H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** July 11, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 27 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 250 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70340) HPCwire's HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CAREER TRACK SUPPLEMENT: REACH OVER 32,000 HPC PROFESSIONALS BEFORE YOUR COMPETITION DOES ON AUGUST 1, 1997 ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11533) FEATURES: PATHFINDER COMPUTER USES IBM RS/6000 CHIP | | [ ] 11536) SCIENCE NEWS: 1ST MULTINODE NEC SX-4 LINPACK RESULTS REPORTED | | [ ] 11540) COMMERCIAL NEWS: BERNHARDT AGENCY EXPANDS VIRTUAL NETWORK | | [ ] 11543) NEWS BRIEFS: META GROUP SAYS HITACHI NO.2 TO IBM IN MAINFRAMES | |____________________________________________________________________________| FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11533 ) BLUE MARS: MAIN PATHFINDER COMPUTER USES IBM RS/6000 CHIP.....5.6K Reported by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large The multi-function central computer for the Pathfinder mission to Mars is a 22 MIPS radiation-hardened version of an RS/6000 microprocessor. The OS is also off-the-shelf: VSWorks, from Wind River. This reverses NASA's former practice, saves money, and delivers far more performance than earlier space probes. [ ] 11534 ) A REVIEW OF THE MPP OPTICAL INTERCONNECTIONS CONFERENCE.......6.8K Special to HPCwire by Jon Sauer Jon Sauer, professor, Optical Computing Systems Center, U of Colorado at Boulder, offers an overview of the 4th Conference on Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections. [ ] 11535 ) NEW HP MODEL TO ASSAULT HIGH-END GRAPHICS SUMMIT..............8.9K News analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large HP's innovative new high-end graphics system, to be shipped in early 1998, combines familiar PA 8000 microprocessors with thousands of pixel-processor munchkins. HP claims performance double that of SGI's Onyx, plus a scalable architecture that delivers both high quality images and interoperability. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11536 ) FIRST MULTINODE NEC SX-4 LINPACK RESULTS REPORTED.............4.6K NEC recently reported Linpack results for SX-4B Series models, SX-4A Series models, and SX-4M Series MultiNode models up to 64 processors. The results were accepted by Jack Dongarra and are incorporated in the July 7 Linpack update. [ ] 11537 ) PATENT DATA MINING TOOL NOW ON THE WWW..........................4K MAPIT, a patent data mining service developed by Manning & Napier Information Services that compares the contents of thousands of patents and automatically produces visualizations of the research results, is currently being demonstrated through the World Wide Web. [ ] 11538 ) OPEN ARCHITECTURE CONTROL GROUP TO ESTABLISH INDUSTRY STNDRDS.3.5K A new organization named Open Architecture Control Group (OACG) has been formed to develop public-domain standards in the field of industrial automation and production control. It is currently presenting IP for Industrial Control and Java for Distributed Control (JDC). [ ] 11539 ) UNIVERSAL WDM TO UP FIBER-OPTIC NTWRK DATA-CARRYING CAPACITY..3.8K Invention Machine Corp and LightPath Technologies have formed a joint venture company, LightChip, Inc, to develop, manufacture and market the next generation of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11540 ) HPC STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY EXPANDS VIRTUAL NETWORK...8.9K The Bernhardt Agency, a strategic communications agency with a primary focus on the high performance computing industry, has announced a formal affiliation with Power Public Relations and Leopold Ketel Public Relations to promote HPC corporate and brand awareness in the commercial market. [ ] 11541 ) BRG REPORTS INTRANET SERVER GROWTH RATE 2X INTERNET...........4.1K A recent report by Business Research Group (BRG) has noted a number of significant trends as businesses move to assimilate the intranet with their IT infrastructure. [ ] 11542 ) NCR'S DATA MART PROGRAM EXTENDS ENTERPRISE DW TO DEPT LEVEL...4.9K NCR Corp has announced a new dependent data mart program to extend the value of NCR data warehouses for departmental users who want customized data marts for enhanced performance and manageability. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11535 ) "(C)ustomers need no longer choose between interactivity and realistic visualization. The (HP's) PxFl concept can deliver both." -- Doug Schiff, graphics lab marketing manager, U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS_________________________ [ ] 70341) The MAXSTRAT Gen5 storage servers and NEC's SX-4 system together dramatically increase the accuracy of seismic data and reduce processing lead time. [ ] 70342) SC97: High Performance Networking and Computing Invites Participation in New "Science and the Internet: 20 Years" Exhibit [ ] 70343) Qualcomm Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server [ ] 70344) VISUAL NUMERICS IMSL DISTRIBUTED NETWORK FORTRAN LIBRARY PROVIDES HIGH PERFORMANCE MATHEMATICS FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ______________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 11543 ) Meta Group Says Hitachi Now No. 2 to IBM in Mainframes........2.4K [ ] 11544 ) US Justice Dept Investigating Assignment of INET Addresses......3K [ ] 11545 ) Sequent to Integrate Silkworm with Numa-Q 2000 Servers........1.9K [ ] 11546 ) Upgraded NT Solution Approved on U.S. Air Force Contract......4.3K [ ] 11547 ) HP to Provide HP9000 Servers to Wal-Mart......................2.8K [ ] 11548 ) Sequent and Informix Post TPC-D Benchmark.....................2.1K [ ] 11549 ) Aquanta HS/6 Posts TPC-C Benchmark with NT Server 4.0...........2K [ ] 11550 ) HP Chosen as Preferred Platform for Oracle's Fastforward......2.2K [ ] 11551 ) Auspex's New Subsidiary Expands Japanese Market Presence......2.8K [ ] 11552 ) PeaceHealth Extends Aviant Contract for 3-State Network.......1.8K [ ] 11553 ) Esso Brazil Chooses IBM to Automate Araucaria Terminal........1.9K [ ] 11554 ) Cap Gemini Chooses Encore Infinity SP to Store, Share Data....1.8K [ ] 11555 ) Compaq Makes its Move on Australian Workstation Market........2.3K [ ] 11556 ) Excalibur to Supply Retrieval Technology to United Airlines...2.8K [ ] 11557 ) Amoco Expands Deployment of Filenet Doc Warehouse for SAP.....2.5K [ ] 11558 ) UniqueAir to Deploy Lightbridge's Churn Prophet Solution........2K [ ] 11559 ) Digital Wins U.S. Postal Service 1997 Quality Supplier Award..2.1K [ ] 11560 ) Regions Financial Selects NCR for Branch Systems..............1.9K [ ] 11561 ) Rogers Cablesystems Implements Autodesk's AutoCAD Map.........2.2K [ ] 11562 ) Sun and Netscape Offer Java Foundation Classes................2.2K [ ] 11563 ) Symbol-LIS Receives SAP AG Certification for Dispatcher-CS....1.9K [ ] 11564 ) Early Adopters Pleased with S-Series Himalaya Servers.........2.1K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11565 ) Product Watch: Amdahl Intros NT Server.......................25.7K HP Adds DB-Mngmt for Oracle, Informix. Parasoft Releases Codewizard 1.1. [ ] 11566 ) Financial Update: Motorola Profits Top Estimates.............10.3K Ross Sets 1997 Annual Meeting. Compaq To Expand Euro Biz. [ ] 11567 ) Corporate Liaisons: Torrent Systems, IBM Enter Alliance........13K Tandem, Momentum Announce VAR Pact. Unisys, CA Ink Strategic Alliance. [ ] 11568 ) People and Positions: Fujitsu Names Chenery VP, Arch Dvpt.....4.9K Exabyte Appoints Marriner Pres, CEO. CMD Names 2 VPs. 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