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People to Watch 2015: Dr. Ing. Bernd Mohr
Feb. 10, 2015
For the first time in the history of the Supercomputing Conference, an industry leader from outside the USA will serve as the conference’s general chair. The honor, slated for SC17, goes to Dr. Bernd Mohr, who has previous experience serving the SC Steering Committee, and served as executive consultant for ISC.


The Top 5 Manufacturing Applications
Feb. 5, 2015
The manufacturing segment is one of the largest markets for high performance computing, globally. In fact, the large product manufacturing sub-segment is the biggest vertical in commercial HPC. All leading automotive, aerospace, and heavy equipment manufacturers have employed HPC for decades, using the technology to design and test their products.

ANSYS Acquires Assets Of Newmerical Technologies International
Feb. 5, 2015
ANSYS, the global leader and innovator of engineering simulation software, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Newmerical Technologies International (NTI), a premier developer of in-flight icing simulation software and associated design, testing and certification services. Terms of the deal, which closed earlier this week, were not disclosed.



Reflections on SC 2014
Jan. 27, 2015
With the year 2014 behind us, all my fellow HPC users, practitioners and of course enthusiasts will have reflected upon the conclusion of the last Supercomputing conference, affectionately known to all as SC14. Its theme was the popular hashtag - #HPCmatters and to me that represented several important elements.