H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Mar. 14, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 10 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 124 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70141 ) SUN ANNOUNCES MOST AFFORDABLE SUPERCOMPUTING SYSTEMS; EXTENDS SUN'S HIGH-END TECHNICAL PRESENCE ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 10880) FEATURES: S/390 INTER/INTRANET MANAGEMENT MADE EASIER | | [ ] 10884) SCIENCE NEWS: HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET CLIMATE MODELS? | | [ ] 10887) COMMERCIAL NEWS: IBM TO ENABLE GERMAN BANK'S RISK MANAGEMENT | | [ ] 10892) NEWS BRIEFS: UNISYS DATABASE HELPS COMBAT MAD COW DISEASE | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 10880 ) IBM LAUNCHES WEB SERVER FACILITIES FOR S/390 USERS............6.1K News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large IBM announced a new software package, hardware-based cryptography, and other facilities that make it easier for S/390 customers to use their mainframes to manage the Web and the Inter/intranet. A big bargain -- if you already have an S/390 system. [ ] 10881 ) NEW APPROACHES TO DATAMINING AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AT JPL..17.3K by Alan Beck, editor in chief The effective mining of very large-scale data sets not only offers enormous benefits across a range of disciplines but also poses a variety of significant challenges. [ ] 10882 ) HITS & HISSES: A NURB IS A ..., IS ULTRA TAKEN?, & GERUNDS....7.5K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Fred Fritsch provides a kind correction on the real meaning of NURB; Vince Cavasin doesn't like "ultra," and doesn't someone else own it already?; Greg Pfister discusses the distinction between "supercomputer (n.)" and "supercomputing (v. and also n.?)" [ ] 10883 ) INSTALLING THE INTEL/ASCI TERAFLOPS COMPUTER AT SANDIA.......10.6K An on-site exclusive to HPCwire by Jan Rowell Built by Intel for the Department of Energy's Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) program, the machine is being installed in stages. Roughly one fourth of the system -- 19 compute cabinets -- is already on site and has been used around the clock since mid-January SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 10884 ) NCAR SCIENTIST PRESCRIBES CAUTION ON CLIMATE MODELS...........4.1K An NCAR scientist, writing in the journal Nature, emphasizes that computer models are useful tools in the quest to diagnose global change, but only when their limitations are well understood. [ ] 10885 ) "AUGMENTED REALITY" GIVES NEW SPIN TO VR........................5K A team of University of Rochester computer scientists has proposed a way for cameras and computers to cooperate to produce an image that convincingly merges computer-generated images and real-world videos. [ ] 10886 ) DUTCH RESEARCH SCHOOL ORDERS PARSYTEC PENTIUM PRO SYSTEM......5.2K In January, Parsytec was chosen as the supplier for the Advanced School for Computing and Imaging, founded by four Dutch universities and recipient of an equipment grant from SION, the computer science foundation of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 10887 ) IBM SECURES RISK MGT DEAL WITH GERMANY'S COMMERZBANK..........3.2K Sylvia Dennis of Newsbytes has reported that Germany's Commerzbank has contracted with IBM to provide project management and software development services, with the aim of creating a treasury and capital markets risk management system. [ ] 10888 ) KIVA ENTERPRISE SERVER TO BECOME APP BACKBONE OF ISN..........4.7K The Internet Shopping Network (ISN) has selected the KIVA Enterprise Server, a fully distributed, component-based application server, to be the application backbone of its shopping Web site. [ ] 10889 ) SILICON GRAPHICS OPENS UK SOLUTION CENTRE.......................4K Silicon Graphics has opened SiliconWorks Solution Centre to demonstrate and develop the latest design, analysis and collaborative-working tools for customers in manufacturing industries. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 10881 ) "The core challenge was to think of the T3D as an interactive dataminining tool, rather than a long-term batch processing tool." -- Paul Stolorz, group supervisor, Machine Learning Systems Group, JPL ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS____________________________ [ ] 70142) So you're experienced in process simulation or electromagnetics, or a whiz with C-MOLD or Moldflow? Perhaps you've mined financial data. Fancy in a stint in the tropics? [ ] 70143) HOW TO REACH HARD-T0-REACH HPC PROFESSIONALS Find out how you can get your message to 30,000 of them each week in HPCwire. [ ] 70144) FREE Trial Subscription to WEBster, The Cyberspace Surfer -- Your Guide to What's News on the Web [ ] 70145) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? A Special State-of-the-Industry Report [ ] 70146) URGENT! Deadline for Early Registration HPCN Europe 1997 is TODAY! Retrieve NOW for full details! __________________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 10890) IBM to Use Pentium Pro for Some Workstations...................1.2K [ ] 10891) Bridgestone & Yamaha Install Cray Research Supercomputers......2.8K [ ] 10892) Unisys Develops Database to Combat Mad Cow Disease.............2.6K [ ] 10893) Army/Air Force Exchange Expands Scalable Data Warehousing......1.9K [ ] 10894) Motorola, Tool Developers to Generate ColdFire Standards.......1.4K [ ] 10895) Compaq Selected by Yahoo! to Deliver SMP Environment...........2.8K [ ] 10896) French Bank Group Selects IBM Transaction Software.............1.7K [ ] 10897) Ion Layering Technology May Enhance Computation, Storage.......2.3K [ ] 10898) U.S. Govt Exercises $59M in Computer Contract Options..........1.1K [ ] 10899) Impactdata Introduces New Approach to Network Security.........3.5K [ ] 10900) MCI Selects Check Point for Managed Firewall Service...........2.5K [ ] 10901) Millennium Installs Bioinformatics Software Platform...........2.9K [ ] 10902) Nortel Dasa Announces Broadband Multimedia Network.............2.5K [ ] 10903) Pacific Bell Mobile Chooses Metrica/NPR for PCS Network........2.8K [ ] 10904) Sakura Information Systems Selects Encore Infinity SP..........2.1K [ ] 10905) Sun Posts Solaris TPC-C Benchmark on UNIX-Based Server.........1.4K [ ] 10906) NEC, Toshiba to Raise Prices on 16-Megabit Drams...............1.2K [ ] 10907) SGI WebFORCE Servers Selected to Power Hiway Tech..............1.6K [ ] 10908) United & Philips Sign $1.6M Deal for SeaChange Systems.........3.3K SHORT TAKES [ ] 10909) Product Watch: Prism to Resell Sagent Data Mart Solution......55.7K VLSI Details Image Processor Chip. Multisoft Launches CS8000. [ ] 10910) Financial Update: CNT Announces Stock Repurchase..............12.2K NTT Moving into Software Market. Pyramid Technology Becomes Siemens Pyramid. [ ] 10911) Corporate Liaisons: HP, NEC Forge Tech Exchange.................20K Unisys Expands OEM Agreement with EMC. DEC Partners with Object Design. [ ] 10912) People and Positions: Concentric Appoints Zander & Carpenter...6.5K to Board. C. Holliday Elected to Analog Devices' Board. CPP Names Derek Puplett as Euro Biz Mngr. JOB BANK ===================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities From: Platform Computing, IBM Corp, NEC/Europe, MIT, San Diego Supercomputing Center, Oak Ridge National Lab, Advanced Visual Systems, The Portland Group............5K [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations................................1.22K CONFERENCES ================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 03.13.97)............6.1K 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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