BCS PPSG Lecture on Goldrush

                         The  British Computer Society
                      Parallel Processing Specialist Group

                                   (BCS PPSG)

                          The  1994  A.G.M.  Lecture :


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                              **   Goldrush !   **
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                                       by

                                  Roger Poole
                                  I.C.L., U.K.


                        6.30 p.m.,  Tuesday, May 10 1994

                        Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre
                           University College London
                         Torrington Place, London W.C.1
                 (entrance directly opposite Dillons bookshop)

     (Attendance is free and open to one and all, members and non-members.
     No prior booking is required.  Refreshments will be available !)

Goldrush is an Open Database Server supporting Ingres, Oracle and Adabas, running on commodity microprocessors under Unix. It uses a Massively Parallel Processor Architecture to deliver highly scalable performance, 6000 t/s, a bandwidth of 100 MBytes/s and filestore of 1200 GB. Impressive figures indeed ! A strong contender in the high-performance database market ? Come and see ! This presentation explains the Architectural features of the Goldrush System and

         how it can be exploited by Database software and applications.

        PPSG members are further invited to attend the Committee Meeting
                            (from 3 pm in Room 110)
              and the Annual General Meeting which starts at 6 pm
                    (in the Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre)

The committee comprises a diverse group of people drawn from industry and academia. We continue to need a wide range of talent on the committee, which meets four times a year. We need experts in parallel computing, researchers, academics, end users, application developers and more; essentially all those involved in developing, marketing and using parallel processing technology with the time and enthusiasm to make a contribution. Please consider standing at the Annual General Meeting. Contact us for an informal chat about the PPSG and for assistance with getting nominated. (Dr. John Blair-Fish (Secretary) jabf_at_castle.ed.ac.uk, 'phone: 031 650 4928, or Dr. Nigel Tucker (Treasurer) Paradis_at_cix.compulink.co.uk 'phone 0566 782739).

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