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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 *** October, 24 1997: Vol. 6, No. 42 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 325 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70456) 1997 OUTSTANDING SERVER PRODUCT OF THE YEAR! Starfire propelled Sun's entry into the TOP 500 worldwide ranking fourth amongst large systems vendors ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 12126) FEATURES: WILL MERCED LEGITIMIZE INTEL ON THE HIGH-END? | | [ ] 12129) SCIENCE NEWS: NASA FUNDS BIOCOMPUTATION CTR AT STANFORD | | [ ] 12132) COMMERCIAL NEWS: IDC REPORT SHOWS CONTINUING SERVER MKT GROWTH | | [ ] 12137) NEWS BRIEFS: HP, HITACHI & NEC TEAM TO DRIVE HP-UX DEVELOPMENT | |___________________________________________________________________________ _| [ ] 70457) The Top 5 Reasons Why SGI Origin Users are Turning To The Portland Group's PGHPF High Performance Fortran (And getting free Linux compilers in the bargain!) FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 12126 ) WILL MERCED LEGITIMIZE INTEL ON THE HIGH-END?.................2.9K Rob Enderle, an analyst at Giga Information Group, said server pricing for high-end systems could drop considerably once Intel begins mass- producing 64-bit chips. Comparable systems cost about $100,000, whereas Intel-based systems running NT would be in the $10,000 to $20,000 price range. [ ] 12127 ) X86 VENDORS TAKE DIFFERENT ROUTES TO NEXT-GEN TECHNOLOGIES....3.3K Changing from the course it took with previous processor generations, Intel Corp. has no plans to license the patents to its latest bus architecture, the P6, to competitors Advanced Micro Devices Inc. or Cyrix Corp., leaving the latter two to develop their own designs. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 12128 ) CRAY T3E-900 ACHIEVES RESULTS IN WEATHER, CHEMISTRY RESEARCH..4.2K Cray Research announced that the Cray T3E-900 system, reportedly the world's most powerful commercially available supercomputer ever delivered, recently achieved milestone results on real-world applications in weather, materials science and chemistry research. [ ] 12129 ) NASA FORMS NATIONAL BIOCOMPUTATION CENTER AT STANFORD.........4.4K The Stanford University School of Medicine has become the home for a NASA-sponsored national biocomputation center in which researchers will apply complex computing skills to the practice of medicine. [ ] 12130 ) $1M NSF GRANT TO FUND PICT DEVELOPMENT AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY..3.3K The NSF has granted Cornell's Electronic Packaging Program $1 million to support the design and construction of a novel fabrication and characterization tool -- a PICT (precision interconnect cluster tool) capable of attaching 10X as many integrated circuits as today's chips. [ ] 12131 ) FIBRE CHANNEL INNOVATIONS GAIN SPEED IN STORAGE MARKET........4.6K Network technology is fast becoming as important as massive disk arrays in feeding users' hunger for more storage. New Fibre Channel networking products are enabling information systems staffers to build a storage bypass, so that data doesn't create a gridlock on the corporate network. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 12132 ) SERVER MKT GROWTH TO CONTINUE ACCORDING TO IDC REPORT.........2.9K IDC's new bulletin, Server Market Review and Forecast, 1995-2001 forecasts that, assisted by the overall stability of the world's major economies (United States, Europe, Asia), server spending will keep pace relative to the rise of overall IT hardware spending. [ ] 12133 ) IDC STUDY PREDICTS OUTSOURCED NTWK MGMT MKT OF $4B BY 2001....4.1K A new study, published by International Data Corporation (IDC), estimates the U.S. market for network management and monitoring services reached approximately $1.71 billion in 1996. Due to growing customer demand for these services, this figure is expected to grow to $4.16 billion by 2001. [ ] 12134 ) IDC HOSTS EUROPEAN STORAGE SYMPOSIUM..........................2.9K International Data Corporation (IDC) will host its Fifth Annual European Storage Symposium on November 5th, 1997. The goal of