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For assistance, send a detailed message to help@hpcwire.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// / H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** September 12, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 36 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 370 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70405) Sony Announces Data Management Seminar New Support Systems For Streamlined E&P Decision Making Will Be Focus Of Technical Seminar For Energy Exploration And Production Professionals October 7, 8 In Houston, Texas. ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11883) FEATURES: NORRIS SMITH EXAMINES THE INTEL-HP ALLIANCE | | [ ] 11886) SCIENCE NEWS: NEC CLAIMS DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLEST TRANSISTOR | | [ ] 11891) COMMERCIAL NEWS: DATAPRO SURVEY SHOWS MAINFRAME MKT REVIVING | | [ ] 11894) NEWS BRIEFS: CHIP MAKERS, U.S. GOVT TEAM ON ADVANCED CPU'S | |___________________________________________________________________________ _| [ ] 70406) PGI Workstation 1.6 is now shipping Latest Intel processor-based workstation release from PGI features PCF-style directive-based SMP parallelization, parallelization on Linux, byte-swapping I/O for RISC interoperability, and cross-OS licensing on Linux and Solaris86. FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11883 ) HP, CONVEX, MERCED, MERGERS, AND ALL THE ETCETERAS............7.3K Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, editor at large Mergers may be made in Wall Street, but they are implemented in grime and sweat. Some illustrations from HP's acquisition of Convex support this generalization. Before long the Intel-HP Merced project will test the principles. Will Merced rise above all the etceteras? [ ] 11884 ) IRENE QUALTERS DISCUSSES SGI/CRAY RESEARCH...................11.5K by Alan Beck, vice president of publications, TGC Recently appointed president of Cray Research and senior vice president of Silicon Graphics' Technical Computing Business Unit, Irene Qualters is responsible for SGI's full range of technical computing solutions. [ ] 11885 ) CRAY RESPONDS TO BUZBEE'S TESTIMONY BEFORE ITC.................10K John L. Sullivan, vice president and general counsel for Silicon Graphics and previously general counsel for Cray Research, has given Cray's official response to Bill Buzbee's testimony before the ITC. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11886 ) NEC CLAIMS DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLEST TRANSISTOR.................2.5K NEC Corp claims it has developed the world's smallest operational transistor, a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device with an effective gate length of 14nm. The transistor is a component of the firm's work toward a 10 terabit memory chip. [ ] 11887 ) UIUC DEVELOPS NEW CHIP MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUE................3.3K A new process, called SCALPEL (scattering with angular limitation projection electron lithography) has shown the feasibility of manufacturing features with widths of less than 3 millionths of an inch. [ ] 11888 ) VERTEX INSTALLS ORIGIN2000 FOR SMALL MOLECULE DRUG DESIGN.....4.1K The Origin2000 system will be used to speed the design of small- molecule oral therapeutics used to fight human health problems and diseases, including HIV and AIDS, cancer, inflammatory diseases, and hepatitis C. [ ] 11889 ) 52 GFLOP/S ACHIEVED WITH PIC CODE VLPL..........................3K Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, have achieved 52 Gflop/s on Cray/T3E-600/512 with a "Virtual Laser Plasma Laboratory" code. [ ] 11890 ) INFOSEEK ANNOUNCES PATENT ON WEB SEARCHING TECHNOLOGY.........3.6K Internet search engine company Infoseek has received a patent on a new technique for decentralized searching of the World Wide Web that will reportedly yield more precise results. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11891 ) DATAPRO STUDY SHOWS MAINFRAME MARKET REVIVING.................3.4K The survey discovered that 39 percent of those responding plan to add mainframe capacity over the next year, and fifty percent of those expect to boost capacity by 25 percent or more. [ ] 11892 ) MEDSTAT SELECTS TORRENT'S ORCHESTRATE.........................4.2K To enable its DataScan to take full advantage of IBM's RS/6000 SP, The MEDSTAT Group has chosen Torrent's Orchestrate application environment. The products will be used to manage and analyze data sets relating to healthcare and plan operations. [ ] 11893 ) SCHLUMBERGER OPENS SMART CARD FACTORY IN HONG KONG............4.3K Due to the strategic location of its smart-card facility and its design and manufacturing capabilities Schlumberger believes it can reduce time to market for Asian clients developing new smart card-based services and provide them with a competitive edge in global markets. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11884 ) "Our strategy requires continued investment in technologies that will differentiate us from our competitors." -- Irene Qualters, president, Cray Research & senior VP, SGI Technical Computing Business Unit __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS________________________ [ ] 70408) FERMILAB is looking for a C++/Object Oriented Software Engineer [ ] 70409) MAXSTRAT Storage Systems Selected For Oracle Porting Automation Lab [ ] 70410) Increase Your Productivity Connect a MAXSTRAT Gen5 to Your SGI/Cray, NEC, Fujitsu, or Sun High Performance Computer [ ] 70411) SC97 Teacher Travel Application Deadline Extended to Sept.19 Education Program To Feature Speakers,Workshops,Papers,and Panels [ ] 70412) MAXSTRAT Storage With HIPPI, Fibre Channel, and UltraSCSI Connectivity, Speeds Over 250 MBytes/sec. and a TB of Capacity [ ] 70413) Qualcomm Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- [ ] 70407) HP Introduces New 64-Bit Exemplar Technical Server: The V-Class Provides the Highest Performance in Its Class With A Full Suite of Applications for Scientific Research, Mechanical Design, Petroleum Exploration and Electrical Design NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 11894 ) Chip Makers, U.S. Gov't Partner for Advanced CPUs.............1.7K [ ] 11895 ) HP Offers Enhanced Technical Computing Solutions................4K [ ] 11896 ) NEC Advances Microsoft Clustering Effort......................2.1K [ ] 11897 ) Mercury Receives Order from USAF's Rome Laboratory..............2K [ ] 11898 ) Data General Promotes AV20000 NUMA as Alternative to CPP......2.1K [ ] 11899 ) PSINet Offers Free Peering to Planned OC-48 Backbone..........2.2K [ ] 11900 ) NEC to Deliver SX-4 to Japan's Tohoku University..............1.1K [ ] 11901 ) Navy Destroyer Named in Honor of Grace Murray Hopper..........3.2K [ ] 11902 ) Veritas Selects Maxstrat's Gen5 XLE Storage Server............1.9K [ ] 11903 ) IBM, Dow Jones Risk Management Website Goes Live..............2.3K [ ] 11904 ) PayPoint & Sequent Sign Server Deal Worth GBP 800K............2.2K [ ] 11905 ) Japan's DDI Breaks 5K tps on DSC IN Platform....................2K [ ] 11906 ) Siemens Pyramid, Informix Post Record Benchmark...............1.9K [ ] 11907 ) Infinity, Sun Process 250K Transactions in 9 Min..............1.7K [ ] 11908 ) NetFRAME's Product Passes Novell 1000+ Client Test............2.3K [ ] 11909 ) Accelr8 Tech's Delivers Four Year 2000 Solutions..............1.4K [ ] 11910 ) 3Com Selects BUSINESSOBJECTS for DS Solution....................2K [ ] 11911 ) Visa to Test RSA-Encrypted Smart Cards in UK & Japan..........1.7K [ ] 11912 ) Clinton Criticized Over Relaxed HPC Export Controls...........1.2K [ ] 11913 ) Lincoln Software Integrates IBM Subsidiary Middleware.........2.5K [ ] 11914 ) ICL to Deliver Systems Based on Merced........................1.8K [ ] 11915 ) Irvine Sensors Gets $2.1M Support, Mktg Subcontract.............1K [ ] 11916 ) Conservation Center Implements Novell Products..................2K [ ] 11917 ) Unisys Modernizes Orange County, CA's Superior Court..........2.1K [ ] 11918 ) Parametric Tech Receives $1.5 Million Order From Fiat.........1.7K [ ] 11919 ) Inventure's RANGER Selected by Koch Agriculture Company.........2K [ ] 11920 ) Rational Submits UML to Object Mgmt Group.....................1.6K [ ] 11921 ) SIMSCI Inks Pact with Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo.........1.7K [ ] 11922 ) Sheridan College Selects Newbridge Vivid Solution.............1.8K [ ] 11923 ) Walton Centre Awards Network Contract to I.T. Services........1.9K [ ] 11924 ) Wind River Enters Programmable DSP Market.......................2K [ ] 11925 ) IDC India Says Workstation Mkt To Be Transformed By 2000......2.3K [ ] 11926 ) FDC Selects Zitel as Subcontractor for Y2K Work...............1.6K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11927 ) Product Watch: Systran Intros SCRAMNet+ for SGI Sys..........46.3K MathWorks Intros Image Proc Kit 2.0. SGI Offers Aspentech SW on Origin Sys. [ ] 11928 ) Financial Updates: SGI Completes Debenture Exchange Offer.....6.5K Microdyne Ends Talks to Sell Prod Line. Accelgraphics Reports on Prelim Q3. [ ] 11929 ) Corporate Liaisons: S.Pyramid Assumes R&D Role of S.Nixdorf..15.2K Sybase, Peoplesoft Ink Reseller pact. NEC & Qualcomm Expand Relationship. [ ] 11930 ) People and Positions: Red Brick CFO Resigns...................2.8K Packeteer Names Sundstrom VP. Zitel Appts Reg Sales Mgr, Y2K Svcs. JOB BANK ===================================================================== [ ] 667 ) Employment Opportunities From: NEC Corporation, Fermilab, Industrial Light and Magic, Tera, MIT, Raytheon E-Systems, Hewlett Packard, IBM Corp,.............................................................5K [ ] 604 ) Job Bank Rates and Regulations.................................1.22K CONFERENCES ================================================================== [ ] 2888 ) Calendar of Upcoming HPC Events (Updated 09.11.97)...............9K HPCwire INFORMATION ========================================================== [ ] 670 ) Masthead........................................................2.2K [ ] 601 ) Subscriptions & Removals........................................2.6K [ ] 602 ) Submitting Letters & Articles...................................1.6K [ ] 950 ) Index of Back Issues.............................................14K 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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