Newsgroups: comp.parallel From: parallel@netcom.com (B. Mitchell Loebel) Subject: The PARALLEL Processing Connection - September '94 meeting notice Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 10:39:39 GMT Message-ID: Over the past several years as we explored many technologies, we noticed a number of "religions": SIMD vs. MIMD, "open" vs. "proprietary" configurations, shared memory vs. explicit message passing, etc. On September 12th we will begin a series intended to explore these and other dichotomies; the "shake-out" has begun. J.P. Singh, has worked under Stanford's John Hennessey on the DASH project, is extensively published, and was co-author of an excellent article in the July '94 Computer magazine. Therein, he made a case for shared memory with references to three dominant graphics applications. He sees shared memory as enhancing programmability, performance and, in some cases, even scalability. PPC is currently exploring how our people might connect with high performance computing work being done at Stanford; this talk will provide important and relevant insights for us. A discussion of member entrepreneurial projects currently underway will begin at 7:15PM and the main meeting will start promptly at 7:45PM at Sun Microsystems at 901 San Antonio Road in Palo Alto. This is just off the southbound San Antonio exit of 101. Northbound travelers also exit at San Antonio and take the overpass to the other side of 101. Please be prompt; as usual, we expect a large attendance; donUt be left out or left standing. There is a $10 fee for non-members and members will be admitted free. Yearly membership fee is $50; corporate membership fee is $400/year. -- B. Mitchell Loebel parallel@netcom.com Director - Strategic Alliances and Partnering 408 732-9869 PARALLEL Processing Connection