H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Apr. 04, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 13 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 293 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70157 ) FINAL PRINT RUN OFFER WHAT DO USERS WANT FROM HPC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? A Special State-of-the-Industry Report by Norris Parker Smith 50% Discount Through April 15, 1997 ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 10988) FEATURES: GAINING PERSPECTIVE ON NSF HPC CENTERS | | [ ] 10992) SCIENCE NEWS: NERSC UPGRADES TO 512-NODE T3E-900 | | [ ] 10996) COMMERCIAL NEWS: VENDORS DEVELOP MEDIA FOR NEW MASS STORAGE | | [ ] 10999) NEWS BRIEFS: TERA POSTS BENCHMARK FOR INTEGER SORTING | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70158 ) C A R E E R T R A C K S U P P L E M E N T: REACH OVER 35,000 HIGH PERFORMING COMPUTER ENGINEERS, PROGRAMMERS, SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS AND EXECUTIVES FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 10988 ) TWO REBORN NSF HPC CENTERS NOT THE ONLY WINNERS..............13.9K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large NSF has selected two supercomputing centers that are to reinvent themselves and proceed to supply cycles and carry out long lists of other ambitious plans. Since 1985, the accomplishments of NSF center venture deserve abundant congratulations -- including all four centers. [ ] 10989 ) BILL BUZBEE COMMENTS ON COMMERCE DEPT DUMPING DECISION........3.4K by Alan Beck, editor in chief HPCwire talked with the head of the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Scientific Computing Division about the recent finding from the US Department of Commerce. [ ] 10990 ) JACK DONGARRA'S NETSOLVE AIMS TO CREATE VIRTUAL SW LIBRARY....7.4K by Alan Beck, editor in chief Jack Dongarra discusses a newly developed application called NetSolve, designed to enable significantly more efficient utilization of a wide range of network resources. [ ] 10991 ) EU EVALUATES NEW PARALLEL MULTIPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE.........8.6K by Alan Beck, editor in chief The European Union is currently evaluating a funding request for construction of a prototype PiSMA (Parallel Virtual Shared-Memory Architecture) machine, a new parallel multiprocessor architecture combining shared and distributed memory designs. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 10992 ) NERSC WILL UPGRADE TO 512-NODE T3E-900..........................5K The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) has announced an agreement with Cray Research to create what NERSC said in a news release was the most powerful unclassified computing center in the country. [ ] 10993 ) BTL CLAIMS DEVELOPMENT OF 40 GIGABIT-PER-SECOND LAN...........5.4K Researchers at BT Laboratories (BTL) have built and successfully demonstrated a research-prototype LAN (local area network) which its developers believe to be one of the fastest ever built. [ ] 10994 ) WEIZMANN INSTITUTE LAUNCHES BIOINFORMATICS NETWORK............4.1K Scientists throughout Asia and Eastern Europe will soon be able to plug into the vast molecular biology resources available on-line, thanks to an international UNESCO-sponsored computer network. [ ] 10995 ) JOHNS HOPKINS DEVELOPS NEW OBJECT RECOGNITION TECHNIQUE.......5.1K Researcher Elli Angelopoulou has devised a new way to transform visual images into electronic signatures, compare them and utilize the results for sorting tasks. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 10996 ) IMATION, TERASTOR TO DEVELOP MEDIA FOR NEW MASS STORAGE.......4.6K Imation Corp has announced a joint development and business agreement with TeraStor Corp to develop media for a new class of rewritable mass storage based on TeraStor's Near Field Recording technology. [ ] 10997 ) SHARP DEVELOPS NON-VON NEUMANN DATA-DRIVEN MEDIA PROCESSOR....4.8K Sharp Corp has announced development of a next-generation data-driven media processor (DDMP). The device uses high-speed parallel processing techniques to process massive amounts of multimedia information. [ ] 10998 ) EUROPEAN RETAILERS FOCUS ON IT TO IMPROVE PROFITABILITY.......6.1K An survey commissioned by IBM asked a hundred major European retailers at senior executive and board level to clarify their strategic directions for 1997/98 and their investment priorities for IT solutions. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 10989 )"(O)ne of our concerns at NCAR is that our international colleagues are going to be able to acquire a lot more computing per dollar than we can." -- Bill Buzbee, head of NCAR's Scientific Computing Division ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS____________________________ [ ] 70159) SC97: High Performance Networking and Computing will be held at the convention center in San Jose, California, USA, November 15-21, 1997. [ ] 70160) FANCY SINGAPORE? 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[ ] 70164) MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR DB/EXPO '97 SAN FRANCISCO MOSCONE CONVENTION CENTER Expo: May 13 - 15, Conf.: May 12 - 16, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 10999) Tera MTA Computer Posts Benchmark for Integer Sorting..........2.4K [ ] 11000) Exponential's 500Mhz PowerPC Due in Third Quarter..............1.2K [ ] 11001) Sun Posts TPC-D Benchmark......................................1.7K [ ] 11002) Researchers Ready Deep Blue Rematch With Kasparov..............2.6K [ ] 11003) AMD Set to Roll Out Chip to Compete with Pentium II............1.5K [ ] 11004) Amdahl Receives Award from Dayton Hudson.......................1.2K [ ] 11005) Cornell Issues Statement on NSF Supercomputing Competition.....1.8K [ ] 11006) IBM Hardware, Database Selected for Rollout at DuPont............2K [ ] 11007) Hines Lumber Chooses SCO UnixWare as IT Solution...............1.8K [ ] 11008) MSH Entertainment Announces NT-Based Animation Beta............2.4K [ ] 11009) Tolly Group Says Olicom Token-Ring Adapter Tests Highest.... ..1.8K [ ] 11010) PRI Automation Implements CADIS-PMX CSM Solution...............2.3K [ ] 11011) Over 20 Oracle7 RDBMS Users Choose Informatica PowerMart.......2.4K [ ] 11012) Software AG Provides Prudential with Xaction Processing GUI......2K [ ] 11013) Teradyne's J973 System Ordered by Silicon Graphics.............1.6K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11014 ) Product Watch: DEC Announces 600 MHz Alpha 21164............13.5K Oracle Delivers Data Mart Solution. Pure Atria Rolls Out SW Dvpt Automation Products. [ ] 11015 ) Financial Update: DEC Declares Dividend on Preferred Stock...3.9K FORE Projects Revenue Gains. Informix Expects Net Loss for Quarter. [ ] 11016 ) Corporate Liaisons: IBM, HP to Co-Market Software............7.7K Oracle Data Marts Gain Vendor Support. Sense8, EAI Forge Strategic Alliance. [ ] 11017 ) People and Positions: Bruce Claflin to Oversee DEC Sales.....3.1K & Mktng Says WSJ. Bryon Look Named LSI Logic VP, Corp Dvpt. OptiMark Technologies Augments Exec Staff. 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