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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 *** December 12, 1997: Vol. 6, No. 49 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 275 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 -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 70556) SCIENTIFIC Products Provide Rapid, Cost-Effective Development of Portable, Parallel and Distributed Applications ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 12353) FEATURES: PERFORMANCE COMPUTING IN THE WINTEL WORLD, PART III | | [ ] 12357) SCIENCE NEWS: VW SELECTS NEC'S SX-4 FOR CRASH SIMULATION WORK | | [ ] 12359) COMMERCIAL NEWS: FCC INTROS OUTSOURCED SUPERCOMPUTING SERVICE | | [ ] 12368) NEWS BRIEFS: SGI ccNUMA SERVERS BREAK TB DATA SORT BARRIER | |____________________________________________________________________________| [ ] 70557) TEXAS MEMORY Systems Announces New BASS Buffer Allocation Storage System FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 12353 ) PERFORMANCE COMPUTING IN THE WINTEL WORLD, PART III..........11.3K by Paul Bemis, special to HPCwire In this third in a three part series, Paul Bemis focuses on the effect of the rapid convergence towards the Microsoft NT operating system, the effects this will have on the market, and the opportunities it presents. [ ] 12354 ) THE CSCS/SCSC-NEC JOINT PROG IN APP PORTING & DVPT, PART I....8.2K by Uwe Harms, editor at large In a recent visit to CSCS/SCSC (Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico/Swiss Center for Scientific Computing) at their site in Manno near Lugano Uwe Harms got a taste of what "Swiss Made" means as far as high performance computing. [ ] 12355 ) INTERGRAPH ATTEMPTS TO GAIN CONTROL OF VIDEO WORKSTATION MKT..4.5K Intergraph Corp. is hoping to unseat market leader Silicon Graphics Inc. and seize control of a rapidly emerging category of professional computer -- the video workstation -- which is used to create content for Hollywood films and television. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 12356 ) MICROSOFT, SGI ANNOUNCE JOINT INITIATIVE ENHANCING OPENGL.....4.5K Microsoft and SGI jointly announced plans to deliver a new 3-D Graphics Device Driver Kit (DDK) for the Microsoft Windows OS. The new DDK supplies graphics chip vendors and OEMs with a simpler method for creating, certifying and distributing 3-D graphics drivers based on SGI's OpenGL. [ ] 12357 ) VW SELECTS NEC'S SX-4 FOR CRASH SIMULATION WORK...............3.5K Volkswagon AG has again chosen NEC systems for the third stage expansion of its vehicle crash simulation program. Four NEC supercomputers are currently in production use at VW's Wolfsburg site in the areas of structural mechanics, crash simulation and computational fluid dynamics. [ ] 12358 ) INTEL'S PATH TO MERCED GROWS CLEARER..........................2.6K Intel's forthcoming processors Deschutes (due in the first quarter of next year) and Merced (due in 1999) have become a hot topic of late, but now some of the company's interim processor plans for 1998 are becoming clearer. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 12359 ) FCC INTROS OUTSOURCED SUPERCOMPUTING SERVICE..................2.5K FCC is announcing the initiation of a new service known as "HPC Resources". HPC Resources will provide high performance computing resources on an outsource basis supported by supercomputers tailored to the client's application environment and offering the greatest cost/performance. [ ] 12360 ) INTELLIGENT STORAGE ARRAYS DOMINATE RAID REVENUE BY 2000......4.4K A report provided by Peripheral Research Corp. states that by 2000, Intelligent Storage Arrays are expected to capture a majority share of the projected $23.7 billion RAID revenue. [ ] 12361 ) SIA PROVIDES ROADMAP FOR GROWTH IN SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY.....3.4K The pace of technological innovation is accelerating faster in 1997 than industry experts predicted just three years ago according to the new National Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors published by the Semiconductor Industry Association. [ ] 12362 ) UNISYS UNVEILS STRATEGY FOR ENTERPRISE-CLASS SOLUTIONS FOR NT...5K Unisys Corporation's Computer Systems Group has unveiled its enabling technology strategy for bringing enterprise-class computing attributes to the Windows NT operating environment, along with a series of products and partnerships that play a key role in achieving that goal. [ ] 12363 ) THINKING TOOLS' FLIGHT SIMULATORS FOR BUSINESS TAKE OFF.......4.6K In gaming sessions, as many as 50 participants compete in a virtual world known as Telesim, an elaborate telecommunications-industry simulation created by Thinking Tools. The puzzles they are presented with are questions like "What happens to my market share if a competitor lowers his price?" QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 12353 ) "Thus the debate of UNIX vs NT is moot. NT will prevail in the marketplace, and UNIX will continually shrink until it becomes a niche player." -- Paul Bemis, independent consultant specializing in HPC ___________________________INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS________________________ [ ] 70558)CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE TO REDUCE FORECASTING GRID SIZE TO 10-15 KILOMETERS [ ] 70559)The Portland Group's parallelizing/optimizing Fortran, C, and C++ compilers and tools for Intel processor-based workstations [ ] 70560)MAXSTRAT Storage With HIPPI, Fibre Channel, and UltraSCSI Connectivity, Speeds Over 250 MBytes/sec. and a TB of Capacity [ ] 70561)HP's New 64-Bit Exemplar Technical Servers: The V-Class and K-Class Performance Leaders and A Full Suite of Applications [ ] 70562)The Top 5 Reasons Why SGI Origin Users are Turning To PGI's PGHPF High Performance Fortran (And getting free Linux compilers!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] 70563) Sony and Ovation Create Seismic Shift. In DTF(tm) Transfer Rate Across Multiple Data Formats. A break-through for oil and gas industry NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================== [ ] 12364 ) Chrysler Uses SGI Tech to Design 'Paperless' Cars.............2.6K [ ] 12365 ) UNC-CH Comp Sci Dept Receives $1.75M for VR Defense Prjct.....2.1K [ ] 12366 ) Sybase Opens Java Centre of Excellence in London..............1.8K [ ] 12367 ) StorageTek Opens Competency Centers in Chicago, Brussels......1.9K [ ] 12368 ) SGI ccNUMA Origin Servers Break TB Data Sort Barrier..........2.8K [ ] 12369 ) HP Posts Record Benchmark on SAP R/3 App Suite..................2K [ ] 12370 ) NEC Posts TPC-C Numbers of 14.9K for Microsoft SQL Srvr 6.5...2.3K [ ] 12371 ) SGI Posts I/O Bandwidth Record on ccNUMA Origin2000...........2.1K [ ] 12372 ) Breece Hill Awarded 3rd Patent of '97 for Data Library Tech...2.4K [ ] 12373 ) CEI Increases Sales of EnSight 6.0 Software...................2.4K [ ] 12374 ) Deutsche Bank Selects 3Com to Replace Network.................2.3K [ ] 12375 ) Stored-Program Digital Computer Re-built for 50th Anniversary.2.3K [ ] 12376 ) HK's Chinese Univ Installs SGI Origin2000.....................1.3K [ ] 12377 ) Mercury Establishes European Subsidiaries.....................2.2K [ ] 12378 ) Monsanto Joins MSI's Combinatorial Chemistry Consortium.......2.5K [ ] 12379 ) NEC Receives SX-4 Order From Oil Search Company...............0.8K [ ] 12380 ) Tandem to Provide Network for UK's Cellnet....................2.1K SHORT TAKES [ ] 12381 ) Product Watch: Fujitsu Anncs 6-Prcssr Srvrs..................30.4K HP Intros DLT Libraries. Platform Debuts LSF Suite 3.1. [ ] 12382 ) Financial Update: Mercury Registers for IPO...................1.6K Oracle Notes Sub-Par Q2. [ ] 12383 ) Corporate Liaisons: Sun Gets Encore's Strge Bus................15K StorageTek, HP Note Alliance. MMR, KryoTech Ink Agreement. [ ] 12384 ) People and Positions: Seagate Names New VP, IT................5.6K Exabyte Appts. New VP, CFO. Storage Computer Names VP. 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