The CEO Guide to
High-Performance
Computing

Learn how General Motors is using high-performance computers made by International Business Machines to make cars safer and market new automobiles. Other companies harnessing high-power computers include Boeing, DreamWorks, Eli Lilly, and Speedo. Supercomputing leaders are IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Oracle and Cray

At GM, High-Performance Computing Curbs Test Costs

The automaker—along with Boeing, DreamWorks, Eli Lilly, and other companies—is using high-performance computers that run at almost 1 petaflops to improve products we use every day
China's Leap in Supercomputer Rankings

In merely a decade, China has become the world's third-greatest power in high-performance computing. Will it soon boast the fastest computer?
Slide Show: Designed with Supercomputers

Companies use virtual simulation with supercomputers to get products to market cheaper and faster. Here's a look at some products designed with the help of powerful computers

Podcast: Companies Use World's Fastest Computers

Peter Sondergaard, Gartner's Global Head of Research, talks with Bloomberg Businessweek's Rachel King about how high-performance computers help companies simulate products virtually and innovate without spending money on physical prototypes
Video: How Virtual Power Leads to Innovation

Tim Cox, GM's process information officer, talks about how high-performance computers help companies simulate products virtually and innovate without spending money on physical prototypes
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