Future of big computing: a triumph for Lilliputions

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The nation's leading computer designers agree that a technology known as 'massively parallel processing' has the most potential for the next generation of supercomputers. Until now, the leading supercomputer manufacturers, including IBM Corp, Cray Research and Convex Computer Corp, have built computers that link only a few processors. Massive parallelism, in contrast, typically involves hundreds or thousands of processors. Among the problems that massive parallel technologies could address are: simulating reactions of the body to a new drug; mapping genetic structures; generating models of climate and weather; and recognizing spoken languages or visual images. According to W. Daniel Hillis, keynote speaker at a conference sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), conventional supercomputers could be obsolete by 1995.

Electronic computers, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Officials and employees, Product development, Forecasts and trends, Technological forecasting, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Supercomputers, Supercomputer, Speeches, lectures and essays, Parallel processing, CRAY, Conferences and Meetings, Future of Computing, Computer Design, Convex Computer Corp., Thinking Machines Corp., Massive Parallelism, Cray Computer Corp., Hillis, W. Daniel, CNX

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Federal inquiry on software examines privacy programs

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A federal grand jury in San Jose, CA, subpoenas all Viacrypt and Austin Code Works records related to the export of encryption software products derived from the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) program. Philip Zimmerman wrote PGP to provide US citizens, in accordance with their First Amendment rights, with the ability to encrypt messages beyond the National Security Agency's (NSA) capacity to crack them. PGP has been distributed worldwide and is currently in use on numerous microcomputers and workstations. Viacrypt plans to market a commercial version of PGP, while Austin Code Works sells a PGP version that developers can embed in other programs. The grand jury is investigating whether either company has exported these or other encryption products in violation of State Department national security regulations.

Prepackaged software, Computers, peripherals & software, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Encryption, Data encryption, Investigations, Exports, Software Packages, Export, Investigation, ViaCrypt, Austin Code Works

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