H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Feb. 28, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 08 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 213 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70126) Join Sun Microsystems on March 11, 1997 to see what you can do when high performance becomes highly affordable. For more information visit http://www.sun.com/hpc ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 10805) FEATURES: HOW WILL CHEAPER, MORE POWERFUL DRAMS IMPACT HPC? | | [ ] 10808) SCIENCE NEWS: 10,000YR CLIMATE MODEL ON THE HORIZON | | [ ] 10812) COMMERCIAL NEWS: MULTIPROCESSOR PLATFORMS FOR THE MERCED | | [ ] 10835) NEWS BRIEFS: BILL JOY NAMED CO-CHAIR OF HPCC ADVISORY COMMITTEE | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70127 ) ARE YOU A HARD-T0-REACH HPC PROFESSIONAL? If you wanted to get an important message in front of your buyers or contemporaries, how would you do it? Just as you're reading this message we can broadcast yours. Place your announcement, product message, or employment requirements here and reach over 30,000 High Performance Computing professionals worldwide. For more information on our advertising plans, contact John Meade, john@hpcwire.tgc.com or retrieve this article. FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 10805 ) THE DRAM GLUT: CHIP CYCLES SHRINK AS PRICES PLUMMET...........5.8K News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Too many fabs cause a glut as customers cheer the descent of a 16 Mb DRAM to $7. In the future: a fast shuffle of 64Mb, 1 Gb, and then -- perhaps soon after the turn of the millennium -- 4 GB DRAMs. What will that mean for HPC design -- the supercomputer as key-chain ornament? [ ] 10806 ) THE HPCC ADVISORY COMMITTEE: AN INTERVIEW WITH KEN KENNEDY....8.1K by Alan Beck, editor in chief HPCwire recently noted the appointment of Ken Kennedy, director of the Center for Research on Parallel Computation (CRPC), as co-chair of the new HPCC Advisory Committee. To learn more about the Committee's tasks and direction, HPCwire interviewed Kennedy. [ ] 10807 ) HITS & HISSES: A 3-LEVEL SOLUTION TO REPLACE HPC..............5.4K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Derrol Hammer of Livermore prefers sliding categories for HPC and supercomputing, as proposed by Zdzislaw Meglicki. With Alex Larzelere's ultracomputing, this could form a three-level hierarchy. But how to convert the world outside, where a supercomputer is a supercomputer is a supercomputer? SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 10808 ) ARGONNE, U OF WISC. DEVELOPING 10,000YR CLIMATE MODEL.........6.5K Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Wisconsin are utilizing platforms like the IBM SP to investigate coupled ocean/atmosphere climate models capable of 10,000 year integrations. [ ] 10809 ) AUTOMATED REASONING SOFTWARE CRACKS ROBBINS PROBLEM...........3.5K The Robbins problem, which had puzzled mathematicians and logicians for more than 60 years, has been solved by automated reasoning software developed in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory. [ ] 10810 ) BIOPHYSICS GROUP USES SDSC'S TMF TO BUILD PROTEIN PUZZLE......3.4K Researchers in theoretical biophysics have created the first multi- component 3-D hardcopy of a protein, specifically, the light harvesting protein complex II (LH-II), using SDSC's TeleManufacturing Facility (TMF). [ ] 10811 ) PROGRAM SOLICITATION FROM CISE DIRECTORATE, NSF..............22.4K The Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces opportunities in support of multidisciplinary, group-oriented research for fiscal year 1997. