H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** June 20, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 24 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 364 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70230) SC97: High Performance Networking and Computing State of the Field Talks to Feature John L. Hennessy, Ken Kennedy, David Farber and Pat Hanrahan ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11393) FEATURES: WILL TURING SYSTEMS SUPERCEDE VON NEUMANN? | | [ ] 11398) SCIENCE NEWS: INET GROUP CRACKS 56-BIT DES ENCRYPTION | | [ ] 11401) COMMERCIAL NEWS: NT CUTS INTO UNIX WORKSTATION MARKET | | [ ] 11405) NEWS BRIEFS: 9TH EDITION OF TOP500 SITES RELEASED | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70231) Qualcomm Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server Messaging Product Excellence Award" At EMA '97 FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11393 ) CAN TURING SYSTEMS MAKE VON NEUMANN OBSOLETE?..................10K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Bernard A. Hodson, an Ottawa businessman and professor, claims to have developed a workable system based on the Turing concept. He asserts that his solution, featuring highly compact "software genes" would supersede theories and practices that are now central to the computing industry. [ ] 11394 ) PERSPECTIVES ON THE VISUAL EXPLORATION OF LARGE DATABASES.....7.9K by Alan Beck, editor in chief To learn more about current research perspectives in the visual exploration of large databases, HPCwire interviewed Daniel Keim, chief design engineer for VisDB and assistant professor at the Institute for Computer Science of the University of Munich, Germany. [ ] 11395 ) HITS & HISSES: SUN AS MAJOR PLAYER & HOW DOES MEIKO FARE?.....3.5K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Siamak Hassanzadeh reminds that Sun is a major player in HPC; Neil Coulson of NCR/UK asks for news about the fate of Meiko. [ ] 11396 ) DEFINING MPI-IO: AN INTERVIEW WITH JEAN-PIERRE PROST..........9.5K by Alan Beck, editor in chief To learn more about the characteristics and implementation of the recently completed I/O chapter of MPI-2, HPCwire interviewed one of its principal developers, Jean-Pierre Prost of IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center. [ ] 11397 ) FULL ASCI RED GOES ON-LINE AT SANDIA, SETS 1.34 TFLOPS RECORD...6K Exclusive to HPCwire by Jan Rowell The teraflops computer, built by Intel for the US Dept. of Energy's Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative and dubbed Option Red, was turned over to the DOE at 8 AM on June 12. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11398 ) INTERNET GROUP CRACKS 56-BIT DES ENCRYPTION STANDARD..........4.1K A member of a group that distributed computer software over the Internet to perform a "brute force" attack on encrypted data has succeeded in cracking a standard long deemed "adequate" by the US government. [ ] 11399 ) IBM, SYNOPSYS TO SUPPORT SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP ASIC................8.2K New IBM ASIC Core Design Kits, and the design methodology associated with them, are the most recent areas in which IBM and Synopsis are developing next-generation tools and methodologies for advanced, system-on-a-chip designs. [ ] 11400 ) NEW PATTERN RECOGNITION METHOD DEVELOPED AT GEORGIA TECH......6.8K A new trainable system uses databases of past cases and claims nearly 100 percent detection with an acceptable false alarm rate. The system may also be useful in manufacturing, defense and Internet imagery. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11401 ) NT HAS CUT INTO UNIX WORKSTATION MKT SAYS DATAQUEST...........2.8K In the first quarter of 1997 UNIX-based workstation shipments grew 10 percent over the same period last year, while Windows NT-based workstations grew 242 percent. [ ] 11402 ) IDC SAYS LAN SWITCH ADOPTION STALLING PROACTIVE NET MNGMT.....3.2K Users striving to capitalize on existing network infrastructure instrumentation by implementing proactive network management face a new challenge in LAN switching, according to a study by International Data Corp. [ ] 11403 ) BAY NETWORKS IMPLEMENTS ADAPTIVE NETWORKING STRATEGY..........4.7K With a program targeted at Internet service providers (ISPs), telecommunication companies and cable companies, Bay Networks begins a move toward IP-optimized systems. [ ] 11404 ) PEPSICO RESTAURANT SERVICES GROUP SELECTS INFORMIX............4.1K KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell plan to replace smaller, unlinked data repositories with data warehouses scalable to the multi-terabyte range using Informix and HP products. