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See retrieval instructions at end of document. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Jan. 24, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 03 Circulation: 16,526 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 133 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 -------------------- * -------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * S P E C I A L S U P P L E M E N T * * * President's Letters [ ] 70089 ) Dear Members of the High Performance Computing Community: HNSX Supercomputers and NEC Corporation jointly wish you a prosperous and productive 1997. [ ] 70090 ) The Year in Review and The Year Ahead: From Bill Boas, President, Essential Communications [ ] 70091 ) "We Tell a Simple Story" --- A New Years Letter From Del Masters, President and CEO, MAXSTRAT Corporation [ ] 70092 ) The Year in Review: Digital Equipment Continues to Provide Breakthrough HPC Solutions: By Pauline Nist, Vice President, AlphaServer Business, Digital Equipment Corp. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 10642) FEATURES: SUN ROLLS OUT ULTRA ENTERPRISE 10000 SMP SERVER | | [ ] 10646) SCIENCE NEWS: U. OF WASHINGTON RECEIVES GRANT FOR RS/6000 SP | | [ ] 10650) COMMERCIAL NEWS: IDC REVIEWS STORAGE SUBSYSTEM MARKET FOR 96 | | [ ] 10654) NEWS BRIEFS: CORNELL ISSUES STATEMENT ON ITS PACI STANDING | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 10642 ) SUN CONFRONTS IBM WITH NEW SMP COMMERCIAL SERVER..............6.9K News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Sun is challenging IBM and others in the elbow-to-elbow commercial market for large multiprocesssor systems with the new Ultra Enterprise 10000, said to out-mainframe mainframes. [ ] 10643 ) PGI'S DOUG MILES COMMENTS ON THE STATE OF HPF.................6.3K by Alan Beck, editor in chief To obtain more insight into the potential of High Performance Fortran, a new language geared for parallel platforms, HPCwire interviewed Doug Miles, director of marketing for the Portland Group, Inc. (PGI). [ ] 10644 ) DESPITE NT POISONING, UNIX NOT DEAD YET.......................6.9K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large NT is taking bigger and bigger nips out of Unix's market share. NT is on the way toward inflicting more grievous harm. Yet Unix is surviving and should continue to do so -- although in a slimmer form. [ ] 10645 ) PSI PROJECT SEEKS EFFICIENT COMPILATION, PERFORMANCE: PART II..10K by Alan Beck, editor in chief In this concluding article of a two-part series, Lenore Mullin comments on the Psi Project's achievements, the relationship of its technology with those of other compilers, and emerging commercial alliances. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 10646 ) U. OF WASHINGTON RECEIVES IBM GRANT FOR RS/6000 SP PURCHASE...3.8K IBM has awarded the University of Washington's Computer Science and Engineering and Molecular Biotechnology departments funding through its Shared University Research (SUR) program to purchase an IBM RS/6000 SP. [ ] 10647 ) CTC'S BIOMEDICAL PARALLEL PROCESSING RESOURCE RENEWED.........5.5K The Cornell Theory Center has announced a five-year, over $5 million renewal of its Parallel Processing Resource for Biomedical Scientists, an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration aimed at applying HPC to support advances in biomedical applications. [ ] 10648 ) ILOG, ORANGE COMM SERVICES DEVELOP REAL-TIME ANALYSIS TOOL....3.9K ILOG has cooperated with Orange Personal Communication Services Limited to develop a mobile network analysis application designed to address the specific needs of mobile phone companies as customer usage increases. [ ] 10649 ) CRAYQUEST SINGAPORE `96 HONORS RESEARCHERS....................3.6K Jointly organized by the National Supercomputing Research Centre (NSRC) and Cray Research, the CRAYQuest awards program was established to attract Singapore's best industrial and academic researchers. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 10650 ) IDC SAYS UNIX, NT, NETWARE PROPELLED 96 STORAGE SUBSYSTEMS....2.8K According to International Data Corp research, the storage subsystem market saw Unix, Windows NT, and NetWare operating systems experience substantial growth in 1996, combining to grab 53 percent of worldwide revenues. [ ] 10651 ) BANCTEC, GTE DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY FOR IMAGE-BASED REMOTE KEYING...5K BancTec, Inc has provided GTE's Remittance Processing Service Division (RPS) with a remote keying solution for its payment processing centers in Dallas, Los Angeles and Tampa. [ ] 10652 ) DEC CEO NOTES MILD GROWTH IN SALES OF ALPHA SYSTEMS...........2.7K In a Reuters news release, Digital Equipment Corp Chief Executive Robert Palmer said total sales of its Alpha systems grew by only one percent year-over-year in the second quarter due to supply constraints and slow growth in Europe. [ ] 10653 ) LOTUS, IBM TO HIGHLIGHT NEW INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES VIA WWW.....3.4K Developed and managed with Domino, the Lotus Notes-based Internet application server, and powered by IBM's RS/6000 SP, the "Virtual Lotusphere" is designed to highlight a variety of leading-edge interactive WWW technologies. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 10643 ) For a long time there was this impression that message-passing was more efficient than HPF, and that perception has changed. -- Doug Miles, director of marketing, PGI ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS_____________________________ | [ ] 70093 ) "TECHNOLOGY UPDATE: HIGH PERFORMANCE FORTRAN" by | | Chris Willard, IDC. Get a free copy compliments of The | | Portland Group, Inc. (PGI) | | [ ] 70094 ) FREE Trial Subscription to WEBster, The Cyberspace Surfer -- | | Your Guide to What's News on the Web | | [ ] 70095 ) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? | | A Special State-of-the-Industry Report | | [ ] 70096 ) The Real Numbers Behind Net Profits | | * The Largest Study of Web Marketers Ever Conducted * | | [ ] 70097 ) PGI, CRPC and LANL invite you to attend the First Annual | | HPF User Group Meeting | |___________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 10654) Cornell Issues Statement on Federal Supercomputing Center Status.3K [ ] 10655) Cylink Offers High Speed Encryption Device.....................1.6K [ ] 10656) Semico Reports MIPS Most Popular RISC Architecture in 96.......1.1K [ ] 10657) FORE Systems Selected by Cox Communications for ATM Backbone...1.5K [ ] 10658) EMC Overtakes Server Vendors in Worldwide Open Storage Market..1.6K [ ] 10659) NCSA Adds McDonnell Douglas to Industrial Program..............2.8K [ ] 10660) U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Selects DEC for $1.5B Contract..1.4K [ ] 10661) SDSC, Affiliates Announce Interdisciplinary Postdoc Program....2.2K [ ] 10662) Sybase SQL Server 11, Sun Ultra Enterprise Post TPC-C Benchmark..1K [ ] 10663) Fujitsu Participates in US-Japan Telemedicine Experiment.......2.6K [ ] 10664) Sony Offers Its Fastest Tape Storage Device....................1.7K [ ] 10665) Unisys Gets $20 Million Contract for Mortgage Info Solution......2K [ ] 10666) Unisys Endorses Rational's Unified Modeling Language Standard..1.9K [ ] 10667) NCR Delivers OPOS Solution to Japanese Dept. Store Chain.......2.4K [ ] 10668) British Telecom Adopts GeoTel's Intelligent Call Router..........3K [ ] 10669) UUNET and PSINet to Install Ascend Switching Technology........1.4K [ ] 10670) Fibernet Installs Switching, WAN for Carpet Factory............2.1K [ ] 10671) Cognex Receives Purchase Order Worth $1.6 Million..............1.2K [ ] 10672) Digital Equipment Reduces Prices of Alpha Computer Line........1.9K SHORT TAKES [ ] 10673 ) Product Watch: HP Cuts Workstation Prices....................18.6K DEC Reduces Alpha Workstation, Server Prices. Sun Rolls Out V3.0 of Development Environment. [ ] 10674 ) Financial Update: IBM Posts Fourth Quarter, 1996 Results......9.7K FORE Notes 3rd Qtr. Results. Sun Microsystems Net Rises 41 Percent. [ ] 10675 ) Corporate Liaisons: Intel Will Acquire Case Technology.......10.9K NCR, Computer Associates Forge Agreement. Vendors Note Support for Magstar 3590. [ ] 10676 ) People and Positions: Zitel Names A.L. 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