Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Thursday, July 9, 2026
The Management Side of IT: What is the Value of Your IT Department?
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/dollar-signs.jpg" alt="" width="52" height="54" />This is the first of a series of columns discussing the right way to manage IT. It is targeted at the CEO’s and CIO’s who have the main responsibilities for managing this critical resource. Full article
Video: Episode 2 – Do It In Digital
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Crash_Test_Sim.jpg" alt="" width="83" height="47" />The future of American manufacturing competitiveness is based in smart, digital manufacturing - leveraging the power of high performance computing to solve traditional engineering challenges. NCMS is the driving force behind a new national strategy to make this capability available to small and medium-sized manufacturers across the country. ... Full article
HPC Everywhere – without “ClusterPhobia” !
Every so often technology passes a tipping point that profoundly changes how we survive and thrive on this planet. At this particular moment in history, the pieces are falling into place for another major step forward— the ubiquitous use of high-performance computing (HPC). Full article
Rebecca’s Vette is Fixed!
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Vette.jpg" alt="" width="66" height="50" />For want of a simple part, Rebecca Taylor’s beloved 1994 Corvette languished in her garage. That is, until 3D printing and a knowledgable engineer at Stratasys came to save the day. Full article
Digital Manufacturing: Economic Windfall
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/CFD_Abstract.jpg" alt="" width="63" height="53" />The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences' Jon Riley crunches the numbers. The results? Job creation on a scale you would not have thought possible. Full article
Simulation Management: "A Vision of PLM-to-Simulation Workflow Supported by Customized Software Modules"
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/truck.jpg" alt="" width="80" height="66" />Here's a summary of a report recently published by CIMdata on the topic of simulation management. A free download of the report is available. Full article
Adaptive Teams with NCSA to Help Solve Real World Computational Challenges Faced by Companies Both Large and Small
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/iForge.jpeg" alt="" width="82" height="60" />Adaptive Computing recently joined the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Private Sector Program (PSP) and that’s good news for small to medium sized manufacturers (SMMs), a.k.a. the “missing middle.” Full article
Video: "Unleash the Beast" – Inside the World’s Most Powerful Mobile Supercomputer
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Panther_interior.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="41" />If you enjoy peering into the innards of high-end computers, here’s a video from EUROCOM that you might want to watch. It features the EUROCOM Panther 4.0, a notebook pumped up with technology from NVIDIA. Full article
Video: Episode 1 – Meet the Missing Middle
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Clean_Room_-_video_1.jpg" alt="" width="107" height="54" />This is the first in a series of three lively short videos from the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences about promoting the adoption of advanced digital manufacturing technologies among companies both large and small. Part One; "Meet the Missing Middle" describes this huge group of small to medium ... Full article
Make It in Australia Dow Chemical CEO Liveris Tells Australian Government
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Australia_Day.jpg" alt="" width="104" height="65" />Andrew Liveris, the outspoken CEO of Dow Chemical, author of Make It in America, and co-chair of President Obama’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, was Down Under a few days ago and had the Australian government squarely in his sights. Full article
Laser Cutting Land Rover Seats at CabAuto
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Landrover_Seat2-1.jpeg" alt="" width="64" height="95" />Automotive customers who purchase Jaguars, Aston Martins or Land Rovers tend to be somewhat fussy when it comes to their vehicle’s details. Seats, interior trim, headliners, carpets – all have to be top quality. In this case study, you’ll learn how one company meets these challenges with the ... Full article
Lean Manufacturing: Liberate Your Machining Processes
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Torque_gun.jpg" alt="" width="83" height="98" />Dr. Merdol describes a tool used to analyze real-world performance of tool paths prior to production regardless of the CAM system used to generate them in the first place. Using this predictive tool, actual metal cutting processes are emulated with sufficient accuracy to achieve a true "virtual machining" ... Full article
Opinion: Actually, Plenty
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_Crysis2.jpg" alt="" width="68" height="78" />Far be it from me to condemn another writer’s work, but honestly, ExtremeTech’s Sebastian Anthony just published an article that is bogglingly misdirected. The article is called What can You Do with A Supercomputer? Full article
CD-adapco Announces UH Student as its 2012 Academic Paper Contest Winner
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/leonardo.jpg" alt="" width="52" height="63" />Congratulations Leonardo Chica from the University of Houston! Full article
Delta Tracing Reinvents Itself
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Kitchen_1.jpg" alt="" width="86" height="55" />Clint Eastwood’s character, Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway quipped in the 1986 film “Heartbreak Ridge,” “You adapt. You overcome. You improvise.” That's just what Delta Tracing did with help from NVIDIA iray and NVIDIA GPUs. Full article
Video: iForge: a supercomputer for industry
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/iForge.jpg" alt="" width="82" height="45" />Not only big companies like Boeing, Caterpillar and John Deere are benefiting from participating in the National Center for Supercomputing Applications Private Sector Program. Small to medium sized manufacturers can reap the rewards of participating, including accessing NCSA's iForge supercomputer system and all the support they need. Full article
(Brazil) Innovation
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/PLANETARIO_DO_RIO.jpg" alt="" width="85" height="77" />Billed as a revolution for the 21st Century, this one day conference, to be held May 10th in Rio de Janeiro's Planetário, will focus on the future of innovation and entrepreneurship in the BRICs and around the world. Full article
President Obama’s National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Obama_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="64" height="61" />Last Friday, in Prince George County, Virginia, the President announced a proposed $1B budget for a new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. This investment announcement continues to encourage support of the manufacturing sector by promoting insourcing and creating high-tech/high wage jobs in the U.S. – all part of ... Full article
Bay Area Company Creates Most Energy-Dense Battery to Date
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/EdisonElectricCar1913.jpg" alt="" width="71" height="55" />A company which began in the Palo Alto public library has succeeded in creating a new lithium-ion battery that holds roughly twice as much energy per gram as batteries in production today - all with the help of a $4M grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E). Full article
New Green Code to Boost Air Curtain Usage in Commercial Buildings
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/air-curtains.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="60" />Air curtains, a green substitute for building vestibules that take up space and are energy inefficient, have been blocked until now by the International Energy Construction Code (IECC). <br /> Full article