Newsgroups: comp.parallel
From: parallel@netcom.com (B. Mitchell Loebel)
Subject: The PARALLEL Processing Connection - April 8th meeting notice
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: 9 Apr 1996 17:01:05 GMT
Message-ID: <4ke54h$ie2@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>

April 8th - The Scalable Coherent Interface - An Update

Three years ago we presented a tutorial on Distributed Shared Memory 
using the Scalable Coherent Interface.  We foresaw SCI being the 
gateway to nonPproprietary, commodity priced parallel processing 
because of its status as a public IEEE/ANSI spec.  And we saw some 
very solid entrepreneurial opportunities.  All of this has come to pass; 
virtually every large company has either announced an SCI based 
system or is known to be studying the technology - Sun, Cray, 
HP/Convex, Sequent, IBM, Data General, Intel, Ollivetti, Fujitsu, 
Unisys, Apple, etc.

Mitchell Loebel and J. R. Bertram of MultiNode Microsystems Company 
are currently involved in developing an implementation of SCI to 
cluster PC's.  They will present a summary of the protocol,  an 
insightful report on the business situations they are tracking,  and they 
will discuss opportunities for additional PPC member participation. 
These two PPC members will also talk about a derivative of SCI known 
as Serial Express.

The main meeting starts promptly at 7:30PM 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.  A discussion of member 
projects currently underway and other issues of interest to entrepreneurs 
follows immediately thereafter at 9PM.

Please be prompt; as usual, we expect a large attendance; don't 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.
-- 
B. Mitchell Loebel                                      parallel@netcom.com 
Director - Strategic Alliances and Partnering                  408 732-9869 
PARALLEL Processing Connection 


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