H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** July 4, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 26 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 244 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70330) MAXSTRAT Gen5 storage servers connect to UltraSCSI, Fibre Channel or HIPPI host channels offering sustained throughput over 250 MBytes/second!! ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11499) FEATURES: NORRIS SMITH VIEWS FUTURE OF CHINA'S INFO TECHNOLOGY | | [ ] 11502) SCIENCE NEWS: ALBRIGHT SAYS CHINA BROKE US SC EXPORT RULES | | [ ] 11508) COMMERCIAL NEWS: OVUM ENCOURAGES ADOPTION OF O/R DB TECH | | [ ] 11512) NEWS BRIEFS: MITSUBISHI USES CRAY SC FOR MANUFACTURING RSCH | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70331) Qualcomm Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server Messaging Product Excellence Award" At EMA '97 FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11499 ) MEANWHILE, BACK IN CHINA: NEW DEALS AND BIG FORECASTS.........7.9K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large IBM, HP, and Compaq are among the foreign firms that recently formed new connections in China, far from the recent hoopla in Hong Kong. One Chinese PC maker, Legend, has chosen Hong Kong as its HQ for foreign sales. Some forecasters suggest that China will, by 2010, be a larger market for information technology than the USA. [ ] 11500 ) REPORT ON THE 12TH MANNHEIM SUPERCOMPUTER SEMINAR.............8.5K Special to HPCwire by Uwe Harms Since 1986, Professor Hans-Werner Meuer has organized a Supercomputer seminar, wherein relevant events, job changes and personal experiences with new machines become subjects of frank discussion. [ ] 11501 ) LOOKING BACKWARD: THE HPC INDUSTRY IN 2009....................9.3K A speculation by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large What might the lineup of high-performance computing vendors look like in the 21st century? This fanciful item considers that question from an imaginary standpoint in 2010. Two predictions are, however, less imaginary: overcapacity will lead inescapably to more mergers or retreats; and, changes will be shaped by the growing importance of Asian markets and Asian producers. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11502 ) ALBRIGHT CLAIMS CHINA BROKE SUPERCOMPUTER EXPORT RULES........8.8K Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has complained to China's foreign minister that Beijing diverted a Sun Microsystems Inc. supercomputer to a facility doing military work -- a violation of U.S. export rules. [ ] 11503 ) TEN-34 NETWORK LAUNCH: START OF A DIALOGUE....................8.2K On May 20th the official launch of the TEN-34 backbone research network took place. DANTE, a company organizing international network services for the European research community, organized a symposium in Cambridge, UK, to address the accomplishments and challenges of European Research Networking. [ ] 11504 ) SDSC PRESENTS MARS PATHFINDER WEB PAGE FOR NASA.................4K When NASA's Mars Pathfinder spacecraft lands on the Red Planet on July 4, the San Diego Supercomputer Center will relay the latest images and news from the space probe to the general public via the Internet. [ ] 11505 ) SGI ANNOUNCES INVOLVEMENT IN MARS PATHFINDER LANDING..........5.1K Silicon Graphics, Inc. announced that the company is a major technology provider for NASA's July 4 Mars Pathfinder landing, a project that will provide a wealth of new information about the red planet. [ ] 11506 ) LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY WINS SIX R&D 100 AWARDS........4.5K The R&D 100 awards program honors the most significant products, materials, processes, software or systems with commercial promise. This year, Los Alamos winners included the High Performance Storage System and Falcon simulation software for oil and gas reservoirs. [ ] 11507 ) COMPUTER USER GROUP ALLIANCE (CUGA) FORMED....................3.3K Employing a "supplier neutral" approach, thirty computer user groups representing over 30,000 members have decided to form an alliance aimed at furthering co-operation between them on subjects of common interest. