H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Feb. 21, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 07 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 185 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70116 ) Join Silicon Graphics for a 2 hour live chat regarding Origin Servers on February 25, 10 a.m.-12 noon PST. Go to http://www.sgi.com/Chat/ ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 10775) FEATURES: HOW HPC BENEFITS FROM THE WTO TELECOMS AGREEMENT | | [ ] 10779) SCIENCE NEWS: INFORMAL INET GROUP TACKLES CRYPTO CHALLENGE | | [ ] 10782) COMMERCIAL NEWS: GOV'T PROBE OF SGI SALES TO RUSSIAN WEAPONS LAB| | [ ] 10785) NEWS BRIEFS: NATIONAL U. OF SINGAPORE INSTALLS AP3000 SERVER | |____________________________________________________________________________| CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ____________________________SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT______________________________ [ ] 70117) Mercury Computer Systems has opportunities for Hardware Engineers and Managers; Sr. Software Engineers OS; Principal Software Engineers, LLT; Senior Software Engineers; Systems Engineers; Program Managers; Account Managers/Medical Systems OEM...and more! [ ] 70118) MRJ Technology Solutions has immediate positions available at severallocations throughout the U.S.. An overview of these opportunities and company information is provided. [ ] 70019) Berkeley National Laboratory is home to the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) which provides high-performance computing services to researchers supported by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Research. [ ] 70120) The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has one or more System Engineer positions immediately available. [ ] 70121) RAYTHEON E-SYSTEMS GARLAND DIVISION IN SUBURBAN DALLAS has career opportunities for HPC professionals with experience in: UNIX C & C, C++, Parallel Processing, SCM Software Engineering, DSP Systems Engineering & DSP Systems Analysis, and RF & IF Design Engineering FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 10775 ) WTO TELECOMS DEAL A SOLID PLUS FOR HPC........................7.3K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The 69-nation WTO agreement promising more competitive telecoms should bring substantial benefits to HPC -- initially in richer countries already beginning to deregulate, later in the poorer countries. [ ] 10776 ) EU'S E=MC2 PROJECT INVESTIGATES BROADBAND NETWORKING.........14.3K by Alan Beck, editor in chief For three years the European Union (EU) has conducted intensive investigation into the potentials of networking high performance computers via a project called E=MC2, a component of the Trans European Network -- Integrated Broadband Communications program (TEN-IBC). [ ] 10777 ) REVIEW: HOW SUPERCOMPUTING STARTED...........................12.3K The SUPERMEN: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards behind the Supercomputer, by Charles J. Murray Reviewed by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large This new book is better than its pop hi-tech title but less useful on the years after the Cray-1. Seymour himself is not brought into clear focus. [ ] 10778 ) LEIPZIG UNIV. COMPUTING CENTER INSTALLS H-P/CONVEX SPP2000....7.7K by Uwe Harms, contributing editor Recently, the Leipzig University computer center, the URZ (Universitaetsrechenzentrum) -- founded in 1962 -- got the first Hewlett-Packard/Convex SPP2000 or Exemplar S-class machine outside the US. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 10779 ) INET GROUP BREAKS RC5 48 BIT CRYPTOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE..........3.6K More than 5000 computers connected via the Internet have broken one of the most difficult cryptographic challenges ever solved, in just over thirteen days. [ ] 10780 ) CTC COLLABORATES IN ORNITHOLOGICAL RESEARCH EFFORT............6.5K Cornell University's Laboratory of Ornithology and the Cornell Theory Center (CTC) are collaborating to put Project FeederWatch, a flagship program in citizen science based at the Lab of Ornithology and supported by the National Science Foundation, on the World Wide Web. [ ] 10781 ) STUDY SAYS ADVANCED DIGITAL ACCESS NOT CONFINED TO URBAN AREAS..3K According to a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release, rural counties gained greater access to computer networks and digital hardware between 1986 and 1992. The findings run counter to a recent report by the Taub Urban Research Center. