\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////// H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** August 1, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 30 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 319 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70361) Cray and PGI Release HPF_CRAFT for CRAY T3E with PGHPF 2.3; New NAS Benchmark results show PGHPF outperforming hand-coded MPI in some cases ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11645) FEATURES: NORRIS SMITH VIEWS COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE | | [ ] 11648) SCIENCE NEWS: DOE, NAT LABS PICK UNIVS FOR SIMULATION STUDIES | | [ ] 11652) COMMERCIAL NEWS: SGI STRENGTHENS TIES TO NT | | [ ] 11657) NEWS BRIEFS: AMDAHL DEMOS VIRTUAL INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE | |____________________________________________________________________________| HIGH-PERFORMANCE CAREER TRACK SUPPLEMENT LEADING-EDGE JOBS FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM __________________________FEATURED EMPLOYER__________________________ | [ ] 70362) BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY is home to the National | | Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) which | | provides high-performance computing services to | | multi-disciplinaryprograms supported by the US Department of | | Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Research. | |_____________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70363) TERA COMPUTER COMPANY is a high-performance computer company with a new architectural approach, one that transcends the limitations of current technologies. Tera has developed a breakthrough computer system that will achieve unprecedented performance on a wide spectrum of computing tasks. [ ] 70364) MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY is a research center located in Lexington, Massachusetts. An overview their career opportunities and company information is provided. [ ] 70365) Employment Opportunities From: Hewlett Packard, University of Michigan, Pallas, IBM Corp, MRJ Technology Solutions, SDSC................................5K FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11645 ) WHAT IS COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE: THE EGG OR THE CHICKENS?.......8.5K Reviewed by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large One part of a two-headed review item describes several perspectives on a perennial issue (what is the nature of computational science and engineering) based on papers presented at an IEEE workshop at Purdue. The other part discusses a fascinating book from Australia on an unfamiliar topic, the simulation of plants, that also illuminates the broader question of inter-disciplinary communication. [ ] 11646 ) STUDIERSTUBE: A NEW TOOL FOR COLLABORATIVE VISUALIZATION.....11.2K by Alan Beck, editor in chief The STUDIERSTUBE system allows multiple collaborating users to simultaneously study three-dimensional visualizations in a "study room," where stereoscopic, undistorted images may be presented to the participants. [ ] 11647 ) PLANTS DO IT -- COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE, THAT IS................6.1K Review by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large This second of two inter-related reviews on computational science and engineering describes a book from Australia on the HPC methods used to simulate the life-cycles of trees and other plants. The clarity and accessibility of this volume could also be a model for other books suitable for cross-disciplinary curiosity as well as summarizing current research for specialists in plant biology. ======================================================================== [ ] 70366) CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The Sixth NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies and the Fifteenth IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems will be held jointly at the University of Maryland University College Conference Center. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS================================================= [ ] 11648 ) DOE, NAT LABS SELECT 5 UNIVS FOR LARGE-SCALE SIMULATION.......7.9K US Secretary of Energy Federico Pena has announced the selection of five American universities to participate in a $250 million initiative in collaboration with three DOE national laboratories to advance high performance computer simulation. [ ] 11649 ) DEC DEVELOPING NEW CLUSTERING ARCHITECTURE......................5K Digital Equipment Corp is in the early stages of systems-software work designed to lead to a new way of building HPC systems that combine the best of SMP and MPP. [ ] 11650 ) NEC SX-4'S REAL-TIME 24HR 10KM RES FORECAST DETAILED..........7.1K Recently, the first 24 hour forecast over North America at 10 km resolution was produced in real-time on an NEC SX-4/32 supercomputer at the Canadian Meteorological Centre in Montreal. [ ] 11651 ) TERABYTE CHALLENGE TESTS DATAMINING INTERCHANGE FORMAT........2.5K Magnify, Inc. announced successful completion of the first round of tests to validate Model Interchange Format (MIF), an open, standards based approach to storing, transporting, and sharing predictive models. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11652 ) COMP RESELLER NEWS SAYS SGI MAY CONSIDER NT PLATFORM..........2.2K Silicon Graphics Inc is releasing a product that will further tie its fortunes to the NT operating system, fueling speculation among vendors and the channel that the firm may consider introducing an Intel-based workstation running NT. [ ] 11653 ) TI'S CEO PREDICTS DSP MARKET SURGE OVER NEXT DECADE...........4.4K In a presentation at the annual Robertson Stephens Conference, Texas Instruments CEO Tom Engibous predicted that DSPs and real-time processing will drive the next wave of growth for the high-tech industry -- $50B over the next ten years. [ ] 11654 ) NOVELL OUTLINES CROSS PLATFORM, INTRANET STRATEGY.............4.8K Novell discussed plans for the future of Intranetware and outlined how its strategy of taking NDS to non-Novell platforms is the first stage of a wider cross-platform strategy, whereby both new and existing products evolve to become network services. [ ] 11655 ) ISE SURVEY PREDICTS UK'S BROAD ADOPTION OF WORKFLOW SYSTEMS...4.7K According to a survey conducted by information logistics company ISE, the use of computerized workflow systems in UK local government is set to explode in the next eighteen months. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11646 ) "STUDIERSTUBE manages to deliver most of the advantages of CAVE/Immersadesk at a fraction of the cost." -- Dieter Schmalstieg, researcher, Vienna U of Technology's Institute of Computer Graphics __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS_________________________ [ ] 70367) SC97 Final Call for Participation: August 8,1997 Research and Poster Exhibits, Exhibitor Forum, HPC Challenge Teams, etc. [ ] 70368) VISUAL NUMERICS IMSL Distributed Network Fortran Library Provides High Performance Mathematics for Distributed Systems [ ] 70369) NEC's SX-4 system and MAXSTRAT's Gen5 together dramatically increase seismic data accuracy and reduce processing lead time. _____________________________________________________________________ NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 11656 ) MPOA Set to Dominate as Layer 3 Switching Standard............1.9K [ ] 11657 ) Amdahl Demos Virtual Interface Architecture...................1.9K [ ] 11658 ) NEC Claims Development of Faster Parallel Processing..........0.8K [ ] 11659 ) Mercury Computer Ships RACE Systems for Navy Contract.........2.3K [ ] 11660 ) ALLTEL, BEA to Provide Retail Banking Solutions...............2.7K [ ] 11661 ) Aurum dbSync Posts DB Synchronization Benchmark...............2.3K [ ] 11662 ) Bell Atlantic Teams with Westell in ADSL Trial at CMU.........2.7K [ ] 11663 ) Cree Research Demos CW Blue Laser at Room Temp................2.3K [ ] 11664 ) Mentor Graphics Inks 3 Deals for Calibre/xCalibre Tools.......2.1K [ ] 11665 ) Chilling Chips May Improve Computer Performance...............1.4K [ ] 11666 ) Carrera, Digital Domain Team for Rendering Solutions..........2.5K [ ] 11667 ) Concentric Network Partners with Mellon Bank, US Treasury.....2.2K [ ] 11668 ) IBM Server Running NT Posts NotesBench Benchmark..............2.4K [ ] 11669 ) Oracle Tops Teradata in Latest 1TB TPC-D Benchmarks...........1.9K [ ] 11670 ) NCR Teradata RDBMS Posts TPC-D Benchmark........................2K [ ] 11671 ) DynTel Wins $41 Million Navy IT Contract......................2.1K [ ] 11672 ) EDS Europe Picks Sync's FrameNode for Network Upgrade.........1.9K [ ] 11673 ) SGI Bundles Hummingbird Product in MineSet....................2.3K [ ] 11674 ) Deep Blue Inventors Win Fredkin Prize for Computer Chess......2.4K [ ] 11675 ) ADC Metrica Technology Chosen For Portuguese Network..........1.8K [ ] 11676 ) UK's Orange Cellular Installs Bay Network Routers.............2.1K [ ] 11677 ) Prominet to Use ObjectStore for Java-Based Network Mgmt.......2.1K [ ] 11678 ) Ross Notes Higher Demand For Renaissance CS on Windows NT.....2.2K [ ] 11679 ) Sun Life Picks Forte, CSC to Re-Engineer Dvpt Process.........2.3K [ ] 11680 ) Wandel & Goltermann's Domino Analysis Tool Selected by IBM....1.9K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11681 ) Product Watch: Intel to Cut Chip Prices......................39.8K Dell Enters Workstation Market. Merced Chip Ahead of Schedule. [ ] 11682 ) Financial Update: SGI Posts $1B 4th Qtr......................20.8K Borland Issues Q1 98 Report. Data General Notes Record 3rd Qtr. [ ] 11683 ) Corporate Liaisons: Fujitsu Buys Remaining Amdahl Stake......17.6K Nat Semiconductor, Cyrix to Merge. Richter Paradigm Joins Tandem Alliance. [ ] 11684 ) People and Positions: Eisenstein to Head NSF Directorate......2.6K Torii to Lead Autonomy SW Dvpt. 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