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Subject:      DECMPP - Press Release - New Applications - FYI 1

                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

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Subject: DECMPP - Press Release - New Applications - FYI


Joseph D. Codispoti
Digital Equipment Corporation
(508) 493-6767




               NEW APPLICATION PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR
           DIGITAL EQUIPMENT MASSIVELY PARALLEL COMPUTERS


MAYNARD, Mass. -- August 17, 1992 -- Application programs from three
independent software developers have been ported to run on massively
parallel computers systems from Digital Equipment Corporation.  The
new applications add to previously announced computing solutions in
statistical analysis, molecular biology and other applications that
now run on Digital's DECmpp 12000 Series computer systems.
    The new applications are available directly from their
developers.  They are:

    o	C-DYNA3D (from CONDAT GmbH) -- a three-dimensional finite
       element analysis (FEA) program that can measure strength and
       other behaviors of a variety of solids.  FEA programs are
       widely used to determine allowable stress on steel products,
       in automobiles, for instance, and other materials;

    o	FIDAP (from Fluid Dynamics International) -- a finite element
       analysis (FEA) program for measuring fluid dynamics used in a
       range of industries, from biomedical and paper to food and
       beverage and chemical.  Fluid-flow simulations can be applied
       to air or water, to test airplane wings or ship hulls, for
       instance, or to other fluids, from blood and molten glass to
       ice cream and toothpaste;

    o	SESTRA (from Veritas Sesam Systems) -- a structural analysis
       program used in design and engineering of offshore and marine
       structures.  SESTRA is the static linear structural analysis
       module which is included in the range of Sesam Systems
       packages.  These packages include: preprocessors for
       modeling; hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analysis programs,
       linear and non-linear, static and dynamic structural analysis
       based on the finite element technique and; postprocessors for
       results presentation and design calculations.  SESTRA is
       optimized for the DECmpp, providing users with dramatic
       improvements in computational performance;



                 MASSIVELY PARALLEL SYSTEMS MATURE
    "These and other applications for Digital massively parallel
systems underscore the fact that the market is growing and
attracting increasing levels of attention from third-party software
developers," says Charles Wilson, director of Digital's Massively
Parallel Systems Group.
    "Digital has anticipated this market growth and is committed to
helping third-party software development through direct support of
various porting initiatives and by developing and announcing
increasingly sophisticated and easy to use software development
tools."
    Other third-party applications for Digital's DECmpp 12000 Series
massively parallel computers include:

    o	RADIOSS -- crash-simulation software from MECALOG SARL;
    o	SAS/TM ACCESS -- statistical analysis software from CHISQ,
       Ltd.;
    o	ELEXIR -- information retrieval software from Third Eye
       Software;
    o	BLAZE -- molecular biology software from IntelliGenetics,
       Inc.

    All third-party applications ported to Digital's DECmpp 12000
Series massively parallel systems are also available for the MP-1
family of massively parallel systems from MasPar Computer
Corporation.
    Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor
computing. Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the
best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center - in open
information environments.
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Note to Editors:  DECmpp is a registered trademark of Digital
                  Equipment Corporation

		  RADIOSS is a registered trademark of MECALOG SARL

		  SAS/TM ACCESS is a registered trademark of CHISQ,
                  Ltd.

		  ELEXIR is a registered trademark of Third Eye
                  Software, Inc.

		  BLAZE is a registered trademark of
                  IntelliGenetics, Inc.

		  MasPar and the MasPar logo are registered
                  trademarks of MasPar Computer Corporation

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