H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** May 2, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 17 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 371 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 -------------------- * -------------------- ______________________CAREER TRACK SUPPLEMENT________________________ [ ] 70175) OPPORTUNITIES WITH INTEL IN OREGON AND SANTA CLARA [ ] 70176) Digital Equipment Corporation has immediate openings for professionals in HPC computing and high-performance, 64-bit UNIX and clusters. [ ] 70177) Mercury Computer Systems specializes in high-bandwidth, real-time processing solutions for applications as diverse as diagnostic medical imaging, signal intelligence, and digital video editing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11124) FEATURES: NORRIS SMITH REPORTS ON OLTP FOR IBM SP | | [ ] 11127) SCIENCE NEWS: HITACHI SR2201 SUPERCOMPUTER AT U OF STUTTGART | | [ ] 11130) COMMERCIAL NEWS: PARALLEL APP TOOLKIT AVAILABLE ON WWW | | [ ] 11134) NEWS BRIEFS: SGI OPENS EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11124 ) BLUE TUXEDO: RELIABLE HIGH FASHION FOR OLTP ON IBM SP.........2.4K Reported by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large High-reliability from IBM SPs packaged with Oracle parallel database applications and Tuxedo transaction processing from BEA is aimed at needs of OLTP customers at lower cost than fault-tolerant solutions, plus improved scalability and more flexibility. [ ] 11125 ) BURTON SMITH DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS AT TERA...................7.9K by Alan Beck, editor in chief To learn more about ongoing developments at Tera Computer Company, including the status of its operating system and recent alliance with Cadence, HPCwire interviewed Tera's chief scientist Burton Smith. [ ] 11126 ) BIGGEST CHALLENGE AT LLNL ASCI SITE: TBYTES, NOT TFLOPS.......3.8K Reported by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The 512-node IBM SP ASCI Blue site at Livermore has started smoothly and is moving toward scheduled upgrades, says ASCI program leader David Nowak. Its main challenge has been achieving optimal management of very large databases rather than the performance of the principal hardware. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11127 ) HITACHI SR2201 TO BE AVAILABLE AT U OF STUTTGART.............11.1K Special to HPCwire by Heinz W. Poehlmann and Peter Haas An entirely new Hitachi SR2201 series supercomputing system will help the University of Stuttgart Computing Center, Germany, to open up new perspectives in the field of parallel computing. [ ] 11128 ) NCSA UPGRADES ITS HP EXEMPLAR SYSTEM TO X-CLASS...............3.7K The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois has quadrupled the computational capacity of its Hewlett Packard Exemplar technical server by upgrading from an S-Class to an X- Class system. [ ] 11129 ) U OF WISCONSIN PROJECT AIMS AT VERY SMALL SEMICONDUCTORS......3.5K Max Lagally and his colleagues have created atomic structures called "quantum dots", representing some of the smallest material artifacts ever engineered. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11130 ) PARDI PARALLEL APP TOOLKIT NOW AVAILABLE AS "FAIRWARE"........6.7K A three year pan-European project has created a message passing and network resource toolkit for use on parallel applications in a distributed environment. Most of the software will be available for free WWW download. [ ] 11131 ) J.P. MORGAN INC. WINS INDUSTRIAL GRAND CHALLENGE AWARD........3.7K The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois presented J.P. Morgan with the 1997 Industrial Grand Challenge Award. [ ] 11132 ) SEAGATE UNVEILS ADVANCED CONCEPTS LABS FOR DATA STORAGE.......4.1K Seagate Technology is focusing research efforts into three lab groups that will specialize in developing advanced technologies for future data storage products. [ ] 11133 ) INET DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION STRUCTURE STILL UNCLEAR.........5.8K Precisely how official registration of Internet domain names will be carried out in the future has been the subject of a series of conflicting reports. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11125 ) "So what we're doing with this microprocessor is just another turn of the crank to get our performance up to where everybody else's will be in a little while -- ten to a hundred teraflops." -- Burton Smith, chief scientist, Tera Computer Co. ___________________________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 ================================================================== [ ] 11134) SGI Notes Opening of European Technology Centre................2.3K [ ] 11135) Ex-Soviet Scientist Claims Enhancement of 3D Technology........2.4K [ ] 11136) VLSI Unveils Two New Custom Chip Processes.....................1.6K [ ] 11137) Newbridge, DEC Achieve Telecom Mngmt Interoperability..........2.7K [ ] 11138) Rapid City to Test Gigabit Ethernet Routing Switch.............1.7K [ ] 11139) Emulex to Provide Fibre Channel Networking for NEC & Fujitsu...1.9K [ ] 11140) NCAR Climate Model is Finalist for Smithsonian Award...........2.5K [ ] 11141) Essential Com's HIPPI Switches Chosen for NAVO Project.........1.9K [ ] 11142) Three-Vendor Gigabit Ethernet Interop Testing Successful.......1.5K [ ] 11143) Kenan's Arbor/BP Posts Throughput Benchmark on AlphaServers....1.9K [ ] 11144) Tandem NonStop DOM Achieves 1 Billion Transactions a Day.......1.4K [ ] 11145) Matsushita Selects Digital as Systems Integrator...............1.6K [ ] 11146) Digital Installs 100,000th DEChub 900..........................1.6K [ ] 11147) Sybase CEO Addresses Hambrecht & Quist Conference..............1.4K [ ] 11148) Sony's Imageworks Uses Essential for High Speed Networking.....1.4K [ ] 11149) Reckitt & Coleman Chooses Gentia for Decision Support..........1.9K [ ] 11150) Fraunhofer TradeNet Selected To Be G7 Pilot Project............2.3K [ ] 11151) Telstra Selects ObjectStore as Standard Op Environment.........1.7K [ ] 11152) UK's Orange Wireless Service Upgrades with Bay Networks........1.7K [ ] 11153) Sun Microsystems Contracts with OSI and Saturn Com...............1K [ ] 11154) SCO UnixWare Selected by Apertus for Access Solutions............2K [ ] 11155) India Designates City of Pune as Networked Megacity............1.4K [ ] 11156) Five Firms Select Informix for CyberPublishing.................1.3K [ ] 11157) Xara Contracts with Energis for Internet Backbone..............1.7K [ ] 11158) SuperNova Announces Long Range Product Roadmap.................1.7K [ ] 11159) Crosscom Wins Contract to Supply ATM Backbone..................1.3K [ ] 11160) Giant Step Standardizes on Compaq Workstations, NT...............1K [ ] 11161) Australian U Librarians Choose SearchBank for WWW Database.....1.9K [ ] 11162) Excite Chooses Cisco's LocalDirector...........................1.4K [ ] 11163) HP Previews Prototype NetPCs...................................1.9K [ ] 11164) Sync Research Selects Copithorne & Bellows for PR..............1.6K [ ] 11165) Silicon Graphics, Informix Post TPC-C Benchmark................1.7K [ ] 11166) MPOA Interoperability Demonstration at Networld+Interop..........2K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11167) Product Watch: Formida Unveils Tools for Universal Servers....37.8K EMC Releases New Products. Data General Intros Two Servers. [ ] 11168) Financial Updates: Veritas, OpenVision Merger Approved........17.9K Fore Announces 4th Qtr Results. EDS Reports Drop in 1st Qtr Earnings. [ ] 11169) Corporate Liaisons: Portland Group Inks Pact with Dolphin.....10.4K Pinnacle Micro, Dynatek Sign OEM Agreement. Borland Spins Off Open Environment Consulting. [ ] 11170) People and Positions: New Execs Named at Cirrus Logic..........4.9K Tecmat Appoints Wassman to Board. Richard LeFaivre Now Borland CTO. 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