H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** June 27, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 25 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 349 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 _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11443) FEATURES: NORRIS SMITH VIEWS HONG KONG'S CHANGING FACE | | [ ] 11449) SCIENCE NEWS: PSC, U OF STUTTGART BEGIN HI-SPEED METACOMPUTING | | [ ] 11457) COMMERCIAL NEWS: TANDEM SURVEY INDICATES STRONG GROWTH FOR NT | | [ ] 11458) NEWS BRIEFS: SGI WILL SUPPORT ORACLE8 | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70231) Qualcomm Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server Messaging Product Excellence Award" At EMA '97 FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11443 ) HONG KONG: HISTORY SUGGESTS THAT HPC MAY BENEFIT.............12.9K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large History suggests that continuities will out-number changes as China takes control of Hong Kong. HPC should gain from more dynamic markets, but it can lose if the US toughens export restrictions on supercomputers. [ ] 11444 ) HIGH THROUGHPUT COMPUTING: AN INTERVIEW WITH MIRON LIVNY......8.1K by Alan Beck, editor in chief This month, NCSA's Advanced Computing Group will begin testing Condor, a software system developed at the University of Wisconsin that promises to expand computing capabilities through efficient capture of cycles on idle machines. [ ] 11445 ) COMPAQ+TANDEM = GATES' JOY, TANDEM'S RELIEF, COMPAQ'S EGO.....6.8K News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Microsoft likes Compaq's purchase of Tandem because it means lots of sales staff hawking Windows NT. Tandem will be relieved after its recent journey through red-stained rapids. Compaq is acquiring a conspicuous icon, access to key markets, and a extension of its line toward the top. Is it worth $3 billion? [ ] 11446 ) COPENHAGEN'S DMI ENHANCES ITS NEC SX-4........................8.3K Special to HPCwire by Uwe Harms The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) recently extended its NEC SX- 4 by another 4 processors to a total of 16. DMI's main task is to provide reliable daily weather forecasts for Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and this, in turn, depends on the availability of substantial compute power. [ ] 11447 ) THE RACE FOR BLUE LASER DIODES................................4.6K Special to HPCwire by Gerhard Fasol In response to article 11364, "GALLIUM NITRIDE BLUE LASER MAY ENHANCE OPTICAL STORAGE," 06.13.97, Gerhard Fasol, president of Eurotechnology Japan and associate professor in the University of Tokyo's Electrical Engineering Dept, provided further information and commentary on the topic. [ ] 11448 ) LETTER: QUADRICS OBTAINED RIGHTS TO MEIKO TECHNOLOGY..........2.9K John Taylor of QSW has informed HPCwire that Meiko's technology has survived, but it is now in the hands of another firm in Bristol, England -- Quadrics Supercomputers World Ltd. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11449 ) PSC, U OF STUTTGART INAUGURATE HIGH-SPEED METACOMPUTING.......4.2K On June 20, researchers at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and the University of Stuttgart, Germany, linked supercomputers on both sides of the Atlantic via high-speed research networks. [ ] 11450 ) SGI AND SANBI DEVELOP NEW HUMAN GENOME DATABASE.................4K In an effort to help scientists shorten the drug discovery process, Silicon Graphics and the South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) have collaborated on STACK, the Sequence Tag Alignment and Consensus Knowledgebase. [ ] 11451 ) RESEARCH IMPLIES DATA CAN BE STORED IN QUANTUM PARTICLES.....12.1K Recent research indicates that one can reach the maximum theoretical amount for storing readable information in single photons and other quantum particles, despite noise and other real-world disturbances. [ ] 11452 ) NWU RESEARCHERS CONSTRUCT NANOSCALE PHOTONIC DEVICES..........5.6K Researchers at Northwestern University have constructed a nanoscale photonic resonator. Combined with an equally tiny semiconductor laser, the components can form integrated circuits a thousand times smaller than those currently in use. [ ] 11453 ) INTERNET MOVES TOWARD PRIVATIZATION...........................3.3K The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced an action that moves the Internet toward privatization. Internet Protocol number assignments will soon be handled by a non-profit organization. [ ] 11454 ) MHPCC DEVELOPS JOB SCHEDULING SOFTWARE FOR THE IBM RS/6000....5.5K In an effort to improve job scheduling, administrative/statistical reporting capabilities, and analytical simulation capabilities the Maui High Performance Computing Center has developed an advanced systems software tool called Maui Scheduler. