H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Oct. 04, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 41 Circulation: 16,391 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 141 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 7178 ) Proven Fourth Generation CC-NUMA Architecture and PA 8000 Power: Hewlett Packard's New EXEMPLAR S- and X- Class Systems Lead The Industry In Scalable Performance ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | 10247) FEATURES: IBM WILL DEPLOY NEW TERAPLEX CENTERS | | 10252) SCIENCE NEWS: BELLCORE ISSUES WARNING ON SMART CARDS | | 10254) COMMERCIAL NEWS: NCR UNVEILS TERADATA STRATEGY | | 10257) NEWS BRIEFS: EXPONENTIAL WILL DEBUT 500-MHZ POWERPC CHIP | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 10246 ) CSPP POSITION STATEMENT ON ENCRYPTION EXPORT CONTROLS.............4.1K The complete text of the Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP) position statement "Updating Export Controls for Encryption and Developing Key Recovery Technologies." 10247 ) IBM'S TERAPLEX CENTERS: HELP IN COPING WITH TERABYTE DATABASES....7.8K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large IBM's new Teraplex training/experiment centers will deploy lots of SP, S/390, and AS/400 hardware to enable customers to explore decision support and navigate the rapids of very large multi-user databases. Why? A market estimated at $20 billion within three years or so. 10248 ) FUJITSU'S MARKETING VP RETIRES, REFLECTS ON FUTURE OF HPC.........5.8K by Alan Beck, editor in chief After 36 years in the computing industry, Thomas Miller has retired. HPCwire talks with Miller about the changes he has witnessed and those still on the way. 10249 ) DAVE GUSTAVSON ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT SCI: PART I...............12.7K by Alan Beck, editor in chief This three-part series of articles will explore the potential and character of Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) technology as it applies to high performance computing. 10250 ) TAIWAN'S PC VENDORS LOOKING TOWARD MULTIPROCESSORS AS SALES SURGE.5.5K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large A tsunami of PC production in Taiwan is flooding the Japanese market, causing headaches for Japanese vendors. Multiprocessor boards are the next stage. Meanwhile, mouses from Taiwan are overrunning the world. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 10251 ) PEERLOGIC AWARDED PATENT FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT....2.6K PeerLogic has received a patent for a description of a software system that creates and maintains a reliable, dynamic environment for distributed computing. The system design impacts how application components locate and reliably communicate with one another in a distributed environment, regardless of their physical location. 10252 ) BELLCORE SCIENTISTS ISSUE SMART CARD ALERT........................7.5K Bellcore scientists have found that "smart cards" used by many domestic and international phone companies and banks can be manipulated into making a computational error. This error can jeopardize information stored in the card, including keys used to authenticate the legitimacy of the cards themselves. 10253 ) AFFYMETRIX AND ONCORMED TO DEVELOP CHIP-BASED DIAGNOSTICS...........3K OncorMed, Inc. and Affymetrix, Inc. have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development and clinical validation of genetic testing services using the Affymetrix GeneChip system for analysis of genes associated with cancer. The effort represents the first commercial application of GeneChip technology to clinical cancer research. COMMERCIAL NEWS 10254 ) NCR OUTLINES TERADATA STRATEGY....................................3.2K NCR plans to port Teradata to Microsoft's Windows NT. Additional components of the company's strategy include product enhancements to Teradata and a partnership with Microsoft; and adding multimedia and Internet enhancements to Teradata. 10255 ) DIGITAL CEO DELIVERS STRATEGY STATEMENT...........................5.1K Digital Equipment Corporation is building its future around delivery of networked business solutions based on high performance platforms and services. This calls for increased focus on high-performance 64-bit UNIX platforms; Windows NT throughout the enterprise; and Internet within and between enterprises. 10256 ) TECHNOLOGY EXECS SAY DISPERSED INFORMATION THREATENS PROFITS......6.5K A survey of 700 IT executives worldwide shows that concerns over technical barriers are preventing critical information from being readily accessible to those who can utilize it for business advantage. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 10248 ) "High-performance workstations, clusters, scalable parallel processing and other technologies are now employed to satisfy the demand for HPC. The need for HPC has become insatiable, and these new technologies have proven to be an enormous boon." -- Thomas Miller, VP of Marketing, Fujitsu America __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS_____________________________ | 7177 ) Donald A.P. Lindberg, M.D.. Director National Library of Medicine,| | Invited Speaker, Supercomputing `96. Select 7177 for abstract. | | 7172 ) High End Storage Industry Growth Fuels DATATAPE Expansion | | 7174 ) Open Microsystems to Provide SCSI Device Performance For Function-| | Enabling Software for MAXIMUM STRATEGY's S-Series Storage Servers | | 7176 ) IBM Announces New Hierarchical High Performance Storage System | | 7141 ) FREE Trial Subscription to WEBster, The Cyberspace Surfer -- | | Your Guide to What's News on the Web | | 7122 ) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? | | A Special State-of-the-Industry Report | | 7169 ) The Real Numbers Behind Net Profits | | * The Largest Study of Web Marketers Ever Conducted * | |__________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 10257 ) Exponential to Debut BiCMOS 500-MHZ PowerPC Chip................1.8K 10258 ) Intergraph and Bay Networks Ink Federal Contracts...............2.2K 10259 ) Pilot Software Forges $1-Million Deal with Kmart................1.5K 10260 ) Sun Workstations, Servers Added to Naval Systems Command........2.5K 10261 ) 46 Technology Firms Embrace Network Computing Architecture......1.9K 10262 ) Parametric Receives $5.1 Million Order from Matsushita..........1.4K 10263 ) Bell Sygma to Install 13,000-seat Livelink Intranet.............1.7K 10264 ) EMSL Accepts New IBM SP.........................................2.2K 10265 ) Oracle, OpenVision, Digital, StorageTek Demo Hot VLDB Backup....1.9K 10266 ) Office Depot Selects QSP OLASR System...........................1.8K 10267 ) Data Dimensions Offering Year 2000 Services to Frank Russell Co.1.7K 10268 ) Database Excelleration and Kenan Post Benchmark.................2.5K 10269 ) Graphics Express Selects RAID 7 Storage Server..................1.4K 10270 ) Primark Sells Off Natural Gas Operations, Will Focus on IT......1.4K 10271 ) Mizar Gets $500,000 DSP Order from Northrop Grumman.............2.2K 10272 ) Rite-Aid Selects MicroStrategy and Intrepid for ROLAP.............2K 10273 ) VeriBest Begins Program to Assist Strategic Partners............1.6K 10274 ) Canadian Insurer Installs CrossComm Network.....................2.9K SHORT TAKES 10275 ) Product Watch: Paracel Introduces Biology Tool Kit............15.2K SMART DB Workbench Ported to Digital's Alpha. 10276 ) Financial Update: Sapient Files for Offering of 1.04M Shares...8.8K Digital Equipment Declares Dividend. 10277 ) Corporate Liaisons: Osicom Completes Acquisition of BWA........9.5K Data General Supports Oracle's NC Architecture. Gartner Group, Price Waterhouse Form SAP Team. 10278 ) People & Promotions: Hans Dirkmann Named Pres. DEC Europe......3.5K Steve Conway Leaves Cray for Compuserve. Sigfried Hecker Resigns from Top Post at LANL. 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