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HPCwire will resume publication January 9th, 1998. ***** [ ] 70556) SCIENTIFIC Products Provide Rapid, Cost-Effective Development of Portable, Parallel and Distributed Applications ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | [ ] 12387) FEATURES: SGI & MICROSOFT FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE | | [ ] 12391) SCIENCE NEWS: FRENCH INSTITUTE FOR PETROLEUM BUYS NEC SX-4/6A | | [ ] 12395) COMMERCIAL NEWS: FIBRE CHANNEL SPEEDS AMOCO'S SEARCH FOR OIL | | [ ] 12399) NEWS BRIEFS: SGI CONFIRMS PLANS TO BUILD WINDOWS MACHINES | |___________________________________________________________________________ _| [ ] 70557) TEXAS MEMORY Systems Announces New BASS Buffer Allocation Storage System FEATURES ===================================================================== [ ] 12386 ) THE CSCS/NEC JOINT PROG IN APP PORTING & DVPT, PART II.........10K by Uwe Harms, editor at large As noted in part one of this two-part series, article [ ] 12354), the CSCS/SCSC-NEC Task Force optimized and parallelized the most important and time-consuming application programs at CSCS/SCSC at their site in Manno. In part two, Uwe Harms examines projects both realized and in progress at the Swiss Center for Scientific Computing. [ ] 12387 ) SGI & MICROSOFT FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE.......................5.8K Silicon Graphics Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced a strategic alliance aimed at increasing graphics capabilities for a wide variety of consumer, business and professional customers. [ ] 12388 ) PITNEY BOWES SPONSORS CENTER FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH.........4K Pitney Bowes Inc. has announced its support and funding for critical research into protection of electronic commerce at one of the most highly acclaimed academic sources of cryptographic knowledge, the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. [ ] 12389 ) IN-STAT PREDICTS DSP MARKET OF $9 BILLION BY 2001.............3.3K In-Stat analysis points to a bright future for digital signal processing chips (DSPs), whether they take the form of general purpose DSPs, general purpose blended MCU-MPU/DSP processors, market specific DSPs, or semi-custom DSP core-based products. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING NEWS [ ] 12390 ) COULD AIR BE THE SECRET TO FASTER COMPUTERS?..................2.9K Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are creating and studying aerogels, substances so porous they are more air than solid material. When used as insulators on computer chips, these porous materials could more than double computing speeds. [ ] 12391 ) FRENCH INSTITUTE FOR PETROLEUM PURCHASES NEC SX-4/6A..........3.6K NEC European Supercomputer Systems Operation (ESS) announced that the French Institute for Petroleum (IFP), has ordered an SX-4/6A supercomputer. The addition of this system will ultimately increase the IFP's computational capacity by a factor of 5 times. [ ] 12392 ) 3-D SIMULATION PREDICTS EFFECTS OF SOLAR SURFACE ERUPTIONS....3.3K New ultra-high speed computer software can simulate the effects of solar surface eruptions on the Earth's magnetosphere. 3-D models of eruptions are created far faster than real time -- meaning the simulation might some day predict the effects of space weather phenomena on Earth in ample time to prepare for them. [ ] 12393 ) U OF MN DEVELOPING NANO-CD WITH CAPACITY OF 30 CURRENT CD'S...3.1K Stephen Chou, a University of Minnesota electrical engineering professor, has found a way to store 400 gigabits of information in a square inch of CD space; this is 800 times the storage capacity of current CDs. [ ] 12394 ) OVERLAND DATA INTROS ENCODING METHOD FOR LINEAR TAPE DRIVES...4.8K Overland Data, a provider of data storage and backup products, has announced a major development in data recording