We have supported the emergence of powerful multi-physics simulation platforms. These can demonstrate in granular detail how design prototypes might behave under a variety of environmental conditions: optimizing aircraft or automotive aerodynamics; structural analysis in engineering; or the development of a new polymer and modeling its performance in a material.
We believe that over the next decade these tools, underpinned by High-performance computing (HPC), will dramatically accelerate physical engineering and innovation across the global economy. For our own companies, the availability of faster processing capacity to solve complex calculations is a valuable step in vertical integration. It can improve decision-making, avoid development bottlenecks and shrink the timeline between breakthrough and benefit.
HPC is rapidly evolving into a dual capability, running both simulation-based scientific investigation and machine learning (ML). This combination is revolutionising the speed and efficiency of scientific insight and discovery. It can improve climate modeling and add new dimensions to computational fluid dynamics. A clear area of benefit with potential to touch lives most dramatically is healthcare, where cutting-edge HPS can help develop new treatments, from initial molecular modeling to personalizing medicine.