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For subscription information, send e-mail to: sub@hpcwire.tgc.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////// / H P C w i r e The Text-on-Demand E-zine for High Performance Computing *** September 19, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 37 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 365 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70414) 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 ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 11932) FEATURES: UC DAVIS HOSTS INTERNET2 WORKSHOP | | [ ] 11935) SCIENCE NEWS: SANDIA PATENTS EUV SOURCE FOR ADV CHIP LITHO | | [ ] 11942) COMMERCIAL NEWS: SURVEY SEES JAVA ON TOP OF MKT | | [ ] 11947) NEWS BRIEFS: SGI CONFIRMS ADOPTION OF WINDOWS NT | |___________________________________________________________________________ _| [ ] 70415) The Portland Group's parallelizing/optimizing Fortran, C, and C++ compilers and tools for Intel processor-based workstations FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 11932 ) UC DAVIS HOSTS INTERNET2 WORKSHOP.............................4.4K The University of California at Davis, held a two-day Internet2 workshop where vendors and nearly 100 representatives from Internet2 member universities met to discuss methods of speeding the new technology along and making Internet2 a reality. [ ] 11933 ) CHINA TO RETURN ILLEGALLY DIVERTED, US MADE SUPERCOMPUTER.....3.6K A Sun Microsystems computer capable of performing 2,700 million theoretical operations per second was shipped in February of last year to the China Scientific Institute in Beijing. It was then diverted to the Changsha Institute of Science and Technology, run by the Chinese military. [ ] 11934 ) NSF GRANT MAY SPUR INTERNET COLLABORATION.....................5.2K The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a seed grant of more than $3.1 million over three year period to the University of California, San Diego to form the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA). SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 11935 ) SANDIA PATENTS EUV SOURCE FOR ADVANCED CHIP LITHO.............4.4K The idea that atomic gas clusters could serve as part of a sort of "light bulb" that emits extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light when laser- heated has inspired a recently patented invention at Sandia National Lab. This allows EUV lithography to pattern faster, more memory-dense microchips. [ ] 11936 ) INTEL INTRODUCES NEW LINE OF FLASH MEMORY PRODUCTS............4.2K The Intel StrataFlash memory family of products stores multiple bits of information in each cell and can be used in classic as well as emerging applications. [ ] 11937 ) CORNELL THEORY CTR & DOD'S MSRCs INTRO VIRTUAL WORKSHOP.......5.8K The Cornell Theory Center (CTC) and the Department of Defense's Major Shared Resource Centers (MSRCs) have announced the launching of a Virtual Workshop to provide DoD-sponsored scientists and engineers with self-paced, on-line training in parallel computing. [ ] 11938 ) PARACEL UNVEILS COMPUTER DESIGNED FOR DRUG DISCOVERY..........4.2K GeneMatcher is the first computer designed with custom Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) technology to specifically analyze genetic information. It is hoped the system will furnish researchers with insight towards identification of genomic drug targets and potential therapies. [ ] 11939 ) SCALED DOWN NUMA NOW READY FOR DSP APPLICATIONS...............5.3K NUMA architecture may change the playing field for digital signal processing (DSP) by providing both scalability and ease of use. Successfully implemented in high-end RISC servers, NUMA is now ready for DSP. [ ] 11940 ) NEW WEB SITE GIVES ECOLOGISTS INSIGHT INTO SIMULATION MODEL.....4K A cooperative group of scientists has established a Web site to provide readers with an interactive introduction to and analysis of the workings of SORTIE, a computer model of forest dynamics based on individual-trees. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 11941 ) INTELLIGENT STORAGE ARRAYS TO DOMINATE RAID REVENUES BY Y2K...3.9K Intelligent Storage Arrays are forecasted to capture most of the projected $23.7 billion RAID revenue by the year 2000. Calendar year 1997 RAID revenue is expected to reach $15.9 billion, a 22 percent increase over 1996. [ ] 11942 ) SURVEY SEES JAVA ON TOP OF MKT, REGARDLESS OF PLATFORM........4.4K Borland International recently surveyed 5,000 software developers and found results pointing to Java being widely embraced and employed within enterprise business computing environments regardless of which computing paradigm dominates in years to come. [ ] 11943 ) KPMG RELEASES REPORT ON IT IMPLEMENTATIONS....................4.2K According to a