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In 2007, the Council on Competitiveness launched the Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability (ESIS) Initiative to explore the linkages between the United States’ need for greater energy security, the global imperative for environmental sustainability and U.S. economic competitiveness at the enterprise and national levels. Through extensive dialogues, the ESIS Initiative brought together high-level experts from […]

PING, a manufacturer of high-end golf equipment, is in a fiercely competitive marketplace where the phrase "innovate or die" is a literal truth. In 2005, the company replaced the workstation that had been used to simulate the design of new clubs with a powerful supercomputer running advanced simulation software. The machine paid for itself in […]

Virtual product development using in-house supercomputing capabilities has allowed Whirlpool Corporation to take a systems approach to designing not only its broad and varied line of appliances, but also the packaging that protects the products during shipping. High performance computing at the company is operating in a full-fledged production environment, delivering significant payback. Top management […]

The purpose of the Technology Leadership & Strategy Initiative (TLSI) a distinctive, leadership network of chief technology officers from industry, academia and national laboratories incubated by the Council on Competitiveness is to understand a range of changes, challenges and opportunities facing the United States and to design a new paradigm for public-private partnership necessary to […]

A joint survey on behalf of Deloitte and the Council on Competitiveness.

High performance computing (HPC) is enabling researchers at Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, to conduct leading-edge research into plant genetics to create improved varieties of seeds. Pioneer researchers use HPC to manage and analyze massive amounts of molecular, plant, environmental and farm management data, allowing them to make product development decisions much faster than by […]

Many U.S. manufacturers and their supply chains are in crisis. In this time of crisis, the United States has the technological tools to maintain a competitive edge and global leadership in manufacturing, but failure to utilize the game-changing tool of high performance computing (HPC) for modeling, simulation, and analysis poses a real risk to the […]

Addressing Public Policy, Business and Technological Challenges to Sustainable Energy Supplies In 2007, the Council on Competitiveness launched the Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability (ESIS) Initiative to explore the linkages between the United States’ need for greater energy security, the global imperative for environmental sustainability and U.S. economic competitiveness at the enterprise and national levels. […]

In the face of serious global competition and a sobering economic climate, U.S. leadership in high performance computing—in hardware, software, and expertise—stands out as a true national strategic asset. The Council believes that leveraging this leadership to support next-generation innovation and manufacturing is a sure way to advance overall national competitiveness and prosperity. But the […]