\documentstyle{article} % \overfullrule=0pt \setlength{\textheight}{6.99in} \setlength{\textwidth}{9.125in} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.25in} \setlength{\topmargin}{-0.25in} % \begin{document} % \pagestyle{empty} % \newcommand{\medStrut}{{\rule{0cm}{4.0ex}}} % \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{||r|l|l|l|l|l|l||} \hline &&&&&& \\ \multicolumn{1}{||c}{Item}&\multicolumn{1}{|c}{Company/Agency}& \multicolumn{1}{|c}{Applications}&\multicolumn{1}{|c}{Current Big}& \multicolumn{1}{|c}{Problem Class}&\multicolumn{1}{|c}{Can One}& \multicolumn{1}{|c||}{Relevant} \\ &&&\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Computer}&&\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Use HPC?}& \multicolumn{1}{|c||}{Dusty Decks} \\ &&&&&&\multicolumn{1}{|c||}{Exist?}\\ \hline \medStrut 1&General Electric&Acoustic Beam&Special \& iWarp&Synchronous&yes&no \\ &(Syracuse)&Forming&&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 2&General Electric&Ocean&many&Loosely Synchronous&yes&maybe \\ &(Syracuse)&Environmental&&&& \\ &&Modeling&&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 3&Grumman&CFD \& Structures&Cray \& CM-2&Synchronous/Loosely&yes&yes \\ &United Technologies&Electromagnetic&&Synchronous&& \\ &&Simulations&&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 4&Grumman&Avionics \& Command&Special \& VAX&Loosely Synchronous&yes&probably not \\ &Par Systems&and Control&&Complex&& \\ &&(JointStars)&&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 5&Otis&Manage Repair&Not Implemented&Loosely Synchronous&yes&no \\ &&Database&Yet&Complex&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 6&Lamson (small Syracuse&Design Exhaust&None&Loosely Synchronous&?&yes \\ &Company)&Pump&&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 7&Carrier&Design Air&VAX&Loosely Synchronous&? (is physics&yes \\ &&Conditioners&&&or noise& \\ &&&&&understood)& \\ &&&&&& \\ 8&Atlantic Research (ARC)&Antenna Fields&VAX&Embarrassingly Parallel&yes&yes (little \\ &&&&&&change) \\ &&&&&& \\ 9&Niagara Mohawk&Control and Plan&IBM 3090&Loosely Synchronous&yes&no \\ &&Electrical Power Grid&&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 10&MONY Insurance Co.&Process Insurance&IBM 3090&Embarrassingly&no&yes \\ &&Policies&&Parallel&& \\ &&&&&& \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center} \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{||r|l|l|l|l|l|l||} \hline &&&&&& \\ \multicolumn{1}{||c}{Item}&\multicolumn{1}{|c}{Company/Agency}& \multicolumn{1}{|c}{Applications}&\multicolumn{1}{|c}{Current Big}& \multicolumn{1}{|c}{Problem Class}&\multicolumn{1}{|c}{Can One}& \multicolumn{1}{|c||}{Relevant} \\ &&&\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Computer}&&\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Use HPC?}& \multicolumn{1}{|c||}{Dusty Decks} \\ &&&&&&\multicolumn{1}{|c||}{Exist?} \\ \hline \medStrut 11&Blue Cross/Blue Shield&Process Medicare&IBM 3090&Embarrassingly&no&yes \\ &&Claims&&Parallel&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 12&Wall Street Brokers&Predict Values of&Maspar,&Some Embarrassingly&?&yes (small) \\ &&Securities&iPSC/860 \& &Parallel&& \\ &&&Hypercube&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 13&SIAC&Control Trading on Floor&Tandem \& PC&Embarrassingly&?&yes \\ &&of NY and American&&Parallel&& \\ &&Stock Exchange&&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 14&Electronic Systems&Command and Control \& & Many&Loosely Synchronous&yes&probably not \\ &Division ESD (USAF)&Battlement Management&&Complex&& \\ &&for SDI&&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 15&Army ASAS Project&Data Fusion&VAX&Loosely Synchronous&yes&somewhat \\ &&&&Complex&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 16&Par Systems&Infrared Sensors in&Special&Synchronous&yes&no \\ &&Aircraft&Purpose&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ 17&AGE&Entertainment, Toys,&Must be low&Loosely Synchronous&yes&no \\ &&Theme Parks,&cost (toys)&(complex)&& \\ &&Virtual Reality&Supercomputer&&& \\ &&&(theme park)&&& \\ &&&&&& \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center} \begin{center} {\bf Table 1:\ }An Initial Survey of Industry and Government Opportunities for High Performance (Parallel) Computing \end{center} \end{document}