H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** July 18, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 28 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 311 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70350) Cray Research and The Portland Group (PGI) Release HPF_CRAFT Programming Model As Part Of New PGHPF 2.3 Compiler. HPF_CRAFT is an open, standards-based, parallel-programming model designed to take advantage of the unique scalability of the CRAY T3E line of supercomputers. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11570) FEATURES: SGI DEFENDS TURF AGAINST HP'S HI-END GRAPHICS LINE | | [ ] 11573) SCIENCE NEWS: NOVELL DEMOS WOLF MTN. CLUSTERING | | [ ] 11577) COMMERCIAL NEWS: GIGABIT ETHERNET INTEROP TEST GROUP FOUNDED | | [ ] 11580) NEWS BRIEFS: CRAY SEEKS HEAVY DUMPING DUTIES AGAINST FUJITSU | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70351) SC97: High Performance Networking and Computing Invites Participation in New "Science and the Internet: 20 Years" Exhibit FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11570 ) SGI DEFENDS TURF, QUESTIONS HP'S NEW HI-END GRAPHICS LINE.....6.5K News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large SGI retorts that HP's just-announced PxFl top-end graffix product is too inflexible, targets a single market niche, relies on technology that SGI spurned, and divides HP's viz product line into PxFl sheep and lower/middle range graphics goats. Next: a duel of the demos at SIGGRAPH. [ ] 11571 ) CAMBRIDGE'S ENIGMA PROJECT: AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM SCHULTZ...14.3K by Alan Beck, editor in chief In Part I of a two-part feature, the principal investigator for the U of Cambridge's Institute of Theoretical Geophysics' Enigma project addresses the choice of its main processing resource, the Digital AlphaServer 8400 SMP. [ ] 11572 ) HITS & HISSES -- THE FUTURE OF ASIAN IT MARKETS: TWO VIEWS....9.4K Compiled by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Zdzislaw Meglicki and Mark Stalzer agree on one point: I made mistakes in recent columns. Meglicki takes, however, an optimistic view of growth in Asia and elsewhere. Stalzer believes that China's IT market will be constrained, especially due to the lack of democratic values and policies. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11573 ) NOVELL DEMOS WOLF MTN. CLUSTERING/ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERS......4.2K Novell has demonstrated its Wolf Mountain technologies for advanced distributed computing, including a clustering capability designed to bring new levels of availability, scalability, and manageability to customer networks. [ ] 11574 ) COMBINING TRANSISTOR TYPES MAY YIELD IMPROVED CIRCUITS........2.9K Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a method of combining enhancement- and depletion-mode transistors in high-performance devices with a variety of applications. [ ] 11575 ) PROSOLVIA & VA TECH ANNOUNCE VIRTUAL REALITY TECH CENTER........5K Prosolvia, a provider of virtual reality (VR) applications, will develop a VR Competence Center with Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, an affiliate of Virginia Tech, a partner in the National Computational Science Alliance. [ ] 11576 ) CCE SETS RECORD FOR RADAR PROFILE SIMULATION..................3.2K The Center for Computational Electromagnetics (CCE) at the U of Illinois set a world record calculating the radar cross-section of an aircraft: a numerical simulation described as the "Holy Grail in computational electromagnetics." COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11577 ) 3COM CO-FOUNDS GIGABIT ETHERNET INTEROP TEST CONSORTIUM.......3.9K Formed during the IEEE 802.3z plenary meetings, the Gigabit Ethernet Interoperability Test Consortium will provide a forum for industry discussion, dissemination and testing relative to the implementation and use of Gigabit Ethernet technology. [ ] 11578 ) BORLAND'S YOCAM OUTLINES NEW CORPORATE STRATEGY...............5.2K In a major address before more than 2,500 IT executives, developers, and technologists, Borland international chairman and chief executive officer Delbert W. Yocam outlined a new strategy to help customers build "corporate InfoNets" for accessing and analyzing information and applications. [ ] 11579 ) UNISYS CHOOSES PHILIPPINES FOR MARKETING HUB..................4.7K The Philippines stands to become the beachhead for implementation in Asia of Unisys TCBS (The Complete Banking Solution), an end-to-end client/server banking system. