H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** Apr. 18, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 15 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 337 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 -------------------- * -------------------- ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11049) FEATURES: NORRIS SMITH INTERVIEWS IBM'S MARK BREGMAN | | [ ] 11053) SCIENCE NEWS: LLNL SIMULATES EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTION PATTERNS | | [ ] 11057) COMMERCIAL NEWS: US LOSING ABILITY TO PREVENT HPC EXPORTS | | [ ] 11061) NEWS BRIEFS: TERA, CADENCE TO DEVELOP MTA MICROPROCESSOR | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11049 ) IBM'S BREGMAN DISCUSSES ROLE EMPHASIS OF NSF'S OCTOPACI.......8.2K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Mark Bregman of IBM hopes that the NSF's new octoPACI distributed- system philosophy will not undervalue: the importance of large parallel systems at central sites that can accommodate jumbo problems; development of advanced parallel applications and other software; and a strong emphasis on training and education. [ ] 11050 ) PNNL HPC RESEARCHERS ATTACK POLLUTION PROBLEMS FOR DOE.........11K by Alan Beck, editor in chief HPCwire interviewed Robert A. Eades, manager of the Pacific Northwest National Lab's (PNNL) Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory's (EMSL) Molecular Science Computing Facility (MSCF) and David A. Dixon, associate director of EMSL's Theory, Modeling and Simulation Dept. [ ] 11051 ) HP'S NEW EFS: GLOBALLY HOSPITABLE TO UNIX, NT, AND NFS........6.3K Reported by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large HP's EFS file-management system will accommodate NFS users, but it adds global reach for collaborative work and offers interoperability between Unix and Windows NT systems as well as improved security and scalability. [ ] 11052 ) NEC MAY SHARE TECHNOLOGY WITH CRAY IF DUMPING CASE IS DROPPED...4K In an interview with Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Williams, the chairman of NEC asserted that if Cray Research's dumping case is dropped NEC would consider sharing technology with the US supercomputer vendor. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11053 ) LLNL SIMULATES PATTERNS OF EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTION...........3.8K Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the U of California at Berkeley used HPC resources to precisely model the localized severity of ground motion during a major earthquake along the Hayward fault. [ ] 11054 ) SGI SUPERCOMPUTER INSTALLED AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY...........4.1K UK scientists investigating the history of the universe have installed a new Silicon Graphics Origin2000 supercomputer -- valued at GBP 2 million -- at Cambridge University to support their research. [ ] 11055 ) MOTOROLA AND LOS ALAMOS LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP....................3.6K Motorola Inc and Los Alamos National Laboratory signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement that will lead to technical advances in computing power and semiconductor design. [ ] 11056 ) NCSA CREATES WEBSITE FOR CAVE AND IMMERSADESK USERS...........3.5K The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced this week that it has organized a World Wide Web site devoted to CAVE and ImmersaDesk users. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11057 ) US LOSING ABILITY TO PREVENT HPC EXPORTS, AP NOTES............3.3K Associated Press writer John Diamond has reported that William Reinsch, US Commerce Undersecretary for Export Administration, recently testified that widespread utilization of computer technology makes sensitive exports such as supercomputers difficult to control. [ ] 11058 ) ANDY GROVE LAUDS DIB ARCHITECTURE FOR PENTIUM II..............4.6K Intel Corporation CEO Andrew S. Grove noted that the Dual Independent Bus (DIB) architecture will be implemented in the Pentium II microprocessor, which will be formally introduced in May. [ ] 11059 ) COMPAQ OUTLINES ENTERPRISE COMPUTING ROADMAP..................4.7K Compaq has outlined the technologies it will deliver to accelerate migration toward industry-standard platforms in enterprise computing environments. [ ] 11060 ) IDC FINDS WAN COSTS OVERSHADOW TECHNOLOGY DECISIONS.............3K Controlling costs related to corporate wide area networks (WANs) is still the most important strategic objective of Network Managers, according to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC). QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11050 ) "The whole question of how we deal with non-uniform memory architecture, i.e. NUMA, is very important to solve in order to get the scalable and portable codes we need." -- David Dixon, associate director, Theory, Modeling & Simulation Dept, Pacific NW Nat. Lab ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS____________________________ [ ] 70169) SC97: High Performance Networking and Computing - Submission Deadline for Technical Paper Extended Abstracts May 16,1997 [ ] 70170) International event for science and industry in Vienna to focus on the advantages of High-Performance Computing and Networking __________________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 11061) Tera and Cadence To Develop MTA Microprocessor.................1.8K [ ] 11062) Philippines' Ibank Installs Sequent NUMA-Q 2000................1.5K [ ] 11063) Dow Chemical Extends Joint Research With SGI/Cray..............2.2K [ ] 11064) NCI Demos Large Intel-Based NC Network.........................1.7K [ ] 11065) Mercury Submits Extension to RACEway Interlink Standard..........2K [ ] 11066) Persistence Awarded Patent on Live Object Cache Technology.....1.7K [ ] 11067) Vendors Seek Definition of High-Speed Comm Interfaces..........1.8K [ ] 11068) Sun Unveils Roadmap for Web-Based Computing....................2.1K [ ] 11069) Scripps Research Institute Selects SGI for Biomed Research.....1.7K [ ] 11070) CASC, Digital to Launch $40M Joint Venture in China............1.3K [ ] 11071) Computational Ecology Report Available from SDSC...............1.2K [ ] 11072) Oracle Federal Financials Now on Gnrl Srvcs Admin Schedule.......2K [ ] 11073) Informatica Secures Large Data Mart Contracts in Canada........2.3K [ ] 11074) Onyx2 Will Power Baylor Biomedical Visualization Lab...........2.5K [ ] 11075) Oracle Adopts Automated Testing Tools From Compuware...........1.7K [ ] 11076) LLNL Upgrades Laser Control to SCO OpenServer 5................1.6K [ ] 11077) Studies Note Advantages of NT on DEC Workstations..............1.9K [ ] 11078) SAP R/3 Release 3.0 Implemented at TriQuint Semiconductor......2.3K [ ] 11079) Rate of Corporate Computer Virus Infection Triples.............2.8K [ ] 11080) NationsBank Chooses ACI CO-Ach Processing System...............1.7K [ ] 11081) I.T. Services to Implement Data Network for Psygnosis..........2.1K [ ] 11082) UK's Skipton Building Society Commits to Unisys IT.............2.2K [ ] 11083) China Claims Wide Use of Its High Performance Computers........1.3K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11084 ) Product Watch: DEC Rolls Out 64-Bit Alphaserver Systems......17.7K Sun Intros Open Storage Networks. IBM Launches RS/6000 Processor Upgrades. [ ] 11085 ) Financial Update: Intel Reports Record Q1 Revenue............21.6K NCR Reports Narrowed Q1 Loss. DEC Reports 3rd Qtr Net of $51M. [ ] 11086 ) Corporate Liaisons: Vendors Note Support for Enterprise Java...15K DEC Expands Relationship with NCI. IBM and HP Form Alliance. [ ] 11087 ) People and Positions: SCO Names R. Cardamone Dir,.............5.6K Customer Satisfaction. Larry Moore Will Head Bright Tiger Technologies. Borland Names John Floisand VP, US Sales. 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