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11508 ) OVUM ENCOURAGES ADOPTION OF OBJECT/REL DB TECHNOLOGY..........3.4K In a soon to be released report, IT analyst group OVUM warns that universal servers will indeed become universal, and companies failing to invest now may be left behind by competitors. [ ] 11509 ) WINDOWS NT EN ROUTE TO BECOMING CTI SERVER OF CHOICE..........4.1K A CTI News report has asserted that Microsoft Windows NT is rapidly assuming a strong presence in the computer telephony integration market, often outpacing UNIX, and Novell's Netware. [ ] 11510 ) ALTERA PREDICTS MAJOR PRICE CUTS ON PLD'S BY YEAR 2000........5.9K Altera Corporation expects price cuts of up to 50% annually on some products over the next four years, and a high-volume price point of 5000 gates per dollar for some of its programmable logic devices by the year 2000. [ ] 11511 ) US COMMERCE DEPT ISSUES RFC ON DOMAIN NAME REG PLANS..........4.6K The US Department of Commerce has issued a formal "Request for Comment," asking the public to submit comments on the current and future system(s) for the registration of Internet domain names. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11502 ) "Controlling computers today with complete effectiveness would really mean individually licensing computers down to the level of those in your office." -- William Reinsch, US Undersecretary of Commerce ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS_________________________ [ ] 70332) MAXSTRAT Storage Servers Work WitH All Leading Compute Platforms Including SGI/Cray, Sun, Fujitsu, HP, NEC, Digital, Hitachi and IBM [ ] 70333) THE PORTLAND GROUP (PGI) rolls out a new line of parallelizing/ optimizing compilers for Pentium (R) Pro processor-based workstations and servers. [ ] 70334) RAYTHEON E-SYSTEMS GARLAND (Dallas) seeks OO Mentors & SW Engineers, C++ Software Engineers, ORACLE DBA/Programmers. [ ] 70335) SC97: High Performance Networking and Computing Invites Participation in New "Science and the Internet: 20 Years" Exhibit ______________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 11512 ) Mitsubishi To Use Cray J932se for Manufacturing Research......1.5K [ ] 11513 ) SDSC Transitions to HPSS Data Archives..........................3K [ ] 11514 ) Sun, Veritas, StorageTek Back Up Multi-Terabyte DB..............2K [ ] 11515 ) NSF Awards NPACI Partner Sites vBNS Connections...............2.6K [ ] 11516 ) Discreet Launches Multi-platform Software Initiative..........2.1K [ ] 11517 ) SAC Chosen for Bolivian National I.D. Project...................2K [ ] 11518 ) Penn Education Network Selects ObjectStore....................2.4K [ ] 11519 ) Adaptive Solutions Sells 100 CNAPS Boards to R2 Technology....1.1K [ ] 11520 ) Brio Survey Indicates Biz Optimism on OLAP....................1.8K [ ] 11521 ) FINNAIR Acquires Unisys Airline Revenue Enhancement System....2.7K [ ] 11522 ) Project Oxygen to Enable Fiber-Optic Internet.................2.5K [ ] 11523 ) Trescray to Maintain New Network for British Law Firm.........2.6K [ ] 11524 ) Prudential Chooses Sybase Database Platforms..................2.1K [ ] 11525 ) Skidmore College Invests in Array of Oracle Products..........1.9K [ ] 11526 ) Time Warner Sites Select SeaChange Technology.................2.5K [ ] 11527 ) Zakum Development Co Purchases Origin2000.....................0.9K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11528 ) Product Watch: NUMA-Q 2000 Clustering Solution Announced.....35.5K ICE Rolls Out Rendering Engine for NT. PowerPC 604E Made with .25 Micron Process. [ ] 11529 ) Financial Update: Borland Gets $25M Equity Financing..........9.1K FORE Notes Preliminary Q1 Results. Odetics Wins Patent Appeal Against STK. [ ] 11530 ) Corporate Liaisons: PGI Names French Distributor.............13.9K Seagate to Acquire Quinta. Olicom Inks Deal with Cisco. [ ] 11531 ) People and Positions: Hansen VP, Fujitsu Entprse Storage......8.7K INET Society Elects 5 to Board. CMD Names Feld, Dir Tech Support. JOB BANK ===================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities From: ABB Power Plant Laboratories, Nichols Research, Mercury Computer Systems, Progress Computer Company (UK), University of Maryland, IBM Corp, SDSC, HP....................................5K [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES ================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 07.03.97)..............13K 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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