H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** May 30, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 21 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 242 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70210) EUDORA PRO 3.0 IS HERE For Macintosh And Windows. Join The More Than 18 Million People Who Have Chosen Eudora., The World's Most Widely Used Internet Email. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11290) FEATURES: NORRIS SMITH ON CHINA'S CURRENT COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY | | [ ] 11293) SCIENCE NEWS: NCSA SIMULATES STELLAR CONVECTION IN 3D | | [ ] 11296) COMMERCIAL NEWS: INTEL SUES DEC | | [ ] 11300) NEWS BRIEFS: PHILLIPS PETROLEUM ORDERS T3E-900 | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70211) COMDEX/Spring '97: New Series of Conferences Identifies Key Technology Challenges as New Opportunities for Success. FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11290 ) CHINA: A FEW PROTOTYPE HPC SYSTEMS, PLUS LOTS OF PC'S.........8.8K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large China is making a few prototype supercomputers, some smaller multiprocessor systems, and billions of dollars worth of PCs. Chinese universities and tech transfer from foreign makers have helped. China is far behind Taiwan in management and agility, but gaining ground in hardware production. [ ] 11291 ) TOWARD PETABYTE ON-LINE STORAGE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ROB AKSCYN..13K by Alan Beck, editor in chief To better assess the future of mass storage technology, HPCwire interviewed Robert Akscyn, president of Knowledge Systems, Inc and principal investigator for the PetaPlex Project. [ ] 11292 ) LOVE FOR MERCED-BASED NT DOES NOT MEAN HP WILL JILT UNIX......6.6K News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large HP casts a dim but revealing light on its plans for Merced, the gestating offspring of the HP-Intel chip-design union, stressing that making a place for Windows NT does not mean abandonment of Unix. HP's plans are stated, mostly in abstract form, in its plans for a "Pervasive Solutions Foundation." SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11293 ) NCSA GENERATES 3D STAR CONVECTION SIMULATION ON ORIGIN2000....5.9K NCSA researchers have generated the highest resolution, 3D simulation of convection in an entire, rotating model star by running a new communication-latency-tolerant code for parallel computer architectures on NCSA's CRAY Origin2000. [ ] 11294 ) NEW METHOD ENABLES MORPHING OF ENGINEERING DESIGNS............6.3K Engineers designing complex systems may now morph their representations, thanks to graph morphing -- a new computer visualization method developed at the State University of New York at Buffalo. [ ] 11295 ) DARPA ANNOUNCES FY 1997 MARITECH SELECTIONS.....................8K The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected nine new projects for negotiation as a result of the FY 1997 MARITECH competition, an effort to develop and apply advanced technology to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. shipbuilding industry COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11296 ) INTEL SUES DEC, ALLEGES MISAPPROPRIATION OF TRADE SECRETS.....2.5K Two weeks after being sued for patent infringement by Digital Equipment Corp, Intel Corp has responded by filing suit against DEC for misappropriation of trade secrets. [ ] 11297 ) HPCN EUROPE 97: VENDORS CRITICIZE PR & LOW ATTENDANCE.........9.1K An abbreviated account of the April 30, 1997 HPCN vendor board meeting that was held immediately after the event itself yields insights into challenges and problems. [ ] 11298 ) GLOBAL IT INDUSTRY URGES YEAR 2000 SURVIVAL PLAN..............3.8K The World Information Technology and Services Alliance has called on trade ministers from the twenty-nine member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to adopt a five point "Year 2000 Survival Plan." [ ] 11299 ) CALARTS WILL TRAIN DIGITAL ARTISTS ON SGI PLATFORMS...........5.6K California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) has obtained Silicon Graphics (SGI) hardware and software to train digital artists. The new systems will significantly expand the integration of computers into CalArts' curriculum. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11291 ) "Currently the project is building a next-stage PetaPlex prototype that will manage over 1 billion objects for NSA -- and serve them at approximately 10,000 per second." -- Robert Akscyn, president of Knowledge Systems, Inc and principal investigator for the PetaPlex Project ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS___________________________ [ ] 70212) THE PORTLAND GROUP (PGI) rolls out a new line of parallelizing/ optimizing compilers for Pentium (R) Pro processor-based workstations and servers. [ ] 70213) INTEL Has New High Performance Career Opportunities Available In Oregon And The Bay Area [ ] 70214) RAYTHEON E-SYSTEMS GARLAND, (Dallas), seeks OO Mentors & SW Engineers, C++ Software Engineers, ORACLE DBA/Programmers, etc. _________________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 11300) Phillips Petroleum Orders T3E-900 for Oil, Gas Exploration.....2.2K [ ] 11301) Wal-Mart Selects BMC Data Mngmt Product for DB Servers...........2K [ ] 11302) AMS Deploys Strategic Object Tech Systems for BellSouth........2.6K [ ] 11303) Boeing Selects Microsoft's System Management Server 1.2........1.6K [ ] 11304) Computer Associates Posts New Results in SQL Backup Speeds.....1.7K [ ] 11305) Digital Spotlights VLM64 Technology at Scalability Day.........1.7K [ ] 11306) Sequent to Use Emulex Lightpulse Hubs in NUMA-Q 2000...........1.7K [ ] 11307) HP/Microsoft Relationship Focuses on Customer Value............1.9K [ ] 11308) UK-Based IBOS Embeds BEA Tuxedo for Financial Systems..........1.8K [ ] 11309) Planning Sciences Provides System for West Mercia Police.......1.7K [ ] 11310) Netscape To Develop Links Between Software & Databases...........2K [ ] 11311) Robomatix Receives Order for Image Processing Modules..........2.1K [ ] 11312) Singapore One Chooses Alcatel for Network Contract.............2.5K [ ] 11313) Texas Instruments Creates New Product Organization.............1.7K [ ] 11314) Yorkshire Electricity Group Selects Unisys GIS Solution........1.6K [ ] 11315) NASD Purchases 3 Terabytes of EMC Storage........................1K [ ] 11316) TMSSequoia to Develop Digital Automation System................2.4K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11317) Product Watch: HP Unveils 9000 V2200 Enterprise Server........29.6K NAG Launches New SMP Library. DEC Delivers Java Dvpt Kit V1.1.1. [ ] 11318) Financial Updates: Zitel Completes $25M Private Placement......8.4K DEC Shareholder to Meet. Tera Will Redeem Common Stock Warrants. [ ] 11319) Corporate Liaisons: Persistence Expands Object Mngmt Group Role.12K Optika Signs New Biz Solution Partners. Schlumberger, Litronic Ink Agreement. [ ] 11320) People and Positions: Interlink CEO Resigns....................2.1K Weissman Named Verity VP, Corp Mktng. JOB BANK ===================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities From: Progress Computer Company (UK), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Univ. Maryland, Mercury Computer Systems, Maui HPCC, Univ. 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