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11394 ) "The evolution of high-performance computing will (hopefully) allow truly interactive visualizations of large databases on virtually every desktop computer." -- Daniel Keim, chief design engineer for VisDB and assistant professor, Institute for Computer Science, University of Munich ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS_________________________ [ ] 70232) MAXSTRAT Storage Servers Work WitH All Leading Compute Platforms Including SGI/Cray, Sun, Fujitsu, HP, NEC, Digital, Hitachi and IBM [ ] 70233) THE PORTLAND GROUP (PGI) rolls out a new line of parallelizing/ optimizing compilers for Pentium (R) Pro processor-based workstations and servers. [ ] 70234) RAYTHEON E-SYSTEMS GARLAND (Dallas) seeks OO Mentors & SW Engineers, C++ Software Engineers, ORACLE DBA/Programmers. ______________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 11405) Ninth Edition of TOP500 Supercomputer Sites Released...........2.2K [ ] 11406) SPEChpc96 High-End Benchmark Published.........................2.6K [ ] 11407) Arctic Region SC Researchers Awarded $133,333 Cray Grant.......1.7K [ ] 11408) IBM to Introduce New Line of Data Storage Products.............1.9K [ ] 11409) Sun Wins Interior Ministry Project in Thailand.................2.4K [ ] 11410) EDS Signs $325M Agreement with South African Bank................2K [ ] 11411) Silicon Graphics Wins $35 Million SASS II Contract.............1.7K [ ] 11412) SaniFrance to Spend $3M to Move its System to AS/400.............2K [ ] 11413) DEC's Prioris Server Posts TPC-C Benchmark.....................2.2K [ ] 11414) Arbor and HP Announce First Results for OLAP Benchmark.........2.1K [ ] 11415) HP NetServer LX Pro Posts Three Benchmark Results..............2.5K [ ] 11416) Amsterdam Cable Company to Use Sun Ultra Enterprise Servers....1.1K [ ] 11417) Informix Clarifies Product Marketing Strategy..................2.1K [ ] 11418) Informix Wins $30M Contract From Admin Office of US Courts.....2.2K [ ] 11419) Microsoft To Invest $80M In Cambridge, UK Lab..................1.2K [ ] 11420) Gulfstream Chooses ATM Network from Fore Systems...............2.6K [ ] 11421) PSC Wins Computerworld Smithsonian Award.......................1.8K [ ] 11422) Boeing's NAAD Selects Auspex for Data Consolidation Strategy...2.7K [ ] 11423) Naviant Spins Off From MRJ Tech Solutions........................2K [ ] 11424) Motorola SPS Enters Live Production Using SAP's R3.............2.1K [ ] 11425) HP Implements Global MES Solution From ICC.......................2K [ ] 11426) Boeing Selects Veritas for Enterprise-Wide Backup..............2.3K [ ] 11427) OpenNT Now Available on Compaq's NASA SEWP II Contract.........2.2K [ ] 11428) Unify's VISION Chosen for Circuit Design Monitoring............2.4K [ ] 11429) Woolworth Standardizes On Oracle Universal Data Server.........1.9K [ ] 11430) Cable & Wireless Launches Global ATM Service...................1.9K [ ] 11431) Three More Data Aggregators Adopt CADIS Krakatoa.................3K [ ] 11432) GE Information Services Launches Adv Logistics Tracking........1.9K [ ] 11433) Logility Supplies NT-Based Planning SW for Furniture Co........1.6K [ ] 11434) National Westminster Banks to Use Oracle8......................2.2K [ ] 11435) Voyager Chooses SAM Storage Management Software................1.8K [ ] 11436) Tolly Group Certifies Rapid City's F1200.........................2K [ ] 11437) Oracle Receives Top Ranking from Business Intelligence...........2K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11438 ) Product Watch: Data General Intros AV 20000 Server..........57.4K Tri-Star Rolls Out Alpha NT Workstation. MathWorks Unveils Image Processing Toolbox 2.0 [ ] 11439 ) Financial Update: Nichols Announces Q3 Results...............8.6K Plaintree Expects Lower Revenue in Q1 98. NCR Expects Improvement in Q2. [ ] 11440 ) Corporate Liaisons: Microsoft, Unidata Forge Tech Alliance..16.2K Red Brick, Sun in Decision Warehouse Program. Bay Networks to Acquire Rapid City. [ ] 11441 ) People and Positions: Xerox Names Thoman Pres & COO..........5.8K Hughes Data Sys Appoints Turley VP, Mktng. DEC Names 3 Senior VPs. JOB BANK ===================================================================== [ ] 667) Employment Opportunities From: ABB Power Plant Laboratories, Nichols Research, Mercury Computer Systems, Progress Computer Company (UK), University of Maryland, IBM Corp..............................................5K [ ] 604) Job Bank Rates and Regulations..................................1.22K CONFERENCES ================================================================== [ ] 2888) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 06.19.97)...............14K HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================== [ ] 670 ) Masthead........................................................2.2K [ ] 601 ) Subscriptions & Removals........................................2.6K [ ] 602 ) Submitting Letters & Articles...................................1.6K [ ] 950 ) Index of Back Issues.............................................11K Comments regarding editorial content may be sent to: editor@hpcwire.tgc.com ______________________H P C w i r e S P O N S O R S_____________________ | Full background information on all Sponsoring Companies | | [ ] 936) Sony [ ] 905) MAXSTRAT | | [ ] 934) HP/Convex Tech. 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