Acton, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of massively parallel computing systems Wavetracer Inc has been appointed an IBM Industry Application Specialist and says it is in the process of doing a version of its multiC programming language and related software for the RS/6000 workstation, the first in a series of software implementations the company has planned for this year. Wavetracer’s multiC is claimed to simplify the development of multi-dimensional software applications for parallel computers or any other supported system. The language is said to enable easy manipulation of large two-dimensional and three-dimensional data sets, for example representing satellite images or acoustic energy fields. And multiC supports complex arithmetic to simplify the conversion of Fortran programs to supported environments and to ease the development of applications programs requiring complex numbers. Says Wavetracer, IBM users will be able to develop and execute multiC applications on the RS/6000. Because the same applications will also run in the IBM-Wavetracer computing environment, says the company, users can transparently combine a powerful scalar workstation architecture with a powerful three-dimensional, massively-parallel architecture. Wavetracer claims to have the industry’s first environment for seamless and portable programming of workstations and massively parallel computers. As an IBM Application Specialist, Wavetracer says it will be helping IBM market and install the multiC range on the RS/6000 under IBM terms and prices to the scientific and technical computing community. The newest member of Wavetracer’s Data Transport Computer family is Zephyr, an entry-level deskside massively parallel computing system. Zephyr Models 4 and 8 have 4,096 and 8,192 processors, 128Mb-256Mb memory (CI No 1,802).
