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Re: SSS attachment - is that Splash II?
by nobody＠kaiwan.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

------- Forwarded Message Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 13:30:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich(a)descartes.super.org> Subject: Re: SSS attachment - is that Splash II? The WSJ article on the Cray-3 deal involves a chip/system designed here called TeraSys. Maya [Minnich djf] has a forthcoming article in IEEE Computer about it. The basic idea is to embed bit-serial processors in the sram chips, one processor per bit in the memory row register. It's a simple processor with an ALU and three registers. The memory "words" can now be thought of as running vertically up the columns, rather than horizontally along the rows. Every time you fetch a row, you are in fact fetching 64 bits from 64 different words to be operated on in the ALUs.This gives you roughly a 100-fold increase in memory bandwidth, since you no longer mux the data down from 64 bits to 1 or 4 bits to bring it off-chip. The key contribution of the Cray (this idea due to Ken Iobst of SRC, who also was the architect of the chips) came from Ken's realization that the Cray vector scatter/gather hardware could push the bits around BETWEEN the chips as fast as the hardware networks on, e.g., the CM-2. Thus the Cray-3, a vector supercomputer, can function as a very high-performance SIMD system as well. You don't need to build the additional network found on so many SIMD machines, e.g. maspar or cm-2. You also can have phases of a program, wherein it runs SIMD for a while, then vector, then SMP mode, etc. The TeraSys processors built here at src cost about $80K each, and for several problems could easily outrun our $6M CM-2. The chips are National Semi SRAMS, with mods done here by Mark Norder and Jennifer Schrader. Ken Iobst is the architect of the chips. The programming environment was basically Maya Gokhale's DBC language, which also runs on Splash-2, the CM-2, and clusters. Cray has reimplemented the chips for the Cray-3. In keeping with the NSAs new plans for SRC, this project was terminated at SRC last January. The systems are gradually being turned off and the cabinets put to other uses. No further work is occurring at SRC in this area. Feel free to forward this article to people who may ask you. There was some good work done by people here. ron rminnich(a)super.org | Error message of the week: (301)-805-7451 or 7312 | NFS server localhost not responding still trying ------- End of Forwarded Message

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timestamp.c mangled
by weidai＠eskimo.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Cray contract info
by Adam Shostack 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

| From: HPCwire article-server <more(a)hpcwire.ans.net> | Message-Id: <199408191753.AA16894(a)hpcwire.ans.net> | To: adam(a)bwh.harvard.edu | Subject: 4493 CRAY COMPUTER AWARDED CRAY-3/SSS DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT August 17 | | CRAY COMPUTER AWARDED CRAY-3/SSS DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT August 17 | IN THE NEWS by Carol Cramer, Managing Editor HPCwire | ============================================================================= | | Colorado Springs, Colo. -- A joint development contract between Cray | Computer Corporation and the National Security Agency (NSA), valued at up | to $9.2 million, is slated to produce a CRAY-3/Super Scalable System (SSS). | | Under the terms of the contract, Cray Computer Corporation will be paid up | to $4.2 million for development costs, and the Government will provide | approximately $400 thousand in software consulting services. The company is | responsible for the balance of the development costs. In addition, it will | have rights to use certain Government technologies. | | The CRAY-3/SSS will be a hybrid high performance system that will offer | vector parallel processing, scalable parallel processing and the | combination of both. | | "NSA selected Cray Computer Corp. to develop the CRAY-3/Super Scalable | System because of its advanced technologies and the CRAY-3 architecture," | stated George Cotter, chief scientist for the NSA. "This is an important | initiative of the Federal High Performance Computing and Communications | (HPCC) program." | | Chuck Breckenridge, executive vice president for Cray Computer | Corporation, noted, "The CRAY-3/SSS will provide unparalleled performance | for many promising applications. We are pleased to participate in this | transfer of government technology and we are eager to help potential | customers explore and develop appropriate applications." | | Based on a September 1993 feasibility study, this development recommends a | hybrid supercomputer composed of a CRAY-3 and a large number of Processor-In- | Memory (PIM) chips, developed by the Supercomputing Research Center (SRC: | Institute for Defense Analyses). The SRC will provide significant technical | assistance in both the software and hardware aspects of the system. | | The Government's technology transfer program is intended to maintain the | country's technology leadership position by providing a cost sharing | arrangement for development and commercialization of advanced Government | technologies. | | The high performance system will consist of a dual processor 256 million | word CRAY-3 and a 512,000 processor 128 million byte Single Instruction- | Multiple Data (SIMD) array. This CRAY-3/Super Scalable System will provide | high-performance vector parallel processing, scalable parallel processing | and the combination of both in a hybrid mode featuring extremely high | bandwidth between the PIM processor array and the CRAY-3. SIMD arrays of 1 | million processors are expected to be available using the current version | of the PIM chip once this development project is completed. | | The scalable array will connect to the CRAY-3 memory interface and will | be addressable as standard memory to facilitate use of the SIMD array with | minimal delays for data transfer. The PIM chip, containing 64 single bit | processors and 128K bits of memory, was developed by the Supercomputing | Research Center for NSA, and tested on a Sun/SPARC workstation with a | parallel version of the C language. | | The PIM chips will be packaged by Cray utilizing its advanced multiple | chip module (MCM) packaging technology that allows the CRAY-3 to operate | with a record breaking 2.08 nanosecond clock rate. The PIM chips are | manufactured by National Semiconductor Corporation. The CRAY-3/SSS is | expected to be demonstrated in the first quarter of 1995. After this | initial demonstration, interested parties will be invited to try out other | applications. | | The CRAY-3 memory interface bandwidth will allow the application specific | SIMD array to provide dramatic performance improvements over existing | architectures for bit and image processing, pattern recognition, signal | processing, and sophisticated graphics applications. A notable strength of | the SIMD processor array is variable precision floating point for those | frequently occurring applications requiring less (and sometimes more) than | the standard 64 bit IEEE floating point arithmetic. A substantial | applications base is available for the CRAY-3, and Cray Computer Corporation | is committed to working closely with customers to develop traditional high | performance vector and scalable applications. | | For suitable applications, the SIMD processor array option offers up to | 32 Trillion Bit Operations per Second and provides price/performance | unavailable today on any other high performance platform. The CRAY-3 system | with the SSS option will be offered as an application specific product and | will be well positioned in the evolving supercomputer marketplace. | | Seymour Cray stated, "The CRAY-3/SSS development project leverages the | company's existing technologies and accelerates our program to develop | parallel architectures and software to reach the TeraFLOPS performance | level. I see a strong SIMD architectural component as crucial to a complete | parallel supercomputer capability." | | ***************************************************************************** | Copyright 1994 HPCwire. | To receive the weekly HPCwire at no charge, send e-mail without text to | "trial(a)hpcwire.ans.net". |

