Return-Path: Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa23996; 21 Apr 94 22:49:40 EDT Received: from hpcwire.ans.net by CS.CMU.EDU id aa14560; 21 Apr 94 22:48:47 EDT Received: by hpcwire.ans.net id AA50782 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for bovik@cs.cmu.edu); Thu, 21 Apr 1994 19:46:39 -0700 Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 19:46:39 -0700 From: Automated Mailer Message-Id: <199404220246.AA50782@hpcwire.ans.net> To: bovik@cs.cmu.edu Subject: HPCwire Table of Contents: April 22 H P C w i r e The Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** April 22, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 15, Circulation: 15,175 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 170 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- ANNOUNCING 926) Seventh SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing February 15-17, 1995 - San Francisco, California _____________________________ IN THIS ISSUE _______________________________ | | | 1394) COMMENTARY: MULTIPROCESSORS: Two Pentiums+NT+Oracle @$30K=WOW! | | 2778) NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Lags in Development of Key Info Age Technology | | 1395) FEATURE: The Transition to a National Information Infrastructure | |___________________________________________________________________________| FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON RETRIEVING STORIES, PAGE TO THE END OF THIS FILE For a free 6-week trial subscription, e-mail: trial@hpcwire.ans.net Subscription Information: sub@hpcwire.ans.net NEWS BRIEFS ================================================================= LINES 2778) U.S. LAGS IN DEVELOPMENT OF KEY INFORMATION AGE TECHNOLOGY..........311 Global markets worth more than $230 billion and over a million jobs are at stake in the worldwide competition for the optoelectronics industry, in which the United States is now lagging. 2779) WORLD RECORD SET BY ENCORE'S INFINITY 90/ES PARALLEL SERVER..........52 Infinity 90/ES massively scalable open mainframe achieved 1054 tpsB for price performance of $2,801 per tpsB. Results demonstrate the winning performance capabilities made possible by the parallel technologies of the Infinity 90/ES and Oracle Parallel Server. 2780) NSF 94-63 RAPID PROTOTYPING: VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL...................358 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT NSF 94-63: The goal of research in rapid proto- typing is to develop and integrate the tools and technologies needed for rapid and efficient design and manufacturing of products, processes, and systems. 2781) LOS ALAMOS/INTEL FORM ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP............152 Intel Corp./Los Alamos National Laboratory established a research partnership that supports environmentally conscious manufacturing and industrial competitive advantage. THIS WEEK =================================================================== 2782) Ohio Supercomputer Center Takes Delivery of Cray T3D...............57 2783) Installation of an Intel Paragon XP/S 5 Scalable HPC at ONERA......60 2784) Cray SuperServer System Installed at University of Tokyo...........23 2785) Cray T3D MPP Installed at Tokyo Power Co./MITI Installs Large C916.56 2786) European Weather Forecasting Center Uses Maximum Strategy's Gen4...42 2787) Cray Unveils New Generation of Large-Memory Supercomputer Systems..54 2788) DEC Provides Video Solution to NEC for Australia Telecom Pilot.....50 2789) Mercury Unveils Heterogeneous Products to Achieve MPP Performance.109 2790) Sun to Support New IEEE Standard 1754-1994 32-Bit Microprocessor...38 2791) FileNet Announces Support for SYBASE/IBM/Kodak Products............77 SOFTWARE 2792) OracleWare Turns Networking/Database into One Network Solution.....70 2793) Division Announces World's Fastest Image Generation VR/MPP System..83 2794) Sybase/Oracle to Integrate with Tivoli Enterprise Console.........128 2795) SunSoft Announces Netware Compatibility for Solaris................62 2796) DEC/EDI for Alpha AXP Now Five Times Faster/Auditable Open Server..70 CONTRACTS/VENTURES 2797) Alliance Allows Sension to Market Parsys Range of MPP Systems......34 2798) H-P/Taiwan Economics Ministry Sign Alliance for Development Center.16 FINANCIAL WATCH 2799) Intel Earnings Climb 12.6 Percent..................................41 4000) Cray Computer Corp. Shows Q1 Share Loss of 30 Cents................54 4001) DEC Q3 Losses Widen to $183 Million...............................202 4002) 10 Most Active NASDAQ HPC Stocks..................................107 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 4003) Fiber-Optic Cable Links Israel and Cyprus..........................20 4004) New UK HPC Center Offers WWW Server/Assistance to Center Users.....38 4005) Highway Robbery: The Selling of the Internet.......................73 4006) U.S. Post Office Future Features New Rates, Superhighway Role......62 ___________________________ INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ___________________________ | | | 739) 800 FLY CORP Announces Corporate Travel Savings Via E-Mail.........96| | 790) HPCwire's Electronic Publishing Software Provides TEXT-ON-DEMAND...38| | 743) ANS Announces Lowest-Cost Nationwide Internet Access...............96| |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 1395) "Although I do not see providing movies on demand as a quest worthy of the status of 'national goal,' it is clear that the NII will have many powerful applications in health care, manufacturing and education." -- Ken Kennedy, Director, CRPC, Rice University ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1394) MULTIPROCESSORS: TWO PENTIUMS+NT+ORACLE @$30K=WOW!..................211 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Inexpensive, high-performance low-end multiprocessor servers now using Intel Pentiums and running Windows NT as well as UNIX have great future potential for mopping up additional demand from commercial customers and souring dreams of MPP vendors. 1395) THE TRANSITION TO A NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE..............74 by Ken Kennedy, Director, CRPC, Rice University Rice University is establishing a Mosaic home page that will allow the Internet browser to rapidly find all the on-line information resources of CRPC. 1396) SPECS FOR PC-BASED SERVERS NUDGE RISC SYSTEMS........................69 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Specifications are reviewed for two low-end Windows NT-capable PC-type multiprocessor servers from AT&T/GIS (ex-NCR), and Compaq Computer. 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