new report from KPMG Management Consulting, companies have a 'knee jerk' reaction to the monetary and time investment involved in large IT system implementations, rather than making a balanced analysis of the costs and benefits an implementation will bring. [ ] 11944 ) SGI PARTNER EDGEMARK REAPS REWARDS OF FEDERAL MARKET..........4.3K EdgeMark Systems Inc., has joined forces with Silicon Graphics and is seeing extraordinary returns from the federal market for scientific and technical computing because of it. The company's federal revenues have gone from $3M in 1995 to a projected $80M in 1997. [ ] 11945 ) SURVEY REPORTS LACK OF IT USE FOR COMPETITIVE INFO............4.1K Too few large companies see a role for IT in generating information about competitors, according to headline findings from Information Builders' "IT Impact Survey". [ ] 11946 ) ITU REPORTS ON DVPT OF INTERNET AND TELECOMM ENVIRONMENT......6.1K The International Telecommunication Union released a report tracking the development of the Internet, and the changes which are being made to the global telecommunication environment by the rapid growth of this new tool for mass communication. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 11932 ) "If Internet2 has anything like their success in 1986, I think we can expect maybe a few trillion more dollars to come out of it in the next 10 years." -- Basil Irwin, network engineer with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS________________________ [ ] 70416) Sony Data Management Seminar Oct. 7, 8 In Houston TX: New Support Systems For Streamlined E&P Decision Making [ ] 70417) FERMILAB is looking for a C++/Object Oriented Software Engineer [ ] 70418) Increase Your Productivity Connect a MAXSTRAT Gen5 to Your SGI/Cray, NEC, Fujitsu, or Sun High Performance Computer [ ] 70419) SC97 Teacher Travel Application Deadline Extended to Sept.19 Education Program To Feature Speakers,Workshops,Papers,and Panels [ ] 70420) Qualcomm Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server [ ] 70421) MAXSTRAT Storage With HIPPI, Fibre Channel, and UltraSCSI Connectivity, Speeds Over 250 MBytes/sec. and a TB of Capacity ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] 70422) MAXSTRAT Storage Systems Selected For Oracle Porting Automation Lab NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 11947 ) SGI Confirms Adoption of Windows NT...........................1.8K [ ] 11948 ) House Committee Reports on Supercomputer Exports..............2.1K [ ] 11949 ) Ohio Supercomputer Ctr Staff Gives Congressional Demo.........1.5K [ ] 11950 ) Phoenix Works with Intel on Firmware for IA-64 Systems........1.9K [ ] 11951 ) Comp Physics Award Named for Los Alamos Senior Scientist......2.5K [ ] 11952 ) HP Posts Record TPC-C Benchmark...............................2.3K [ ] 11953 ) Oracle Reports on Baan Benchmark................................2K [ ] 11954 ) Sybase Posts Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5 Benchmark........1.8K [ ] 11955 ) Unisys Posts TPC-C Server Benchmarks..........................1.9K [ ] 11956 ) VLSI Technology Inks Deal for Avant! Tools....................1.9K [ ] 11957 ) Centra Health Adopts OLAP & SAS/MDDB Server...................1.9K [ ] 11958 ) Ciprico Disk Array Qualifies for Avid's Media Illusion..........2K [ ] 11959 ) Concurrent Wins $1.36M Contract from Lockheed Martin..........1.8K [ ] 11960 ) Student to Speak on Virtual Environments at Hopper Conf.......2.3K [ ] 11961 ) FORE ATM Provides Backbone for Shell Offshore Network.........2.4K [ ] 11962 ) Hughes Demos Eosdis Core System.................................2K [ ] 11963 ) LCI Expands U.S. Network with New Fiber Router..................2K [ ] 11964 ) Sequent Wins Multi-Million Dollar Contract....................1.9K [ ] 11965 ) Spectrum Signal Processing Wins Order From DOD................1.8K [ ] 11966 ) Steel Plant Chooses Carnegie, ILOG Products...................2.1K [ ] 11967 ) Controlware Selects Veribest's EDA Tool Suite.................2.1K [ ] 11968 ) SGI Applies Visual Computing to Yachting......................2.4K [ ] 11969 ) Telecom New Zealand Picks Newbridge/Siemens for ATM Network...1.8K SHORT TAKES [ ] 11970 ) Product Watch: IBM's New DB2 Ships Late Sept.................65.5K NEC Launches New UNIX Server. Sybase Ships Adaptive Server 11.5. [ ] 11971 ) Financial Update: Lightwave Micro, $10M in Venture Cap.......11.7K Oracle Reports on Q1 1998. TI Forms $100M DSP Venture Fund. [ ] 11972 ) Corporate Liaisons: Fore, GTE Provide Microsoft Backbone.....15.3K NEC Announces Agreement With AT&T. Sun To Acquire Chorus' Assets. [ ] 11973 ) People and Positions: G. Amdahl Joins DataLink Board..........3.2K Ancor Names CEO New Chairman. Xedia Elects Cheheyl To Board. 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