[net.arch] ACM SIGBIG Meeting, Al Despain, UCB, Aquaris Project

eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (05/01/85)

               ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY
                San Francisco Golden Gate Chapter
               "SIGBIG" Special Interest Committee
                 For Large High Speed Computers

Meetings on  the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM.   Speakers 
who  can give insights to various aspects of  SUPERCOMPUTING are 
featured each month.

For information contact Mary Fowler, Chairperson (415) 965-6515
                    or  Mike Austin, Publ. Chair (415) 423-8446

Next meeting:
     Wednesday, May 1,1985,  7:30 PM
     Speaker:   Alvin M Despain  University of California, Berkeley
     Subject:   The AQUARIUS PROJECT

     Location:  Computer Science Lounge
                597 Evans Hall
                U.C. Berkeley

     Abstract:
A new approach to computer orgainzation and architecture is 
investigated to achieve a radical improvement in performance. 
Parallel Architectures, Very fast circuits; VLSI implementation;
and PROLOG are studied to achieve a breakthrough in problem
solution.
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Tape-recordings  of  most of the previous  may  be 
obtained in exchange for a tape cassette or $5.00 by contacting: 

          Tom Attwood  (415) 965-6551

Future Meetings:
June 5, 1985    Richard Stamm/Convex    The CONVEX C-1
July 3, 1985    Bill Joy/Sun            Unix and Supercomputers

Please contact either of the following individuals if you are
interested in arranging car-pooling to the meeting in Berkeley.
    Mary Fowler at email-  mer.fowler@ames-vmsb.arpa  or