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 10782 ) COMMERCE DEPT PROBES SGI SALES TO RUSSIAN WEAPONS LABS........5.8K An article in the Wall Street Journal by John J. Fialka reported that the US Commerce Department is investigating Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI) for selling four supercomputers to a Russian nuclear weapons laboratory without obtaining the required export license. [ ] 10783 ) IDC RESEARCH SHOWS SERVERS AT CENTER OF HARDWARE UNIVERSE.....1.9K A report by IDC (International Data Corp) Research indicates that Windows NT server shipments will lead the market by 1998, but associated revenues ($16B) will only amount to 50 percent of the UNIX market in 2000. [ ] 10784 ) UNISYS AND FISERV TO MARKET DATA WAREHOUSE SOLUTION TO BANKS..4.6K Unisys Corp and Fiserv will cooperate to expand distribution of Fiserv InformEnt, a complete data warehouse solution. They will offer and deploy the the solution to financial institutions throughout the United States and Canada. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 10782 ) "It would be a major concern to us if Silicon Graphics systems have been diverted to end-uses that differ from the representations we received at the time of the shipment." -- Edward R. McCracken, chairman and CEO of SGI __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS_______________________________ | [ ] 70122) HPCN Europe 1997 The International Conference and Exhibition | | on HPC and Networking Austria Center, Vienna | April 28-30, 1997 | | [ ] 70123) FREE Trial Subscription to WEBster, The Cyberspace Surfer -- | | Your Guide to What's News on the Web | | [ ] 70124) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? | | A Special State-of-the-Industry Report | | [ ] 70125) Looking for hard to find HPC Professionals? HPCwire' is the | | most effective, least expensive way to find them -- and we | | can prove it! | |____________________________________________________________________________| NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 10785) National U. of Singapore Installs AP3000 Parallel Server......2.5K [ ] 10786) Free Test Period Announced for NCSA's Origin2000....... ......2.6K [ ] 10787) DEC Ups Speed, I/O of Alphaservers, Posts TPC-C Benchmark... .2.3K [ ] 10788) InterSystems To Supply Open M Software in $1.5B VA Contract...1.5K [ ] 10789) NCSA Notes Role of Supercomputers in "Cosmic Voyage"..........3.5K [ ] 10790) WorldCom Announces $300M Expansion of UUNET Network...........1.7K [ ] 10791) German Mobile Operator Uses Real-Time Message Processing......2.3K [ ] 10792) Sun Servers Drive CTI At AAA Call Center......................2.2K [ ] 10793) Spanish SSA Purchases $680K Encore Infinity SP................1.9K [ ] 10794) Oklahoma's Integris Health Utilizing HNA Data Repository......1.9K [ ] 10795) MPOWER Solutions Announces 1st Client/Server Customers........1.9K [ ] 10796) Odetics Receives ISO 9001 Certification.......................1.9K [ ] 10797) SaskTel to Install OSI's Traffic Management Solution............2K [ ] 10798) TAMKO to Implement QSP's OLAS Financial App System............2.4K [ ] 10799) Sun, Soros Foundations to Put Russian Univs on Internet.......2.2K SHORT TAKES [ ] 10800 ) Product Watch: SCO and HP Deliver Unix API Spec Matrix......30.1K New dVISE Software Suite. Essential Comm Notes New Release of GIO-64 NIC. [ ] 10801 ) Financial Update: Ross Technology Reports 3rd Qtr. Results..11.7K Platinum Technology Notes Record 4th Qtr. Object Design Posts 4th Qtr. Results. [ ] 10802 ) Corporate Liaisons: Unisys Incorporating Tandem's...........12.3K ServerNet in Aquanta NT Servers. IBM and FTP Software to Develop Networking Technologies. [ ] 10803 ) People and Positions: Unisys Names Robert Brust as CFO.......8.1K Rich Perry Now Pres. of Sybase Financial Services. JOB BANK ===================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities From: Platform Computing, NEC/Europe, National Center for Atmospheric Research, IBM Corp, Cambridge Parallel Corp, University of Tennessee, University of Illinois, Lockheed Martin, MIT, Notre Dame University......2.4K [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES ================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 02.20.97)...............8K HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================== [ ] 670 ) Masthead........................................................2.2K [ ] 601 ) Subscriptions & Removals........................................2.6K [ ] 602 ) Submitting Letters & Articles...................................1.6K [ ] 950 ) Index of Back Issues.............................................11K Comments regarding editorial content may be sent to: editor@hpcwire.tgc.com ______________________H P C w i r e S P O N S O R S_____________________ | Full background information on all Sponsoring Companies | | [ ] 936) Sony [ ] 905) MAXSTRAT* | | [ ] 934) HP/Convex Tech. 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