H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Oct. 18, 1996: Vol. 5, No. 43 Circulation: 16,509 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 175 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 -------------------- * -------------------- 70000 ) IBM Announces New Hierarchical Storage System Software for High Performance Computers and High Speed Networks ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | 10315 ) FEATURES: ORIGIN2000 NUMA TO BE USED IN ALL ASCI BLUE PHASES | | 10320 ) SCIENCE NEWS: CLINTON ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES NEW INTERNET | | 10321 ) COMMERCIAL NEWS: MICROSOFT ADOPTS LEGATO FOR TBYTE STORAGE MNGMT. | | 10323 ) NEWS BRIEFS: NEC INTEGRATORS, UCAR DENY CANCELLATION STORIES | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== 10315 ) SGI/CRAY TO USE ORIGIN2000 THROUGHOUT ASCI BLUE PROJECT..........10.1K News analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large SGI/Cray will use Origin2000 NUMA technology in all three phases of the ASCI Blue Mountain project at Los Alamos. Shipments begin this quarter. What does SMP really mean these days? 10316 ) DAVE GUSTAVSON ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT SCI: PART III.............10.8K by Alan Beck, editor in chief In the final installment of this three-part interview addressing key SCI issues, Dave Gustavson discusses topics that include: performance enhancement, facilitation of better end-user understanding, and the probable future of SCI technology. 10317 ) PARALLELISM! WHO NEEDS IT?........................................7.7K Commentary by IDC Analyst Christopher G. Willard, Ph.D. Parallelism threatens to become an overused term in discussions of HPC. IDC analyst Chris Willard provides an overview of what this notion really means within different computational contexts and offers suggestions for end-users who want to make the most effective use of its potential. 10318 ) SEYMOUR CRAY AND LAKE WISSOTA.....................................8.8K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Lake Wissota, just outside Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was a creative crucible for Seymour Cray. To explain how he worked, he invented a straight-faced parable about elves. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS 10319 ) READ-RITE AND LLNL WIN R&D AWARD FOR GMR STORAGE..................2.3K Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Read-Rite Corp worked for years to develop increased data storage capabilities through advances in giant magneto-resistive technology. The fruits of their collaborative effort have now drawn acclaim. 10320 ) CLINTON ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES NEXT-GENERATION INTERNET..........5.1K Recently, the Clinton administration proposed a $100 million upgrade of the Internet. Features of the enhancement include networking between selected research sites at speeds up to 1000 times faster than those currently in use and new applications for specific goals and missions. COMMERCIAL NEWS 10321 ) MICROSOFT ADOPTS LEGATO FOR TBYTE STORAGE MANAGEMENT..............5.3K Although the Microsoft Network operates in a fully distributed environment, it encompasses several terabytes of information with intensive back-up requirements. Its final choice for an internal storage management tool involved complex testing and broad-based selection criteria. 10322 ) SINGAPORE PROVIDES MODEL FOR ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SERVICES......3.9K Playing what it hopes will be a leadership role in electronic procurement for Europe, the government of Singapore is embracing a multiplatformed networking approach to all aspects of integrated purchase and supply. IBM technology has proved vital to this ongoing automation process. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ 10316 ) "The biggest problem is the initial shock that hits when programmers used to protecting their interfaces from naive user code begin to get the idea, and then are horrified by visions of everybody on the net writing into their entire memory." -- David B. Gustavson, IEEE CS/MMSC Microprocessor Standards Committee chairman, executive director of SCIzzL, and research professor at Santa Clara University, on the topic of enduser understanding of SCI I/O and networking. __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS______________________________ | 70001 ) Maximum Strategy, SGI, Other Leaders In High Bandwidth Seminar. | | 70002 ) CC-NUMA Architecture and PA 8000 Power: Hewlett Packard's New | | EXEMPLAR S- and X- Class Systems Lead In Scalable Performance | | 70003 ) High End Storage Industry Growth Fuels DATATAPE Expansion | | 70004 ) 3DOME: Virtualizing Reality Into a 3D Model: Takeo Kanade, Dir. | | Robotics, Carnegie Mellon To Speak At Supercomputing `96. | | 70005 ) Maximum Strategy's with Fujitsu's HPC Group Have Already Booked | | Several TB's Of Storage Shipments For Fourth Quarter `96 | | 70006 ) FREE Trial Subscription to WEBster, The Cyberspace Surfer -- | | Your Guide to What's News on the Web | | 70007 ) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? | | A Special State-of-the-Industry Report | | 70008 ) The Real Numbers Behind Net Profits | | * The Largest Study of Web Marketers Ever Conducted * | |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== 10323 ) NEC Integrators, UCAR Deny NCAR Contract Cancellation Reports...2.1K 10324 ) ECMWF's Fujitsu VPP700/46 System Acceptance Testing Completed...1.6K 10325 ) NCSA Adds Shell Oil to Industrial Program.......................1.9K 10326 ) NEC Calls for Investigation of Cray Research's Dumping Claim....2.8K 10327 ) White House Evaluates Russian Request For Supercomputers........3.1K 10328 ) Sun Previews New UltraSPARC Processors............................2K 10329 ) IBM Updates Communications Server for NT..........................2K 10330 ) Digital Commerce Corp Installs RM1000 Cluster Server............1.9K 10331 ) UB Networks Implements High Speed Switched Topology.............1.6K 10332 ) DynCorp Awarded ITSS 2001 Contract by Justice Dept................2K 10333 ) Informix Plans $25 Million Investment in Indian Subsidiary......2.1K 10334 ) Mercury to Supply Computers for New Attack Sub..................1.9K 10335 ) NEC Integrates Vertel Software for Telcom Net Management........2.1K 10336 ) Yamaichi Intntl. Standardizes on 3Com Network Technology........3.2K 10337 ) Staten Island Univ. 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