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Re: In Search of Genuine DigiCash
by jim＠bilbo.suite.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A few days ago I asked: > Can a case be made that anonymous digicash is less risky > (to a bank) than NON-anonymous digicash? There were no takers. Therefore, I'll ask different questions: Would a Chaum-style anonymous digital cash service be more profitable to a bank than a NON-anonymous digital cash service? Are the costs involved in offering and supporting anonymous digital cash more, or less, than the costs associated with NON-anonymous digital cash? In other words, why might a bank chose to offer/support anonymous digital cash over NON-anonymous digital cash? If a "bank-centric" case for anonymous digital case over NON-anonymous digital cash can't be made, then there's little chance we'll see anonymous digital cash any time soon. Jim_Miller(a)suite.com

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ping
by William H. Geiger III 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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"We had to destroy the Internet in order to save it."
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The current round of bills on crypto are going to be far worse for the net than the congresscritters can possibly understand. Here are the questions I have not seen answered... What will this do to the MIT distribution of PGP? I expect that it will make it illegal. How does this affect the security software distribution sites at University and US government sites? I expect that it will shut them all down. If the Kerry bill passes (and I expect it will) it will make many of the US sources of free security software unavailable and/or illegal. And this is to make the net more secure? For who? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBM6n0YeQCP3v30CeZAQG+/Qf9HHHWEzqRQIIlLS+FcxDEXSIJlPmMM5iA T+Th8qbTBEJmlCpwV9WS9R6ZPy8LeqWy3HKkROPGsnbNdvr/GfkZpoRNAES1eNt7 X1SWs0qIoSmcyK4DAuGs1v5gHme3P+nxOJq3eIuAx1W5Ar8+UIYN6DcCYIsrll2n daa+0aU/ExiP2uTN/0v69mTz1BGSR5b8qPv5+7PPqp+xZxSmfWcMqLj4Lz0Bhr4v mJF+Zg3z4GEKg7eMWqa4MXM7VmkOTJXkSaHubi55BXvZdkhy0d1ctx9XosfAC0/d JFj6Vw4UplgaRdr8QxBULpU5/2XFQftqeJv1yPocmfRh7lJOgqjBfg== =QA+I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- | "That'll make it hot for them!" - Guy Grand | |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com/~alan/ |alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com|

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New Additions to WOW-COM(TM)!
by wcreply＠ctia.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: FYI: Who owns Sen. Kerrey (LONG)
by geeman＠best.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

see http://www.vote-smart.org/congress/104/ma/ma-jr-a/ma-jr-af.html At 02:14 PM 6/19/97 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >I suggest you wonder about McCain and Kerry-without-the-e. > >-Declan > > > > >

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Senator Bryan on S. 909
by Steve Schear 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just spoke with Andy Vermillye, Senator Bryan's staffer that handles the encryption issue. When I enquired regarding the Bryan's crypto views, Andy thought the Senator's primary reason for voting in favor of the bill was his Intelligence Committe briefings. I gave him a very brief rant regarding the Four Horseman and related my experience in dealing with intelligence agencies (while at TRW), and why they shouldn't be trusted with laws which so easily trample on our right to free speech. Andy admitted he was not very knowledgable regarding crypto. I told him I had spent considerable time and money in establishing First ECache and that many of the bill's provisions, if left in their current form, would prevent my company's function. I said further that, Nevada and the Senator are trying to attract high-tech industries to Nevada, but if this bill passes I would be forced to move the business offshore instead of creating high-paying Nevada jobs. Andy said I was the only Nevada company to call regarding the bill, but that a half dozen others (mostly large companies) all called in opposition. --Steve PGP mail preferred Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear | tel: (702) 658-2654 CEO | fax: (702) 658-2673 First ECache Corporation | 7075 West Gowan Road | Suite 2148 | Las Vegas, NV 89129 | Internet: azur(a)netcom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- I know not what instruments others may use, but as for me, give me Ecache or give me debt. SHOW ME THE DIGITS!

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Garbled in transmission.
by ET 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I caught the Headline News mention of the DES crack and it unfortunately put the wrong spin on things. I can't remember it word for word, but it went like this: "If you're going to decrypt financial transactions you'd better be prepared to get 1000 computers and spend 3 months on the project." The report was delivered with a hint of a smile, as if to suggest that the time and resources might have been better spent. *Sigh*

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