\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Mar. 28, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 12 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 288 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 -------------------- * -------------------- FINAL PRINT RUN! [ ] 70148 ) WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? A Special State-of-the-Industry Report FINAL PRINT RUN PRICING 50% off - Now $325 March 27 - April 15, 1997 ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 10953) FEATURES: CAN ANY TERM TRULY REPLACE "SUPERCOMPUTING"? | | [ ] 10957) SCIENCE NEWS: SANDIA VR TECHNOLOGY HONES HOSTAGE RESCUE SKILLS | | [ ] 10960) COMMERCIAL NEWS: APP AVAILABILITY CRITICAL TO PARALLEL SYSPLEX | | [ ] 10964) NEWS BRIEFS: PITTSBURGH PAPER SAYS PSC MAY LOSE NSF FUNDS | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70149) SC97: High Performance Networking and Computing will be held at the convention center in San Jose, California, USA, November 15-21, 1997. FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 10953 ) HITS & HISSES: NEW NAMES: WIDER AUDIENCES & SUN'S ULTRA.......6.3K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The H&H discussion about potential replacements for the term "supercomputing" has stirred some useful proposals but only modest interest. Suggestions stumble over the issue of popular comprehension. As to Ultracomputing, Sun's trademark machine got there first. [ ] 10954 ) IMPACTDATA'S MARK JONES DISCUSSES NETWORK DATA SECURITY.......5.6K by Alan Beck, editor in chief A growing number of serious incidents involving hacking and sabotage have led to heightened concern about network data security in academic and commercial HPC communities. [ ] 10955 ) PAM CRASH: HPC'S FIRST KILLER APP ADAPTS TO NEW NEEDS.........8.1K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large PAM CRASH, which in the 1980s helped to launch industrial applications for supercomputing, continues to adapt to market demands: new computer architectures, more exacting regulations on car safety, additional markets outside the automotive industry, and new expectations for improved performance. [ ] 10956 ) MERCURY'S B. ISENSTEIN, G. OLIN DISCUSS ARCHITECTURE, APPS....6.1K by Alan Beck, editor in chief In response to a note pointing out strong similarities between SGI's new Octane architecture and that employed by Mercury Computer Systems, HPCwire interviewed Gary Olin, Mercury's manager of Marketing Communication and Barry Isenstein, VP of Advanced Technology. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 10957 ) HOSTAGE RESCUES HONED VIA VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION..........4.1K A news release by Neal Singer has reported that Sandia Lab has created an enhanced VR environment for the training of law-enforcement personnel. [ ] 10958 ) MERCURY TO SUPPLY 640-MFLOPS ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEM...........3.3K Mercury Computer Systems has received an order from the California Association for Research in Astronomy (CARA) to supply a 640-MFLOPS system for CARA's Adaptive Optics Program. [ ] 10959 ) PRIVATE, LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES NOW TEACH PARALLEL COMPUTING...4.5K Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and Ohio Northern University in Ada are now offering courses in parallel computing to undergraduates. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 10960 ) SURVEY SEES APP AVAILABILITY CRITICAL TO PARALLEL SYSPLEX.....4.4K A survey by The Clipper Group, Inc, shows that more than half of all mainframe sites regard application availability as a critical factor in their decision to implement Parallel Sysplex. [ ] 10961 ) OPENWORLDS SOLICITING BETA SITES FOR VRML 2.0 INTEGRATION.....2.7K DRaW Computing Associates Inc. is currently soliciting beta-sites for OpenWorlds, a suite of C++ libraries for VRML 2.0 integration. [ ] 10962 ) SURVEY SAYS FIRMS WITH C, C++ TO SUFFER YEAR 2000 GLITCHES....3.8K Fully 100% of the more than 20 organizations studied with complex C and C++ software programs suffer from undiscovered Year 2000 glitches, according to a recent survey by Software Emancipation Technology. [ ] 10963 ) PHARSIGHT, GLAXO UTILIZE VIRTUAL CLINICAL TRIALS..............4.8K Pharsight is partnering with pharmaceutical giant Glaxo Wellcome to accelerate and economize the drug development process via virtual clinical trials. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 10954 ) "The greatest threat to network data security today is the motivation of the hackers." -- Mark Jones, director Network Security Products, Impactdata ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS____________________________ [ ] 70150) SUN Announces Most Affordable Supercomputing Systems; Extends Sun's High-End Technical Presence [ ] 70151) FANCY SINGAPORE? Process Simulation or Electromagnetics Experience, or a whiz with C-MOLD or Moldflow? Mined Financial Data? Get details now! [ ] 70152) HOW TO REACH HARD-T0-REACH HPC PROFESSIONALS You can get your message to 30,000 of them each week in HPCwire. 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[ ] 70155) MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR DB/EXPO '97 SAN FRANCISCO MOSCONE CONVENTION CENTER Expo: May 13 - 15, Conf.: May 12 - 16, 1997 __________________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 10964) PSC May Lose Out on NSF Funds Says Pittsburgh Paper............1.7K [ ] 10965) Pac Bell Study Recommends Higher Fees for Internet Use.........2.5K [ ] 10966) 3Dlabs Graphics Chip Said to Provide 1Gflops...................1.6K [ ] 10967) Origin2000 Proves Popular in European Research Community.......1.9K [ ] 10968) Intel Expects 1GB Internal Bandwidth for PCs by 2000...........1.8K [ ] 10969) Proposal for Formation of a Pacific Rim Research Net...........3.6K [ ] 10970) Alcatel Chosen for Swiss Fed Admin Network.....................1.5K [ ] 10971) IBM Supports IT in Shanghai and Singapore......................1.5K [ ] 10972) Ancor Announces $600,000 Order from Hucom......................2.2K [ ] 10973) Disclosure Chooses Forte for WWW Financial Retrieval Apps......2.1K [ ] 10974) Intel Launches High Performance Visual Computing Initiative....2.5K [ ] 10975) Metrica to Supply Metrica/NPR to Tele Danmark Mobil............2.7K [ ] 10976) NetFRAME Demos N-Way Clustering Solution.........................2K [ ] 10977) Osicom to Supply NICs, FDDI to Sequent.........................2.3K [ ] 10978) Teleglobe Gets High-Speed Access Contract for SuperJANET.......2.1K SHORT TAKES [ ] 10979 ) Product Watch: Rapid City Enters Gigabit Ethernet Arena......21.5K Sybase Rolls Out dbQ for Java, ActiveX. Mercury Announces RACE Series Strategy. [ ] 10980 ) Financial Update: Logic Devices Reports Revenues, Earnings....9.1K Ancor Notes Preferred Stock Funding. 3Com Posts 3rd Qtr. Results. [ ] 10981 ) Corporate Liaisons: Envista NT Servers Certified by SAP R/3..11.2K Morgan Stanley Signs $3.6M Pact with Persistence. Western Micro Tech Certified as IBM Assembler. [ ] 10982 ) People and Positions: SGI's McCracken Nominated to 3M Board...4.7K Open Market Promotes CFO to Senior VP. Schneiderman Named Unify's Biz Dvpt VP. 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