-----Original Message----- From: hpcwire@newsmaster.tgc.com [mailto:hpcwire@newsmaster.tgc.com] Sent: Friday, January 30, 1998 11:39 AM To: Jonathan Hardwick Subject: 9808 H P C w i r e W E ' R E O N T H E W E B ! ------------------------------------- http://www.tgc.com/hpcwire.html FREE INFORMATION FOR NON-SUBSCRIBERS! As a member of the HPCwire mailing list you have access to all articles indexed with numbers beginning with 6, 7 or 9. Plus one bonus article. Forwarding of the HPCwire Table of Contents is not forbidden by copyright. Please feel free to send the Table of Contents along to friends, family and colleagues. 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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 *** October 10, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 40 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 385 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70440) Benchmark Results For IMSL Distributed Network Fortran Library, An MPI Based Library Designed To Leverage Distributed Memory Systems ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 12047) FEATURES: THE STATE OF HPC & MORE: STEVE WALLACH PART II | | [ ] 12050) SCIENCE NEWS: T3E AIDS NEAR REAL-TIME VIEWING OF BRAIN ACTIVITY | | [ ] 12055) COMMERCIAL NEWS: DEC MAY SELL ALPHA TECHNOLOGY TO INTEL | | [ ] 12059) NEWS BRIEFS: GATES DENIES ACCUSATIONS IN SUN'S JAVA SUIT | |___________________________________________________________________________ _| [ ] 70441) PALLAS SELLS 100TH COPY OF ITS VAMPIR MPI TOOL, A VERSATILE PERFORMANCE VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS TOOL FOR MPI PROGRAMS. FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 12047 ) THE STATE OF HPC & MORE: AN INTERVIEW WITH STEVE WALLACH--II.19.9K by Steve Fisher, managing editor In this second installment of HPCwire's two part interview (see HPCwire 12010), Steve Wallach discusses the battle between UNIX and NT, the state of the HPC industry and touches on his view of high performance computing's Holy Grail. [ ] 12048 ) MICROSOFT FAILS JAVA COMPATIBILITY TESTS, IS SUED BY SUN......4.5K Sun Microsystems announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. for breaching its contractual obligation to deliver a compatible implementation of Java technology on its products. Sun seeks an injunction to prevent Microsoft from improperly using the Java Compatible logo. [ ] 12049 ) YALE SCIENTISTS PAVE WAY FOR NEXT GENERATION TRANSISTORS......7.4K Researchers at Yale have succeeded for the first time in measuring an electric current flowing through a single organic molecule sandwiched between metal electrodes. The feat could yield transistors so small that a beaker full would contain more transistors than exist in the world today. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 12050 ) T3E ASSISTS IN NEAR REAL-TIME VIEWING OF BRAIN ACTIVITY.........4K A team of scientists in Pittsburgh, using high-speed networks to link an MRI scanner with a supercomputer, have made it possible to convert scan data almost instantaneously into an animated 3-D image showing what parts of the brain "light up" during mental activity. [ ] 12051 ) UNIVERSITY CORP. FOR ADVANCED INTERNET DEVELOPMENT FORMED.....3.5K Formed in September to coordinate the Internet2 project, the University Corp. for Advanced Internet Development will develop ideas for a faster, more powerful global computer network. [ ] 12052 ) LLNL TESTS SECURE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC BUSINESS..............3.7K Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are developing an infrastructure that would allow its programmatic and business operations to use cryptographic technology to protect unclassified but still private information. [ ] 12053 ) ISLIP FORMED TO DEVELOP DIGITAL MEDIA LIBRARY SW, SRVCS.......4.9K At the core of ISLIP's digital media library system are speech recognition, language understanding, and image understanding technologies developed by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) under its Informedia Digital Video Library Project. [ ] 12054 ) UIC INCORPORATES VR TECH INTO MANUFACTURING DESIGN TOOL.......3.9K Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have incorporated virtual reality technology into a manufacturing design tool that allows the user to visualize and plan a factory while it is still in the design phase. