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Volvo Drives NVH Simulation Forward
January 1, 2015Volvo Cars has long recognized the importance of leveraging noise, vibration and harshness simulation software to improve its vehicles.
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Choose the Right Workstation Hardware for Maximum Performance and Value
June 1, 2014Engineers need to choose the right computing hardware to do the job or risk harming productivity and increasing costs.
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Product Line Engineering 101
November 2, 2015An example of what product line engineering means to the design engineer.
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Virtual Reality Speeds Design
August 3, 2015The technology gives engineers at Ford and other companies an early look at designs.
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Dell Advances Virtual Workstation Adoption
July 1, 2015Dell’s Workstation Virtualization Center of Excellence showcases how virtualization can speed engineering tasks and reduce costs.
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Supercomputers: Share and Share Alike
February 1, 2015The NCSA wants to share its supercomputing resources with private industry.
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Volvo Drives NVH Simulation Forward
January 1, 2015Volvo Cars has long recognized the importance of leveraging noise, vibration and harshness simulation software to improve its vehicles.
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New Computing and Graphics Processors Drive Engineering Innovation
November 1, 2014The quest to deliver higher performance levels, while keeping power consumption and costs under control.
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CAD Value and Workstation Performance are Not Mutually Exclusive
July 1, 2014CAD relies on high-performance systems to meet the productivity levels engineers need to remain competitive.
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Choose the Right Workstation Hardware for Maximum Performance and Value
June 1, 2014Engineers need to choose the right computing hardware to do the job or risk harming productivity and increasing costs.
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CPUs, GPUs, APUs and You
March 28, 2014APUs, CPUs and GPUs are driving the next generation of simulation software, 3D modeling solutions and advanced design systems.
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Dealing with Data Storage
January 1, 2014Simulation data can consume massive amounts of storage -- stressing networks, infrastructures and engineers.
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Speed Up Engineering IT
December 1, 2013Virtualization promises a solution to the budget constraints and challenges associated with deploying new engineering computing hardware.
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Workstation, Cluster or Cloud?
November 1, 2013Choosing where to run complex computational models has become a choice driven by more than just costs. Today, many factors come into play when choosing from among the traditional workstation, onsite computing grid or cloud services.
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Storage Is Key to HPC
August 1, 2013Often overlooked in the bandolier of high-performance computing components is storage, where speed equals results and reliability equals success.
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The Ins and Outs of Technical Training
July 1, 2013To outsource training or not to outsource training, that is the question for growing engineering and professional firms.
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Fast Track Embedded Systems Development
June 1, 2013Creating embedded systems takes skill, components, time and most importantly, the ideas that fuel innovation.
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The Costs of the Cloud
May 1, 2013As more engineers leverage high-performance computing, the true costs of a cloud-based model remain a mystery to many managers.
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