technology with an advanced encoding technique for linear tape drives. COMMERCIAL NEWS [ ] 12395 ) AMOCO USES FIBRE CHANNEL TO SPEED SEARCH FOR OIL..............3.5K Amoco Corp. is depending on Fibre Channel technology to speed its search for oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. The petroleum giant has installed a Fibre Channel-based network to improve the way huge seismic data models are accessed by geologists at its Offshore Business Unit in New Orleans. [ ] 12396 ) MERCEDES-BENZ SELECTS SGI'S INFINITEREALITY SUPERCOMPUTER.....3.5K Silicon Graphics, Inc. announced that Mercedes-Benz of Stuttgart, Germany, has selected the Silicon Graphics Onyx2 InfiniteReality supercomputer to generate three dimensional models of the Mercedes A class cars for its Virtuelles Fahrzeug (VRF). [ ] 12397 ) NUMBER OF NT STORAGE OPTIONS ON THE RISE......................3.2K As companies push Windows NT beyond departmental levels, storage vendors are following suit. Two new disk and tape products hit the street last week for users who want to consolidate storage from multiple Windows NT servers to one storage platform. [ ] 12398 ) HDO OPENS DIGITAL STUDIO FACILITY USING SGI TECHNOLOGY........3.1K Silicon Graphics, Inc. announced that High Definition Oberhausen (HDO) -- the recently opened German production house for visual special effects -- has invested approximately DM 16 million (US $9 million) in high-end computing technology from Silicon Graphics. QUOTE OF THE WEEK ============================================================ [ ] 12387 ) "Today, Silicon Graphics and Microsoft are defining a clear path for developers and enabling both of us to expand the market for graphics." -- Ed McCracken, chairman & CEO, Silicon Graphics ___________________________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 ================================================================== [ ] 12399 ) SGI Confirms Plans to Build Windows Machines..................2.2K [ ] 12400 ) Compaq, Intel & MSoft Complete VI Architecture Specification..2.7K [ ] 12401 ) Compaq Assumes No. 1 Position in NT-Based Workstation Market..3.3K [ ] 12402 ) ANSYS Receives Additional Orders from Pratt & Whitney.........1.6K [ ] 12403 ) IEEE Awards Medals To Technology Pioneers.....................1.1K [ ] 12404 ) City Univ of Hong Kong Teams with CA on Jasmine Integration...2.3K [ ] 12405 ) American Custom Concepts Receives Dvpt Contract from SGI......1.6K [ ] 12406 ) USAA Signs Contract with Forte After 1,000-User Benchmark.....2.4K [ ] 12407 ) GTE Provides Nortel Network Solution to CHI-West..............2.3K [ ] 12408 ) Oslo Stock Exchange Adopts HP Platform........................2.2K [ ] 12409 ) Intelect Provides Backbone for Chinese Highway Mgmt Sys.......2.2K [ ] 12410 ) CSCS/EPF Lausanne Optimize Simulations on NEC SX-4............2.9K [ ] 12411 ) Parametric Receives $1.7M Order From Mirae Corp...............1.7K [ ] 12412 ) NEC PC Server Posts Record Transaction Benchmark......... ....0.8K [ ] 12413 ) NEC Claims Number Two Spot in Supercomputer Industry..........0.8K [ ] 12414 ) Nortel Awarded WAN Backbone Contract by HCC...................1.9K [ ] 12415 ) Paradigm Technology Receives $1M in Fast SRAM Orders..........1.4K [ ] 12416 ) Intergraph's Solid Edge Adopted by UK's Prodrive..............2.1K SHORT TAKES [ ] 12417 ) Product Watch: Compaq to Debut Deschutes Wkstns................36K Oracle Previews App Srvr 4.0. Tandem Intros Nonstop Srvr for Java. [ ] 12418 ) Financial Update: Cognos Sees Growth For Q4...................2.1K Concentric Ntwk Offers Sen Notes. [ ] 12419 ) Corporate Liaisons: Intel & Sun Announce Alliance............16.2K NEC and Lucent Sign Agrmt. Seagate & Compaq Ink Dvpt Agrmt. [ ] 12420 ) People and Positions: Clinton Presents Sci/Tech Awards........5.8K Sybase Names 5 New VP's. nStor Names Calise VP, Finance. 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