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Annnounces Latest Sun benchmark information for DNFL An MPI Based Library Designed To Leverage Distributed Memory Systems ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 12095) FEATURES: HP & INTEL UNVEIL EPIC TECHNOLOGY, IA-64'S FOUNDATION | | [ ] 12098) SCIENCE NEWS: GEORGIA/NORTH CAROLINA I2 SITES GO LIVE | | [ ] 12102) COMMERCIAL NEWS: SCO'S 64-BIT UNIXWARE DEVELOPMENT ON SCHEDULE | | [ ] 12106) NEWS BRIEFS: HP AWARDED $60M CONTRACT BY LOCKHEED MARTIN | |___________________________________________________________________________ _| [ ] 70450) SC97 Announces Panel and Town Hall Meetings REGISTER NOW! http://www.supercomp.org/sc97 FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 12095 ) HP AND INTEL UNVEIL EPIC TECHNOLOGY, IA-64'S FOUNDATION.......3.9K EPIC, incorporating a combination of speculation, predication and explicit parallelism, is expected to advance the processor technologies, specifically addressing the performance limitations found in today's RISC and CISC technologies. [ ] 12096 ) I2's PROGRESS: AN INTERVIEW WITH SID KARIN AND TRACIE MONK.....15K by Steve Fisher, managing editor Sid Karin, director of NPACI & SDSC and Tracie Monk, director of external affairs for CAIDA (Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis) discuss Internet2's recent member meeting, SDSC's role, and the effort's progress. [ ] 12097 ) SUN ADDS OFFENSES IN SUIT AGAINST MICROSOFT...................3.8K Sun modified its breach of contract suit to include accusations of illegally placing a Sun software code on its World Wide Web site. Sun is seeking $35 million in damages over that issue, in addition to the undisclosed damages asked for when the suit was filed last week. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 12098 ) GEORGIA/NORTH CAROLINA I2 CONNECTIONS GO LIVE.................5.2K This week, a key connection for potential Inernet2 users in Georgia and North Carolina was made when 2 high-speed computer networks, one in each state, linked the research centers and universities in both states to each other. [ ] 12099 ) SDSC UNVEILS BioNOME BIOLOGICAL MODELING RESOURCE.............5.9K The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) announced that it will develop a powerful new resource that will allow scientists around the world to build better models of how animals and humans undertake the processes of life. [ ] 12100 ) BAYLOR'S MED SCHOOL PICKS ATM TO MAXIMIZE CRAY ORIGIN2000.......4K Total implementation will be completed in March 1998, with final commodity applications added by September 1998. Baylor's director of network services expects the solution to carry Baylor for 10 years without a significant upgrade. [ ] 12101 ) BOPS ANNOUNCES MANARRAY ARCHITECTURE & KITTY HAWK DSP CORE....3.2K BOPS, Inc.'s first design point is the "Kitty Hawk" 2x2 Array capable of 12.8 bops peak performance. The company also announced willingness to license the core designs to semiconductor companies for delivery in the first half of 1998. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 12102 ) SCO'S 64-BIT UNIXWARE DEVELOPMENT ON SCHEDULE.................3.2K SCO announced that an initial version of a 64-bit SCO UnixWare system has been successfully running 64-bit test applications on a simulated environment for the past six months. The system is slated for a concurrent release with Intel's Merced processor in 1999. [ ] 12103 ) COMPAQ, COROLLARY NOTE TECH EXCHANGE FOR 8-PROCESSOR DESIGN...4.8K Compaq Computer Corporation, and Corollary, Inc., the Irvine, California-based provider of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) architecture and chipsets, announced a technology exchange agreement to advance the development of a standards-based eight processor design. [ ] 12104 ) SGI VP DISCUSSES COMPANY'S SHIFT FROM TECHNICAL TO COMMERCIAL.3.3K Silicon Graphics' executive VP of worldwide field operations Gary Lauer speaks on the company's shift from technical to commercial markets and SGI's past, present and future. [ ] 12105 ) MOTOROLA & MATSUSHITA DEVELOP FERAM-BASED SMARTCARD CHIPS.......4K Smartcard users in the years to come may enjoy quicker transaction times and increased information storage capacity due to a joint research and development project recently announced between Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector and Japan's Matsushita Electronics Corp. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 12096 ) "I was skeptical that you could sort of grass roots do this when I first heard of the ideas. I'm impressed with how far people have gotten and I'm pleased to be participating in it." -- Sid Karin, speaking of Internet2. __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS________________________ [ ] 70451)PALLAS SELLS 100TH COPY OF ITS VAMPIR MPI TOOL, A VERSATILE PERFORMANCE VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS TOOL FOR MPI PROGRAMS. [ ] 70452)The Top 5 Reasons Why SGI Origin Users are Turning To PGI's PGHPF High Performance Fortran (And getting free Linux compilers!) [ ] 70453)DreamWorks Selects MAXSTRAT Storage Servers To Improve Productivity Of Animators [ ] 70454)The Portland Group's parallelizing/optimizing Fortran, C, and C++ compilers and tools for Intel processor-based workstations [ ] 70455) Qualcomm Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 12106 ) HP Awarded $60M Contract from Lockheed Martin.................2.2K [ ] 12107 ) IBM Orders 512Mbit Memory Devices from Dense-Pac Microsys.....1.7K [ ] 12108 ) Hollywood Entertainment Selects Sequent NUMA-Q 2000...........1.8K [ ] 12109 ) UK's Second Largest Police Force Licenses Cognos Tools........1.7K [ ] 12110 ) Data General Named NT Server Market Leader by IDC.............1.6K [ ] 12111 ) Xerox Chooses Equant for Global Network Expansion.............1.8K [ ] 12112 ) Ferrari Extends Use of CATIA & RS/6000 Workstations...........1.7K [ ] 12113 ) Hong Kong City Univ Teams with IBM to Form AS/400 Lab.........1.5K [ ] 12114 ) NERSC Awards Impactdata Network Storage Contract..............1.5K [ ] 12115 ) UK's Link Interchange Network Upgrades Tandem System..........1.8K [ ] 12116 ) Parametric Receives $1 Million in Orders from Hyundai.........1.8K [ ] 12117 ) Cray & NRSC Team on CrayQuest Singapore Awards Program........2.8K [ ] 12118 ) Sprint Chooses Constellar Hub for New Projects..................2K [ ] 12119 ) NAIC Selects Symbios Logic's MetaStor SH4000 Storage Hub......1.6K [ ] 12120 ) NextLevel Installs MPEG-2/DVB Technology in Thailand..........1.8K SHORT TAKES [ ] 12121 ) Product Watch: EPC Plans Compilers for IA-64.................31.7K IBM Intros Wkstn from RS/6000 Tech. DEC to Offer Servers W/Alpha MPU's. [ ] 12122 ) Financial Update: Intel Reports on Q3.........................8.6K DEC Turns Q3 Profit. TI Posts Q3 Profits. [ ] 12123 ) Corporate Liaisons: Compaq & Seagate Form Alliance...........20.7K DEC Partners with Info. Advtge. Dell to Integrate Merced. [ ] 12124 ) People and Positions: Sun Appts. Perlman Dist. Eng............6.5K SIMSCI Names New VP. Ridge Names McCluney COO. 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