AST Partners

Advanced Simulation Technologies and their Partners
SIMULIA

SIMULIA provides a scalable portfolio of simulation solutions, as well as an open platform to support integration of multidisciplinary analysis with its industry leading partners. SIMULIA makes realistic simulation an integral business practice that enables engineers and scientists to improve product performance, eliminate physical prototypes, and drive innovation.

Website: www.simulia.com

MathWorks

The MathWorks is the world's leading developer of technical computing software for engineers and scientists in industry, government, and education. With an extensive product set based on MATLAB® and Simulink®, The MathWorks provides software and services to solve challenging problems and accelerate innovation in automotive, aerospace, communications, financial services, biotechnology, electronics, instrumentation, process, and other industries. The MathWorks was founded in 1984 and employs more than 1000 people world-wide, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts.

Website: www.mathworks.com

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the U.S. Department of Energy's premiere laboratory for renewable energy research and development and a lead lab for energy efficiency R&D. The Lab is managed by Midwest Research Institute, Battelle and Bechtel. In addition to work in advanced transportation technologies, NREL is a research leader in energy security, hydrogen and fuel cells, distributed energy resources, bioenergy and bio-based products, zero energy buildings, wind energy, geothermal energy and solar energy.

Website: www.nrel.gov

Intel

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at

Website: www.intel.com/pressroom

PTC - Parametric Technology Corporation

Great products make great companies. Helping companies make great products is all PTC has ever done. In fact, PTC is the only company with an integral product development system that provides companies with the critical capabilities - create, collaborate and control - that give them unrivaled command of their product development processes.
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Website: www.ptc.com

Hardware Vendors
Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard offers a full range of fast computing platforms for AVL users: clusters, servers and workstations. HP's CAE expertise and broad, innovative product portfolio combine to provide the best high performance solutions in the industry. HP's high performance computing solutions based on 64-bit Xeon, Opteron and Itanium2 technology deliver maximum performance, a broad choice of optimized technical applications, and maximum value through innovation on open and standard technologies. HP and AVL engineers have worked together for over a decade to insure optimum success of our mutual customers. We look forward to helping our common automotive customers improve their productivity in CAE. For more information about our solutions, visit

Website: www.hp.com/go/cae

IBM

With revenues of 81 billion US-Dollars in 2002, IBM is the largest provider of information technology (hardware, software and services) worldwide, as well as the leader in e-business solutions. The company has approximately 325,000 employees worldwide and operates in 170 countries. IBM Germany, the biggest IBM corporation overseas, employs about 26,000 people at more than 40 sites all over Germany.

IBM today is the only IT company that supplies clients with a complete range of innovative information technology products, from hardware, software and services to complex application solutions, outsourcing projects and skills development.

Website: www.ibm.com

SGI

SGI, also known as Silicon Graphics, Inc., is the world's leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. With offices worldwide, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and can be found on the Web at

Website: www.sgi.com