H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Mar. 21, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 11 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 317 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 _______________________________ | | | [ ] 10914) FEATURES: THOUGHTS ON RE-NAMING HPC | | [ ] 10918) SCIENCE NEWS: PNNL INSTALLS 472-NODE RS/6000 SP | | [ ] 10922) COMMERCIAL NEWS: VENDORS TEAM FOR NETWORK COMPUTING STANDARDS | | [ ] 10926) NEWS BRIEFS: GERMAN WEATHER CENTER GETS $30M SGI/CRAY UPGRADE | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 10914 ) HITS & HISSES: NEW IDEAS & OLD ON RE-NAMING HPC...............9.7K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large New thoughts and old from Bill Buzbee, Zdzislaw Meglicki, and Brian Davis on successors to the word supercomputer. How about deca-, hecto-, kilo- mega- etc.? Or, when all is said and done, why not just SC? [ ] 10915 ) NGI BRIEFING AT SDSC FOCUSES ON ISSUES NOT ANSWERS............5.5K by Alan Beck, editor in chief A briefing on the Next Generation Internet (NGI), a White House initiative involving the coordinated efforts of several agencies "to build a foundation of computer network technology applications for the future" was recently held at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. [ ] 10916 ) VIRTUAL HISTORY: IF MICROSOFT & APPLE TRADED STRATEGIES.......6.3K Non-factual commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Stimulated by news of additional peeling of Apple personnel, not long after the return of founder Steve Jobs as a counselor at Apple, this fictional report imagines what Apple and Microsoft might look like today if, hypothetically, both had followed different technological, management, and marketing strategies. [ ] 10917 ) IBM'S DAVE GELARDI COMMENTS ON "NT CLUSTERS VS. UNIX".........5.2K by Alan Beck, editor in chief HPCwire was contacted by Dave Gelardi, worldwide manager for commercial parallel systems marketing at IBM, who wished to offer his comments on a controversial topic. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 10918 ) PACIFIC NW NATIONAL LAB INSTALLS 472-NODE RS/6000 SP..........3.4K The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has installed what it described in a press release as the world's most powerful single-system IBM supercomputer. [ ] 10919 ) UD SOFTWARE IMPROVES MODELING OF REFINERY REACTIONS...........5.2K Boosting the octane number of gasoline just got easier, thanks to new software, developed by University of Delaware researchers, that lets engineers and scientists build a model of the naphtha reforming process in hours, rather than months. [ ] 10920 ) NEW PROCESS COULD PRODUCE SMALLER, FASTER MICROELECTRONICS....3.4K In a press release, the University of Illinois has claimed that its researchers have developed a new chemical process for the deposition of titanium disilicide, a crucial component of silicon-based semiconductors. [ ] 10921 ) ORNL'S PARAGON USED FOR AUTO CRASH SIMULATIONS................2.8K A new Ford Explorer delivered to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has come apart, but it's going to help assure that tomorrow's automobiles meet or exceed the established safety standards. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 10922 ) IBM, ORACLE, SUN, NETSCAPE COLLABORATE ON OPEN STANDARDS......4.5K IBM, Oracle, Sun and Netscape have joined forces to develop open standards for network computing. This will allow corporate customers to conduct electronic business without having to worry about the underlying technologies. [ ] 10923 ) INFORMIX, CTC TO DEVELOP PETABYTE RDBMS.......................6.2K Informix Software, Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with the Cornell Theory Center (CTC) to develop and test an RDBMS platform that will scale to process and analyze petabytes of data for commercial utilization. [ ] 10924 ) LUCENT DEMOS HIGH SPEED AND BANDWIDTH NETWORKING..............6.3K Lucent Technologies demonstrated four technological innovations designed to take telecommunications and data networking to the gigabit level in speed, reliability and bandwidth. [ ] 10925 ) SMART ACCESS DESIGNATED UN FLAG TECHNOLOGY....................3.4K GK Intelligent Systems, Inc announced that it has received official notification from the United Nations Global Technology Group that its Smart Access has been designated as a Flag Technology. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 10915 ) "If the program (NGI) makes sense, I think we can all ask Congress to support it. But we need to understand what it is to make sure that it makes sense." -- Sid Karin, founding director of SDSC ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS____________________________ [ ] 70142) Experienced in process simulation or electromagnetics, or a whiz with C-MOLD or Moldflow? Mined financial data? Fancy a stint in Singapore? [ ] 70143) HOW TO REACH HARD-T0-REACH HPC PROFESSIONALS 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! [ ] 70147) MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR DB/EXPO '97 SAN FRANCISCO MOSCONE CONVENTION CENTER Expo: May 13 - 15, Conf.: May 12 - 16, 1997 __________________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 10926) German Weather Center Implements $30M SGI/Cray Upgrade.........2.4K [ ] 10927) Sun Unveils Road Map for Clustering Architecture...............3.7K [ ] 10928) NCR & Informix Open Worldwide Demonstration Centers............2.5K [ ] 10929) Digital Wins Injunction Protecting AltaVista Trademark.........3.6K [ ] 10930) Bloor Compares IBM DB2 to SQL Server on NT.....................2.1K [ ] 10931) Analog Devices Selects Newbridge for Santa Clara Network.......3.4K [ ] 10932) DEC Chooses Informatica's PowerMart for Data Marts.............2.4K [ ] 10933) Supply Chain SW Dvpers Embrace Cross-Industry Framework........4.8K [ ] 10934) NeTpower Installs UK's First Windows NT System...................2K [ ] 10935) Sun Ultra Enterprise 10000 Posts SAP R/3 Benchmark.............2.6K [ ] 10936) Sybase SQL Server 11 Posts TPC-C Benchmark on HP9000...........1.2K [ ] 10937) China Chooses Wandel & Goltermann Network Analyzers............2.5K [ ] 10938) ASI Products Showcased in Chase Bank Analyst Briefing..........2.6K [ ] 10939) Brunswick Upgrades to SCO OpenServer Release 5.................1.8K [ ] 10940) Century 21 Chooses ISOCOR for Corporate Intranet...............1.6K [ ] 10941) Alydaar Software Announces Year 2000 Beta Test Results...........2K [ ] 10942) Kingston Communications Selects ECI's ATM Switch...............3.7K [ ] 10943) Financial Technologies' GFA Posts Transaction Test Results.....2.4K [ ] 10944) FORE Teams With American College of Cardiology.................3.7K [ ] 10945) ECS Provides University of London With ClusterServer...........2.7K [ ] 10946) Oracle Creates New Global Business Unit........................2.8K [ ] 10947) TSI TelSys Announces Order by McDonnell Douglas................1.9K SHORT TAKES [ ] 10948 ) Product Watch: IBM Ships IntelliStation Z Pro...............60.1K HP Announces PA-8500. DEC Announces 21164PC for NT. [ ] 10949 ) Financial Update: Rapid City Moves to New Headquarters......11.8K AMD to Build Chip Plant in Germany. Media Logic Proposes Financing Agreement. [ ] 10950 ) Corporate Liaisons: IBM Networking Products Added to .......27.5K Globelle's GSA Agent Program. Unisys Widens OEM Pact with EMC. [ ] 10951 ) People and Positions: Eric Schmidt Named Novell CEO.........10.6K John H. Harrison IV Now MCNC VP of HPC. Eric Cooper Wins Carnegie Sci. Cntr. Award. 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