the event is to provide a comprehensive look at the future of the storage industry in the European and worldwide storage markets. [ ] 12135 ) DIGITAL PREDICTS CONTINUING PROFITS...........................2.7K Digital Equipment Corp. officials appear to have great expectations for the next few quarters, predicting that the company will continue to experience increased sales and profits. [ ] 12136 ) BENTLEY DISCLOSES ENGINEERING IT STRATEGY.....................5.8K Bentley Systems, Inc., divulged its engineering information technology (IT) strategy - the Bentley Continuum - at the Proactive Engineering Symposium. The strategy was explained by CEO Keith Bentley, before an audience of over 400 engineering executives. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 12126 ) "HP is very strong in the enterprise, and Intel wants to be the strongest in the enterprise as a chip maker. So this move effectively legitimizes Intel (at the high end) and is a very strategic relationship for HP." -- John Dunkle, president, Workgroup Strategic Services Inc. __________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS________________________ [ ] 70458)High Performance Fortran (HPF) - Practice and Experience. An SC '97 Tutorial. [ ] 70459)VISUAL NUMERICS, INC. Annnounces Latest Fujitsu benchmark results for the IMSL Distributed Network Fortran Libray(DNFL V 1.0) [ ] 70460)PALLAS SELLS 100TH COPY OF ITS VAMPIR MPI TOOL, A VERSATILE PERFORMANCE VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS TOOL FOR MPI PROGRAMS. [ ] 70461)DreamWorks Selects MAXSTRAT Storage Servers To Improve Productivity Of Animators [ ] 70462) Qualcomm Announces Worldwide Availability Of Eudora Worldmail Server ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] 70463) Poster Exhibits at SC97: High Performance Networking and Computing Conference, Provide Unique Opportunity to Interact with Researchers http://www.supercomp.org/sc97 NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 12137 ) HP, Hitachi & NEC Team to Drive HP-UX Development.............2.5K [ ] 12138 ) Network Solutions & NSF Named in Internet Monopoly Suit.........2K [ ] 12139 ) New Alphas Address NT Scalability Issue.......................1.5K [ ] 12140 ) Diverse Projects at UCSD to Benefit From Intel Grant..........2.4K [ ] 12141 ) DEC to Donate Pleiades Supercomputer to MIT...................2.2K [ ] 12142 ) Team Cracks Hidden Message in RSA's 56-Bit Challenge..........2.5K [ ] 12143 ) Architectural Firm Standardizes on Bentley Products...........2.1K [ ] 12144 ) Australia Leads APEC Earthquake Simulation Project............1.2K [ ] 12145 ) Dassault Sys. & IBM Est. Korean CATIA Competency Center.......2.3K [ ] 12146 ) United Friendly Selects Constellar for Software & Services....1.8K [ ] 12147 ) Unisys to Integrate Dairy Mart Retail Automation Project......2.4K [ ] 12148 ) Fibre Channel Drawing in Big Vendors..........................1.7K [ ] 12149 ) Vogt-NEM Chooses Jacobus Technology's PlantSpace..............1.5K [ ] 12150 ) Pennsylvania To Outsource Data Centers........................1.9K [ ] 12151 ) VISA Selects Tandem CS150 Server for First SET 1.0 Transact...1.7K [ ] 12152 ) University of GA Students Win Sybase Programming Competition..1.7K [ ] 12153 ) RSPB Selects Sybase Spatial Query Server......................2.4K [ ] 12154 ) Toyota Orders Additional Software Licenses from SDRC..........1.7K [ ] 12155 ) Lockheed Martin Selects Xylan Products for Network............1.7K [ ] 12156 ) Yale Receives 2.7M in Hardware from Intel Grant...............2.5K SHORT TAKES [ ] 12157 ) Product Watch: DEC Offers New, Enhanced Srvrs..................37K IBM Intros NT Workstation. Sun Unveils JavaChip Procssr. [ ] 12158 ) Financial Update: IBM Reports on Fiscal Q3...................18.6K Sun Posts Q1 Results. Sybase Reports on Q3. [ ] 12159 ) Corporate Liaisons: IBM To Support IA-64.....................13.4K Unisys & Syntel Form Alliance. OD Supports MSoft's OLE DB. [ ] 12160 ) People and Positions: Constellar Names New Sales VP...........2.5K Mylex Appts. VP, Sales. Allman Named Constellar Finance VP. 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