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 10812 ) UNISYS, INTEL WORK ON MULTIPROCESSOR PLATFORMS FOR MERCED.....3.1K Unisys Corp announced that it is working closely with Intel on advanced platform architectures for Intel's future IA-64 Merced processor. This cooperation continues ongoing system architecture work between Unisys and Intel begun in 1991. [ ] 10813 ) RED BRICK PROPOSES BENCHMARK CRITERIA TO REPLACE TPC-D........3.6K Red Brick Systems, Inc has proposed new benchmark criteria for evaluating the performance of relational databases (RDBMSs) used for data warehousing, including data marts, data mining and online analytical processing (OLAP). [ ] 10814 ) HP VISUALIZE B132L NAMED UNIX REVIEW LABS REF PLATFORM........3.3K Hewlett-Packard Company has announced that the HP VISUALIZE Model B132L has been named a 1997 UNIX Review Labs Reference Platform for advanced 32-bit graphics workstations. [ ] 10815 ) COSWORTH CUTS LEAD TIME BY DESIGNING AUTO ENGINE IN SOLID 3D..3.2K IBM and Dassault Systemes announced today that their CATIA Solutions have been selected and implemented by the engine design consultancy Cosworth Engineering. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 10806 ) "I personally would like to make sure that, while appropriate attention is paid to networking and information technology, high-end computing is not forgotten in the rush." -- Ken Kennedy, CRPC director and HPCC Advisory Committee co-chair ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS____________________________ [ ] 70128) Mercury Computer Systems has opportunities for Hardware Engineers and Managers; Sr. Software Engineers OS; Principal Software, etc.. [ ] 70129) MRJ Technology Solutions has immediate positions available at several locations throughout the U.S.. An overview is provided. [ ] 70130) Career Opportunities with Berkeley National Laboratory, home to NERSC which provides HPC services to researchers supported by Office of Energy Research. [ ] 70131) The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has one or more System Engineer positions immediately available. [ ] 70132) RAYTHEON E-SYSTEMS GARLAND DIVISION IN SUBURBAN DALLAS has professional career opportunities covering a wide spectrum of experience. [ ] 70133) FREE Trial Subscription to WEBster, The Cyberspace Surfer -- Your Guide to What's News on the Web [ ] 70134) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? A Special State-of-the-Industry Report ____________________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 10816) WSJ Reports SGI Sold Machines to Chinese Weapons Labs............2K [ ] 10817) 3Com and U.S. Robotics Agree to $6.6 Billion Merger............2.4K [ ] 10818) DoD NAVOCEANO Orders Three Cray Supercomputers.................2.3K [ ] 10819) Russia Says It Bought $7M RS/6000 SP from European Middleman...1.9K [ ] 10820) Physician's Health Network Upgrades to SCO OpenServer..........2.5K [ ] 10821) Sun Microsystems and NRaD Sign CRADA...........................2.3K [ ] 10822) IDREN and vBNS to Interconnect at CEWES Colloquium.............1.6K [ ] 10823) Aeronix Selects Perihelion for Helios Real-Time OS.............1.9K [ ] 10824) Analogy Donates S/W To Oakland U's Mechatronics Program........1.9K [ ] 10825) NetRail Signs Agreement to Offer Ascend Comm GRF 1600..........1.8K [ ] 10826) ATL Announces All-Digital Ultrasound System....................3.1K [ ] 10827) Nationwide Building Soc. Picks Cellstream Network Service......2.4K [ ] 10828) Bell Atlantic Expands Transparent LAN in Baltimore.............1.1K [ ] 10829) Imperial Cancer Research Fund Installs SGI Power Challenge.....2.7K [ ] 10830) Lutheran Health Systems Upgrades to $1.7M 3Com Network.........2.2K [ ] 10831) Newbridge VIVID Solution Polices London's Financial District...2.4K [ ] 10832) InterNex Uses Sonet Technology to Enhance Network Centers......1.3K [ ] 10833) Sun Video Server Technology Chosen By Saturn Comm..............2.3K [ ] 10834) Silicon Graphics Inc Opens Kuala Lumpur Office.................1.6K [ ] 10835) Bill Joy Named Co-Chair of HPCC Advisory Committee.............1.2K SHORT TAKES [ ] 10836) Product Watch: USDATA Ships FactoryLink ECS for NT 4.0........22.2K Sun Doubles Ultra 2 Storage Capacity. Cisco Initiative Addresses Enterprise Security. [ ] 10837) Financial Watch: Zycad Completes $5M Financing..................24K Borland Announces Restructuring Plan. Intel Tops Upside 250 List. [ ] 10838) Corporate Liaisons: HP to Support FORE Systems................14.1K Zitel and Peace Forge Distribution Partnership. EPIC Closes Licensing Deal with TI. [ ] 10839) People and Positions: Banyan Names William Ferry Pres. & CEO.....7K QAD Announces Five Senior Execs. 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