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 12055 ) DEC NEGOTIATES WITH INTEL OVER SALE OF ALPHA TECHNOLOGY.......3.8K Digital Equipment Corp. is discussing turning over its Alpha technology to Intel Corp. in exchange for more than $1.5 billion. Such a deal would likely settle the ongoing and occasionally bitter patent fight between the two companies. [ ] 12056 ) SEQUENT, EMC, INTEL & ORACLE PARTNER ON DATA CENTER.............4K Sequent, EMC, Intel and Oracle officials announced an alliance around "the next-generation data center," focusing on a nationwide symposium series. Stops include Washington, DC, New York City, Chicago, Dallas, and London. [ ] 12057 ) IDC REPORTS CHANGES IN EUROPEAN IT SPENDING...................3.6K According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), European IT spending attitudes in vertical markets are undergoing major changes. Banking is reportedly the highest opportunity vertical market for 1997, with expected IT spending growth of almost 15 percent. [ ] 12058 ) IBM TO UPGRADE, CONSOLIDATE RS/6000 LINE......................2.6K International Business Machines Corp. is overhauling its RS/6000 line of scientific and business computers, in the hope of fixing recurring problems in a profitable business that is losing considerable ground to competitors such as Sun Microsystems. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 12047 ) "I'm a firm supporter of what Burton (Smith) is doing....I think we need efforts like that so we don't become too inbred in our thought processes." -- Steve Wallach, speaking of Tera's MTA. __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS________________________ [ ] 70442)The Top 5 Reasons Why SGI Origin Users are Turning To PGI's PGHPF High Performance Fortran (And getting free Linux compilers!) [ ] 70443)DreamWorks Selects MAXSTRAT Storage Servers To Improve Productivity Of Animators [ ] 70444)RISC-class Fortran, C, and C++ compilers and tools for Pentium(R)Pro and Pentium II processor-based workstations from PGI [ ] 70445) Sony Data Management Seminar Oct. 7, 8 In Houston TX: New Support Systems For Streamlined E&P Decision Making [ ] 70446) FERMILAB is looking for a C++/Object Oriented Software Engineer [ ] 70447) Qualcomm Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] 70448) SC97 ANNOUNCES TECHNICAL PROGRAM and INVITED SPEAKERS Register Now! Early Deadline October 10, 1997 http://www.supercomp.org/sc97 NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 12059 ) Gates Denies Accusations in Sun's Java Suit...................1.7K [ ] 12060 ) Letter to the Editor..........................................0.8K [ ] 12061 ) NEC Speeds Data Switching Between Parallel Processors.........1.2K [ ] 12062 ) U.S. and Japan to Hold Supercomputer Talks in October.........1.6K [ ] 12063 ) IBM Intros up to 12-way SMP Server for 64- & 32-bit Unix Apps.1.8K [ ] 12064 ) Oracle Posts Record APB-1 Benchmark...........................2.5K [ ] 12065 ) HP and BEA Post TPC-C Benchmarks..............................1.8K [ ] 12066 ) Oracle Posts Record TPC-C Benchmark...........................1.9K [ ] 12067 ) Can AMD Speed Chip Production Enough to Affect Intel?.........1.9K [ ] 12068 ) Ancor to Demo Fibre Channel Public Loop Support...............1.8K [ ] 12069 ) AT&T Announces Business-Quality IP Services...................1.8K [ ] 12070 ) Avant! Wins Contract From Fujitsu.............................2.5K [ ] 12071 ) Number Nine's 128-Bit Chip Selected by FAA....................1.7K [ ] 12072 ) BBC Selects Baydel RAID Storage and SGI Origin 200............1.6K [ ] 12073 ) Natwest Markets Upgrades to Comshare's DecisionWebT...........1.7K [ ] 12074 ) Essential & Extreme Test Gigabit Ethernet Interoperability....1.8K [ ] 12075 ) Fibernet Upgrades Stone & Webster's Network...................1.9K [ ] 12076 ) FORE Systems Unveils Worldwide Headquarters Campus............1.6K [ ] 12077 ) Gates Speaks on Microsoft Initiatives at ITXPO 97.............1.7K [ ] 12078 ) Researchers Recreate the First Electronic Digital Computer....1.7K [ ] 12079 ) PeopleSoft Selects HP NetServer as Preferred HW Platform......2.2K [ ] 12080 ) Intel Introduces New Server Technology, i960 Chip.............1.6K [ ] 12081 ) LSI Logic Lands Emmy for Motion Estimation Encoder............2.4K [ ] 12082 ) Mercury Chosen to Advance European SAR Technology.............2.3K [ ] 12083 ) Univ. N. London Installs Neoware Network Computers............2.2K [ ] 12084 ) Northrop Grumman Selects RACE for Navy STAP...................2.8K [ ] 12085 ) Unisys Sells Enterprise NT System to Microbais Automatisering.2.2K [ ] 12086 ) Linked PC's Deliver Power of Low-End Supercomputer............1.8K [ ] 12087 ) SPA Commends Senator Dodd For Introducing SLUSA...............1.8K [ ] 12088 ) Sterling Software Awarded Air Force Contract..................1.7K [ ] 12089 ) Sybase Develops Technology Aiding Colorado Agencies...........1.7K SHORT TAKES [ ] 12090 ) Product Watch: Fujitsu Announces New AP3000's................58.4K Sun Unveils 3rd Gen. UltraSparc. SGI Offers New Gbit Netwking Prods. [ ] 12091 ) Financial Update: SGI Q1 Results Below Expected.................7K DEC Declares Dividend on Stock. TI Starts $25M DSP Research Fund. [ ] 12092 ) Corporate Liaisons: Acxiom & IBM Team on Bus. Disc...........27.1K Sun Uses Dolphin Prod. in Clstr Sol. Unisys Supports NT Server 4.0. 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