H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Feb. 07, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 05 Circulation: 16,722 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 139 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70103 ) DON'T MISS HPCwire's C A R E E R O P P O R T U N I T I E S Special Supplement On February 21st NOW YOU CAN RECRUIT HIGH PERFORMING COMPUTER ENGINEERS, PROGRAMMERS, SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS AND EXECUTIVES -- BEFORE THEY START LOOKING ! ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 10710) FEATURES: FINDING A NEW NAME FOR SUPERCOMPUTING | | [ ] 10714) SCIENCE NEWS: CARNEGIE MELLON, DEC WORK TOWARD DESKTOP HPC | | [ ] 10717) COMMERCIAL NEWS: IDC ISSUES REPORT ON TECH COMPUTER REVENUES | | [ ] 10720) NEWS BRIEFS: TI HAS 1.6 BILLION INSTRUCTION/SEC DSP CHIP | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 10710 ) SUPERCOMPUTING IS DEAD; THE NEW KING NEEDS A NAME.............6.6K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The Supercomputing 'XY gatherings of yore will now be called "SC 'XY." Who can suggest a new term that encompasses the technological span and market diversity of what used to be called supercomputing? [ ] 10711 ) AND CORP. CLAIMS SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE IN NEURAL NET TECHNOLOGY...5K by Alan Beck, editor in chief AND Corp. has recently claimed that its artificial neural system, HNet, based upon what it calls "holographic neural technology" marks a significant advance in both speed and accuracy over traditional neural networks. [ ] 10712 ) MICROSOFT'S NEW CE SEEKS TO COLONIZE THE PALMTOP..............7.6K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large For the first time, Window's CE offers a universal OS for computers under one pound in size. Compaq and other vendors are joining the parade. Is "Today the palmtop, tomorrow the world" the new watchword? [ ] 10713 ) EVALUATING THE NEC/SWISS CNTR. FOR SCI. COMPUTING PARTNERSHIP..12K by Uwe Harms, contributing editor A descriptive account of the collaborative experiences of CSCS/SCSC, the Swiss Center for Scientific Computing, and NEC Corp in developing software tools, applications and algorithms for distributed-memory parallel systems. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 10714 ) CARNEGIE MELLON AND DEC COLLABORATE FOR DESKTOP HPC...........5.4K Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science (SCS) are collaborating with Digital Equipment Corp to create a new, high-performance infrastructure for desktop computing and communication (HPID). [ ] 10715 ) FASTER THAN A SPEEDING STORM FRONT..............................7K by Michael Schneider, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center In experiments at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, the University of Oklahoma's Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms has solved the major technical problems standing in the way of better storm forecasting. [ ] 10716 ) ORIGIN2000 ACCEPTED AT UNIV. OF BERGEN'S PARALLAB.............3.3K In December 1996, Silicon Graphics delivered a new Cray Origin2000 supercomputer to Parallab at the University of Bergen. The computer will be used for scientific computing and support this activity at a national level in Norway. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 10717 ) IDC SAYS REVENUES HIT $3B FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE TECH COMPUTERS...4K Worldwide revenue of the high-performance technical computing market grew by 43 percent to an estimated $3 billion for 1996, as reported by International Data Corporation (IDC). [ ] 10718 ) ERICSSON TO SUPPLY CISCO DATA NETWORK FOR UK MORTGAGE CO......4.3K Cheltenham & Gloucester plc, the UK's fourth largest residential mortgage tender, has signed a contract valued at over GBP 5 million with Ericsson Data Networks for the design and supply of an organization-wide data communications network. [ ] 10719 ) ON-LINE FABRIC INSPECTION USES ADVANCED VISION TECHNOLOGY.....7.2K An automated on-line inspection system developed at Georgia Tech that uses advanced vision technology, neural networks, fuzzy logic and wavelets to quickly identify defects in fabric has been successfully tested at an Alabama textile manufacturing plant. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 10711 ) (O)ur single cell not only embodies a much larger storage capacity than traditional neural network models, it can learn much more quickly. -- John Sutherland, president of AND Corp __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS____________________________ | [ ] 70104)"TECHNOLOGY UPDATE:HIGH PERFORMANCE FORTRAN" by Chris Willard,| | IDC. Get a free copy compliments of The Portland Group, Inc. | | [ ] 70105) FREE Trial Subscription to WEBster, The Cyberspace Surfer -- | | Your Guide to What's News on the Web | | [ ] 70106) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? | | A Special State-of-the-Industry Report | | [ ] 70108) PGI, CRPC and LANL invite you to attend the First Annual | | HPF User Group Meeting | |_________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 10720 ) TI Announces 1.6 Billion Instructions/Second DSP Chip.........1.2K [ ] 10721 ) EDS Buys $18M in Unisys Servers for Bank Processing...........1.4K [ ] 10722 ) IDC Notes European Channels' Ratings of IT Market Leaders.....3.1K [ ] 10723 ) IBM Begins Production of High-Performance SRAM Chips..........1.7K [ ] 10724 ) DEC Wins Commerce Dept. OK to Export 56-Bit Encryption..........2K [ ] 10725 ) Binghamton Simulator Co. Partners with Cornell Theory Center....2K [ ] 10726 ) 300 MHz PowerPC Processor Due in Late Spring....................2K [ ] 10727 ) IXC Unveils Nationwide High-Speed Data Services...............1.7K [ ] 10728 ) Arbor/BP Scales to 15 Million Subscribers in Benchmark Test...1.9K [ ] 10729 ) Computron Client/Server Financial Software Posts AR Benchmark...2K [ ] 10730 ) Peerlogic, DEC Expanding Dist. Computing Messaging Options......2K [ ] 10731 ) SGI Standardizes Corporate Intranet on Netscape Software......1.1K [ ] 10732 ) Mexico's Electric Utility Upgrades to SCO OpenServer..........1.6K [ ] 10733 ) CNN to Receive Mercury MDVS-1200S Server for Video Editing....1.7K [ ] 10734 ) Bay Selects Agranat Embedded Web-Server Technology............1.8K [ ] 10735 ) Rapid City to Use Baystone's Quality Assurance Software.......2.2K SHORT TAKES [ ] 10736 ) Product Watch: HP Enhances Clustering Products...............54.1K Intel Rolls Out Faster I/O Processor. MTI Storageware SC Ready for NT. [ ] 10737 ) Financial Update: Kodak Buys Wang Document-Imaging S/W Biz......7K Computer Network Technology Posts 1996 Results. Number Nine Technology Notes 4th Qtr. Results. [ ] 10738 ) Corporate Liaisons: EMC Will Sell Symmetrix 3000 ICDA..........20K HP and Cisco to Develop Networking Solutions. FactoryLink ECS Runs on DEC 64-bit Systems. [ ] 10739 ) People and Positions: CADIS Appoints Blair LaCorte VP.........3.9K Number Nine Names Michael Romanies VP, Mktng. Mizar Appoints John Clark VP, Engineering. 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