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Clearing Obstacles to a National Transmission Superhighway and Smart Grid
The Council recommends that:
Mobilizing a World-Class Energy Workforce
The Council recommends that:
Call to Action: For Prosperity and Competitiveness in a Low-Carbon World
From the the National Energy Summit & International Dialogue: Driving Competitiveness through Sustainable Energy
Science and Business: Moving Beyond Lab and Board Room
Humans have been seeking new knowledge and new ways of applying it since the dawn of civilization, and science and business have been intertwined nearly as long. For centuries, the pursuit of knowledge proceeded at a measured, even courtly pace. The turbulence of breakthrough invention was followed by long periods of adjustment and stability. And […]
U.S. Manufacturing-Global Leadership Through Modeling and Simulation
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 […]
High Performance Computing To Enable Next-Generation Manufacturing
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 […]
Council on Competitiveness Study of U.S. Industrial HPC Users
This study was commissioned by the Council on Competitiveness and sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to explore the usage and impact of high-performance computing (HPC) resources in industry and other business sectors, including currently available HPC computers and potential future computers assumed to be dramatically faster and easier to use. The […]
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