati City and Pasig City sites interacting with its VAX 810 Fault Tolerant system, which functions as the Central Order Book (COB) Machine. 10061 ) SQL FINANCIALS SIGNS MAJOR ACCOUNTS...............................1.9K SQL Financials International, Inc., a provider of high-performance client/server financial applications, has recently signed a number of major accounts, including Amtrak, Capital One Services Inc., CompUSA, T. Rowe Price, Toronto Dominion Bank and Development Corporation for Israel (Israel Bonds). QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 10054 ) "... with CODE, what you must understand is that a parallel computation structure is basically a directed graph with many paths through it. It's a different level of conceptual understanding." -- James. C. Browne, Regents Chair in Computer Sciences and Professor of Physics and Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Texas. __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS________________________________ | 7163 ) PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES at NERSC Center Berkeley, CA | | 7164 ) PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES with Nichols InfoFed/University NRC | | Teams | | 7165 ) PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES at Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc. | | 7166 ) DESIGN ENGINEER OPPORTUNITIES with Cambridge Parallel, Irvine, CA | | 7167 ) SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES at IBM at Hudson Valley, N.Y | | 7168 ) APPLICATIONS SPECIALISTS OPPORTUNITIES with NEC Systems Laboratory,| | Inc. | | 7141 ) FREE Trial Subscription to WEBster, The Cyberspace Surfer -- | | Your Guide to What's News on the Web | | 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 ================================================================== 10062 ) Rematch: IBM's Deep Blue and Kasparov Will Play in May 1997.....3.3K 10063 ) HP Pentium Pro-Based NetServer Posts Benchmark..................2.0K 10064 ) SD Convention Center Picks Western Scientific to Expand Network.3.3K 10065 ) SCO and HAL Will Bring ccNUMA to SCO UnixWare...................1.4K 10066 ) Unisys Announces European Implementation of New Architecture....2.3K 10067 ) Start-Up Acclaim Targets LAN, WAN Switching and Routing.........2.3K 10068 ) Baan Integrates Planning Sciences OLAP into Enterprise Apps.....4.9K 10069 ) Sybase Uses Business Objects' Decision Support in QuickStart....1.7K 10070 ) Oracle Chooses CLARiiON for Diverse Server Cluster Demo.........1.4K 10071 ) MountainGate Wins $960M Air Force Workstation Program Contract..1.8K 10072 ) Evans & Sutherland Upgrades Air Force Simulation Systems........1.8K 10073 ) Data General Selects Emulex Fibre Channel for NUMALiiNE Unit....2.1K 10074 ) Rapid City Developing Gigabit Intranet Switches.................2.2K 10075 ) Testers Claim Cyrix 6x86 Chips May Overheat.....................1.6K 10076 ) NCR Offering StorageTek's TimberWolf 9710 with WorldMark Line...3.9K 10077 ) Motorola Opens White Paper on ColdFire VL RISC..................1.1K 10078 ) NAS Parallel Benchmarks 2 Available on WWW......................0.9K 10079 ) Oracle7 Parallel Server Demoed on Several Intel-Based Platforms.1.8K 10080 ) New URL Announced for List of Most Powerful Computing Sites.....0.6K 10081 ) Chinese Earthquake Parallel Processing System Certified.........0.8K SHORT TAKES 10082 ) Product Watch: Industry Leaders Will Back 8-Way Multiprocessing..13K Tandem Licenses Borland C++ for Use with Himalaya Vitesse Integrated Transceiver for Gigabit Ethernet 10083 ) Financial Watch: HP Profits Off 26 Percent. Emulex Reports Loss.7.8K Cisco Sees Solid Growth. Pinnacle Micro Roadmap. 10084 ) Corporate Liaisons: NEC Supports Ipsilon IP Switching Protocol.10.7K Osicom Will Supply FDDI Products to Motorola Data General to Support SCO UnixWare 2.1 on AViiON 10085 ) People & Promotions: SGI Names Ross Bott Senior VP. FORE Makes..7.3K Bakoglu VP of Engineering. Wardle Honored. 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