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This week, select 9045 for your bonus item: 9045) U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE KANTOR ANNOUNCES THREE MAJOR DECISIONS ============================================================================= H P C w i r e The Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing *** May 6, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 17 Circulation: 15,028 *** This Week's Table of Contents Represents 174 Pages of Text -------------------- * -------------------- ANNOUNCING SAN DIEGO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER 760) SDSC presents an intensive two-week institute on parallel computing based on a 400-node Intel Paragon August 8-19, 1994. This institute is open to commercial and government researchers from the U.S. and abroad, and academic researchers and graduate and undergraduate students based in the U.S. For more information, retrieve Article 760 ______________________________ IN THIS ISSUE ______________________________ | | | 4039) NEWS BRIEFS: NASA Selects Consortium Headed by IBM for NAR Research | | 1441) COMMENTARY: Benchmarks Suggest IBM's SP2 Could Grab Power Lead | | 4040) NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Trade Rep Kantor Announces Three Major Decisions | |___________________________________________________________________________| 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 4039) NASA SELECTS CONSORTIUM HEADED BY IBM FOR NAR RESEARCH PROGRAM.......67 A research consortium headed by IBM was selected for a new national aeroscience research program using parallel computer technology. This marks the first time for NASA to use a cooperative agreement as a joint venture to conduct computer research and tests. 9045) U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE KANTOR ANNOUNCES THREE MAJOR DECISIONS....126 USTR Mickey Kantor announced decisions and initiated actions in three important trade areas: Title VII -- discrimination in foreign government procurement; Special 301 -- protection of intellectual property rights; and the continuation of a review of Japan's compliance with the provisions of our bilateral Supercomputer Agreement. 4041) GOODYEAR'S VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE 2000: PART 2..........................468 The history of organizational structures has been evolutionary, from vertical to horizontal, with a gradual reduction of levels in the hierarchy resulting in an increased span of control. Now, managers are leaders for doing the right things, and associates are empowered to do things right. 4042) PARTNERS NEEDED FOR TRP NII INTEROPERABILITY TESTBED INITIATIVE......28 The Joint Interoperability Test Center is the DoD's facility chartered to test and certify interoperability of DoD information systems and products. The JITC is interested in joining existing partnerships or forming new alliances/consortia which would lead to the submission of one or more winning Technology Reinvestment Proposals THIS WEEK =================================================================== 4043) 1994 MetaCenter Grant Recipients..................................272 4044) National Science Foundation MetaCenter Contacts Directory.........373 4045) Update on the Convex Exemplar Shipped to Slovenia..................50 4046) ATMI Announces $1.1 Million Flat Panel Display Contract............47 4047) Systems Vendors Respond to Need for Technical/Commercial MPP.......58 NETWORKING UPDATE 4048) Intel and SynOptics Announce Fast Ethernet Products................94 4049) Duke University First to Use Fault-Tolerant Networking Platform....98 4050) SynOptics Garners 31% of Worldwide Ethernet/Token Ring Hub Market..76 SOFTWARE 4051) Oracle to Launch Parallel Server Software for IBM Parallel Server..15 4052) Epoch Backup/Recovery Software Now on Auspex NetServer.............70 4053) BSDI/NeoSoft Team To Deliver Internet Firewall Software............53 4054) Informix Parallel Database Chosen by Kroger Chain as Client Server.52 4055) NetShare SDK Achieves Solid PP Performance for Task Execution......55 CONTRACTS/VENTURES 4056) $1 Billion Contract Goes to CSC for NASA Space Flight Center.......58 4057) H-P Wins $36 Million Caltrans Contract for HP 9000 Workstations....57 4058) DEC Awarded $27 Million Order from U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs..41 4059) DEC/SynOptics Create Interoperable LAN for Ethernet-to-ATM/PVCs....29 4060) Fujitsu Forms 2 Strategic Agreements with Olicom & Sunrise Test...126 FINANCIAL WATCH 4061) Kendall Square Seeks Delist Reconsideration........................14 4062) 10 Most Active NASDAQ HPC Stocks...................................26 PEOPLE/PROMOTIONS/PROFILES 4063) NSF Appoints Complexity Expert Paul R. Young Computing Directorate.58 4064) nCUBE Appoints Ramsey Senior Vice President Of Worldwide Sales.....31 4065) Oracle Chairman Joins Western Digital Board........................38 SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT 4066) DEC's Video Server Chosen for NYNEX Manhattan On-Demand Offerings..37 4067) MCI to Use Alcatel's SONET to Expand Info Superhighway Services....41 4068) U.S. Business Calls for Internationally Accepted Encryption System.64 4026) Comprehensive Internet Security Services Announced by DEC..........77 4027) H-P Expands Opens Telecommunications-Focused Solutions Center......85 ___________________________ 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 CO+RE Announces Lowest-Cost Nationwide Internet Access.........96| |___________________________________________________________________________| QUOTE OF THE WEEK =========================================================== 9045) "The Japanese purchase of six U.S. supercomputers of a total of 15 machines procured by the Japanese government during the 1993 Japan Fiscal Year represents a positive development in the sector, but ... the year-long review process has highlighted several major areas of concern." -- Mickey Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative ANALYSIS & FEATURES ========================================================= 1441) BENCHMARKS SUGGEST IBM'S SP2 COULD GRAB POWER LEAD..................113 Commentary by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Preliminary, selective and not readily comparable benchmarks suggest that IBM's new SP2 scalable parallel system -- at least in small configurations tested so far -- can, in some cases, outperform much larger node-counts from IBM's competitors. 1442) TURBULENCE AND MICROTRANSPORT IN COMPLEX GEOMETRIES..................61 by Merry Maisel, San Diego Supercomputer Center A group at Brown University led by George E. Karniadakis is carrying out two innovative investigations in fluid mechanics using the Intel Paragon at SDSC. Both projects involve explaining paradoxical behavior exhibited by simple fluids flowing either around or within bodies having complex or microscale geometries. 1443) NEC, SEQUENT: TWO WAYS IN PC-BASED MULTIPROCESSING..................101 News Analysis by Norris Parker Smith, Editor at Large Sequent and NEC illustrate contrasting paths in multiprocessor servers based on Intel Pentiums and Windows NT. 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