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	        Announcing the availability of
		      Release 5.0 of the
	    IPS-2 Parallel Program Measurement System:

IPS-2 is a performance measurement system for parallel and distributed
programs.  It can provide a large amount of performance data about the
execution of a parallel program, and this information is organized so
that access to it is easy and intuitive.  IPS-2 also provides various
high-level analyses and a powerful, graphic user interface and display.
Programmers do not have to modify their programs to use IPS-2 (there is
only a slightly modified compiling procedure).

The major additions to Release 5.0 includes support for SPARC and CRAY Y-MP
architectures, trace browsing, support for study multiple applications or
multiple runs of the same applications in one session, manual phase
selection, and user interface improvements (such as window stacking and
interactive help windows).

IPS-2 now runs on the DECstation, Sun, Sequent Symmetry, and Cray Y-MP --
and a program could be running on a heterogeneous combination of these
machines.  Both message-passing and shared-memory communications are supported.
The user interface runs under X-windows, and supports both B&W and color
displays.  A version for the TMC CM-5 is under development.

An overview of IPS-2 appears in the April 1990 issue of IEEE Transactions
on Parallel and Distributed Systems.  A Users Guide and an Installation
Guide are also available.  If you have Internet access, you can ftp a
Postscript copy of the Users Guide.  Use ftp to access asiago.cs.wisc.edu,
login "anonymous".  The file is called "usersguide.ps.Z" and is in "compress"
format.  You can use "uncompress" or "zcat" to read the file.

Other papers on IPS-2 are found in metrics.ps.Z, edcu.ps.Z, and wrapping.ps.Z.

A license agreement and small tape distribution fee are necessary to obtain
the software for research purposes.  Copies of the (1) license agreement,
(2) order form, and (3) cover letter are available via ftp in file ips.tar
(this file does NOT contain the actual system).

IPS-2 will be available for demonstration at Supercomputing '92 as a
Research Exhibit.

If you have questions or want more information, mail bart@cs.wisc.edu.

						--bart miller
						  uw-madison cs dept
						  bart@cs.wisc.edu