Insights; High Performance Computing and Communications, Issue 6, July 1998

[2], 29, [1] pages, including covers. Illustrations (many in color). Cover has some wear and soiling. Some edge tears. Mailing address on back cover. This copy was sent to Gilbert Weigand who led the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative and rose to be Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Simulation, Office of Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy. This issue includes articles and information on supercomputers, NASA and the French National Space Agency (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) cooperation. First Lady Hillary Clinton, Climate documentary, Forecast Models, Science Teachers, NASA Research and Education Network, Neuron Nerolab, and a replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer. NASA is conducting a High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) program as part of a broader federal HPCC effort, including HPCC networks and advanced software for the National Information Infrastructure. The NASA HPCC program is conducted under the guidance of the agency's Office of Aeronautics; Ames Research Center is the lead center, assisted by Langley Research Center and Lewis Research Center. The immediate aim of the NASA HPCC program is achievement of sustained computational speeds of one trillion FLOPS. NASA, was developing applications software and algorithms for scalable parallel computing systems that would enable attainment of the goal by 1997. The technologies being developed would be applied to designing advanced aerospace vehicles; increasing scientists' abilities to model Earth's climate and forecast global environmental trends; advancing astronomy and astrophysics research; and improving the data-gathering capabilities of future spacecraft.…