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11455 ) BROADBASE ENTERS EXPANDING DATA MART MARKET...................4.5K Broadbase Information Systems has ramped up and appears ready for its assault on the data mart market with a new product, venture capital backing and a seasoned management team. [ ] 11456 ) WHITE PAPER HIGHLIGHTS NEW APPROACH TO YR2000 PROBLEM.........6.3K A white paper introducing a mathematical approach to the year2000 date problem and comparing it with two current solution approaches has been released by Data Integrity Inc. [ ] 11457 ) TANDEM SURVEY PREDICTS STRONG GROWTH FOR WINDOWS NT...........4.2K In a recent survey commissioned by Tandem, the consensus among IT consultants and analysts was that Microsoft Windows NT will at the very least take a considerable bite out of the Unix market over the next five years. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11444 ) "(O)ur campus has cancelled a surplus cycle account at SDSC because we were able to fulfill the needs of everyone at the graduate school who requested HPC resources." -- Miron Livny, professor of Computer Science, U of Wisconsin at Madison and principal investigator for the Condor Project ___________________________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 ================================================================== [ ] 11458 ) Silicon Graphics to Support Oracle8...........................3.6K [ ] 11459 ) Oracle Posts TPC-C Benchmark on Oracle8, Sun Cluster..........2.1K [ ] 11460 ) Sun Ultra Enterprise 10000 Posts TPC-D Benchmark..............2.5K [ ] 11461 ) Abbey National to Build 500 GB Database on Oracle8............2.4K [ ] 11462 ) South Korean Research Institute Installs T3E-900................2K [ ] 11463 ) IBM Backs Up 736-Gigabyte Database in 1.5 hours...............2.2K [ ] 11464 ) Avis Europe Chooses Sun's Ultra Enterprise Servers............1.5K [ ] 11465 ) Intel President Speaks On Visual Connected PC.................2.4K [ ] 11466 ) China Unveils Its Own Supercomputer...........................1.6K [ ] 11467 ) Kodak and Motorola Announce CMOS Imager Venture...............1.1K [ ] 11468 ) Meridien Research Reports on Enterprise Risk Mgmt.............2.3K [ ] 11469 ) NASA, Cray Enter Phase Two of $13 Million Agreement...........2.5K [ ] 11470 ) Lockheed Martin Launches Mapping System Prototype Effort......2.8K [ ] 11471 ) U.S. Navy To Use Mercury RACE Systems for Advanced Radar......2.3K [ ] 11472 ) Oracle and Data General Post TPC-D Benchmark....................2K [ ] 11473 ) Batman & Robin Movie Utilizes FORE Systems' ATM Network.......2.9K [ ] 11474 ) Boole & Babbage Forms International Users Group Board...........2K [ ] 11475 ) Ernst & Young Licenses Sybase's SQL Anywhere Professional.....1.9K [ ] 11476 ) Rosenbluth Standardizes on Oracle Universal Server............2.9K [ ] 11477 ) Lloyd's Register Selects Ross System's GEMBASE................1.6K [ ] 11478 ) Plaintree Achieves 19M Packets/Sec in Gigabit Switch..........2.7K [ ] 11479 ) Sun Opens SunVision Java IT Strategy Center in Geneva.........2.5K [ ] 11480 ) Eurotunnel Invests in Seagate Business Intelligence SW........2.2K [ ] 11481 ) Jaguar Installs Additional SGI Workstations & Servers.........2.1K [ ] 11482 ) Venture Capital Firms Back Australia's Atmosphere Networks....2.4K [ ] 11483 ) CA Tech Solution Supports Formula One Racing....................3K [ ] 11484 ) Concert Communications Wins TDWI's Best Practices Award.........2K [ ] 11485 ) Orion Delivers 8Mbps Net Access to Ebone via Satellite........2.1K [ ] 11486 ) ECI Telecom Inks Framework Agreement with Telenet Flanders....2.4K [ ] 11487 ) Leeda Chooses JBA IT System...................................2.2K [ ] 11488 ) LILCO Expands Telecom Ntwk with Nortel Sonet Equipment........1.7K [ ] 11489 ) Oracle Posts New TPC-C Benchmark on ProLiant 5000, NT.........1.3K [ ] 11490 ) StorageTek Wins Postal Service Quality Supplier Award.........1.5K [ ] 11491 ) Cybercube to Demonstrate TEDIM Project Visualization..........2.5K [ ] 11492 ) U.S. Licenses Sale of Supercomputer to Israel.................1.9K [ ] 11493 ) NASA Employs SENSE8 3D/VR Technology for Mars Pathfinder......2.3K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11494 ) Product Watch: Oracle8 Released..............................57.7K Microsoft to Deliver High-End Version of NT. Sequent Will Support Intel's IA-64. [ ] 11495 ) Financial Update: Oracle Posts Record Q4 Results..............6.6K Tera Warrant Redemption Raises $10.4M. ROSS Reports 1997 Results. [ ] 11496 ) Corporate Liaisons: Compaq to Acquire Tandem.................12.8K Cisco, Alcatel Ink Tech Alliance. Nortel to Use IBM Technology. [ ] 11497 ) People and Positions: John Toole Joins NCSA Senior Mngmt......6.5K McEvoy Becomes VP of Inktomi Dvpt, Support. Pancottine Now Sequent Marketing VP. 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