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11571 ) "I think it is entirely reasonable to expect that by 2000, individual production processor speeds will offer approximately 5-10 GFLOP peak performance." -- Adam Schultz, principal investigator, Enigma project, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, U of Cambridge, UK __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS_________________________ [ ] 70352) VISUAL NUMERICS IMSL DISTRIBUTED NETWORK FORTRAN LIBRARY PROVIDES HIGH PERFORMANCE MATHEMATICS FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS [ ] 70353) HPCwire's CAREER TRACK SUPPLEMENT: Reach Over 32,000 HPC Professionals Before Your Competition Does On August 1,1997 [ ] 70354) The MAXSTRAT Gen5 storage servers and NEC's SX-4 system together dramatically increase the accuracy of seismic data and reduce processing lead time. [ ] 70355) QUALCOMM Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server _____________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 11580 ) Cray Seeks Dumping Duties of 388% Against Fujitsu.............1.9K [ ] 11581 ) Gigabit Ethernet Deployed in Live Production Environment......2.2K [ ] 11582 ) Cray, PGI Release HPF_CRAFT for the Cray T3E....................2K [ ] 11583 ) Digital to Upgrade 100 VA Medical Centers.....................2.4K [ ] 11584 ) German University Installs IBM RS/6000 SP.....................1.7K [ ] 11585 ) NCR Selects Microsoft Exchange 5.0 Across the Enterprise......1.8K [ ] 11586 ) Boeing to Use Sequent's NUMA-Based Servers and Storage........1.4K [ ] 11587 ) HPSS Included Among 9 R&D100 Awards for ORNL....................2K [ ] 11588 ) Sun Embraces PCI Bus Standard, Announces PCI NIC Products.....2.1K [ ] 11589 ) NEC SX-4/B Installed at Germany's U of Rostock................2.9K [ ] 11590 ) Senate Calls for Study of Supercomputers, Export Licenses.......2K [ ] 11591 ) Sequent's NUMA-Q 2000 Server Posts BAAN IV Benchmark............2K [ ] 11592 ) Intel Edition of Sun Solaris Posts WebStone Benchmark.........1.9K [ ] 11593 ) Sun and Informix Demo Single Node Server Scalability..........1.1K [ ] 11594 ) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Installs Cray Origin2000......2.5K [ ] 11595 ) EAI & DARPA Employ Visualization in Biodefense Research.......2.7K [ ] 11596 ) Teradyne Receives Orders for Catalyst Super Chip Testing......1.9K [ ] 11597 ) WorldSoftware ERP Suite Purchased by Crown Cork & Seal........2.1K [ ] 11598 ) Canada's MetroNet Selects FORE & CTI to Supply ATM Switches...2.2K [ ] 11599 ) Mantech Licenses IAI Product for Yr2000 Solution Factories....1.7K [ ] 11600 ) iSTAR to Utilize Bell Canada's ATM Network......................2K [ ] 11601 ) NCR Implements Client/Server Banking System in Hong Kong......1.3K [ ] 11602 ) Opal & Microsoft SNA Server Demonstrate Synergy...............2.1K [ ] 11603 ) Persistence Live Object Server Chosen by EBI..................2.5K [ ] 11604 ) COGECO Cable Selects MainStreetXpress for Canadian Network....1.7K [ ] 11605 ) Shanghai Bell to Offer Ascend & Alcatel Products..............1.8K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11606 ) Product Watch: NAG Launches Fastflo Simulation Software......46.3K Auspex NeTservices Can Manage Terabytes. Sun Intros Ultra 30 Servers. [ ] 11607 ) Financial Update: Intel Reports Q2 Results...................17.4K SCO Notes Q3 Performance. NCR Posts Q2 Results. [ ] 11608 ) Corporate Liaisons: Borland, IBM in Joint Dvpt Effort........17.1K TNG Frmwk Bundled on Unisys NT Servers. Brio Joins Microsoft DW Alliance. [ ] 11609 ) People and Positions: Rachal VP, GM for Unisys Entrprse NT....6.8K Sathaye VP Engineering for Alteon. Layzell Named Mktng VP, Red Brick. 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