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Archive for May, 2010
A/E Firms Report Overall Decline in Staff Counts
May. 26 | The ZweigWhite annual survey of financial performance at architecture and engineering firms in the US finds steady declines across the board. Staff numbers at leading architecture, engineering (A/E) & environmental consulting firms have steadily...
Intel to NVIDIA & ATI: You Win
May. 26 | Intel re-confirms it is backing off from creating high-end discrete graphics hardware solutions based on its Larrabee technology. NVIDIA and AMD’s ATI division are the big winners in the short term. Intel has announced in a corporate blog that...
BOTW: Gaming Technology Helps Optimize Ford Assembly Line
May. 25 | Bloomberg Businessweek: Ford assembly line optimized by gaming technology [Editor's Note: Best Of The Web is a new category at VEKTORRUM, in which we recommend blog posts, commentaries, articles, etc. from other sources, of value to our readership....
BMW Group Selects SIMULIA Abaqus FEA for Passive Safety Analysis
May. 25 | The German automaker has chosen to renew its commitment to use Abaqus Unified FEA software for the engineering of passive safety in the automaker’s virtual design process. [Editor's Note: The WINS section of VEKTORRUM.com is where we publish vendor...
Technology Serves Up Terabytes of Whimsey in “Shrek Forever After”
May. 24 | The final installment of the Shrek series of animations hits theaters in the US on Friday. DreamWorks Animation puts high tech at the service of artistic whimsy. Shrek, left, and his new nemesis Rumple The final installment of the Shrek films hits theaters...
Ford Using PTC InSight to Reduce Global Supply Chain Carbon Footprint
May. 21 | Ford Motor Company is surveying its top 35 global suppliers to understand the carbon footprint of its supply chain. Ford will analyze this supplier data with InSight product analytics software from PTC. Ford Motor Company, building on its success in...
Strong Upgrade Sales Lift Autodesk First Quarter Revenue 11%
May. 20 | The recovery of AutoCAD sales is outpacing all other divisions. Cash flow from operations is up 411% compared to a year earlier. By Randall S. Newton Editor-in-Chief Of all the companies we cover, Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) was hit the hardest by the...
Time to Consider Job Order Contracting
May. 20 | Job Order Contracting makes the scoping phase of a construction job simpler for all parties, says a principal with Wilson Architectural Group in Texas. By Debbi Mulcahy As facility owners look for ways to reduce construction costs, they must first analyze...
Graphics Chips Shipments Up 44% From 2009
May. 17 | 2010 is starting the way 2009 ended, with graphics chip volume above expectations, says Jon Peddie Research. Shipment of graphics chip rose 44% in the first quarter of 2010, as compared to the same period a year ago. Shipment volumes and market share...
