Newsgroups: comp.parallel From: parallel@netcom.com (B. Mitchell Loebel) Subject: The PARALLEL Processing Connection - Feb. 13th meeting notice Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 17:05:26 GMT Message-ID: Our presentation on February 13th will be one of the most significant and wide ranging ever. All of us know that the Microsoft/Intel alliance and that of IBM, Apple, and Motorola are on a collision course in their respective drives to capture the consumer market; 1995 is shaping up as the year of major confrontation. With that in mind, we asked two key IBM managers to discuss their company's plans for multiprocessing and high performance computing, in general. Joe Baron was a manager involved with the Power Visualization System used by major video post production facilities. He plans to give us an overview of the architecture and philosophy embodied in the PowerPC/Power Reference Platform agreement being put together with Apple and Motorola. Too, he'll talk about how OS2, graphics API's, and system object models fit into IBM's plans. Dick Pratt will partner with Joe to discuss PowerPC Developer Enablement Programs - hardware programs and contacts, software programs and contacts, and development toolkits. PPC has asked them to talk in explicit terms about what IBM would like from third parties and how our entrepreneurial members can partner with the company - beta, seed, etc. Join us for a very important meeting. A discussion of member projects currently underway and other issues of interest to entrepreneurs begins at 7:15PM and the main meeting starts promptly at 7:45PM 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. 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; corporate membership fee is $400/year. -- B. Mitchell Loebel parallel@netcom.com Director - Strategic Alliances and Partnering 408 732-9869 PARALLEL Processing Connection