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Podcast: Optimal Engineering Workstation Architectures
Supermicro talks to DE about the company's approach to workstation architectures.
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Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2021.1 Out Now
Company to host virtual launch event of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2021.1 on March 9, live on LinkedIn.
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Speeding up CFD with Intelligent Computing for Digital R&D
Learn how Daikin Applied is using CFD analysis via Rescale to accelerate product development and...
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Editor’s Pick: A simulation toolkit for complete electronics design
Altair Simulation 2021 enables users to develop complex products that use 5G, fully...

Editor’s Pick: Customer input drives updates
IronCAD Mechanical 2021 is an add-on productivity module in the IronCAD Productivity Suite.

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Formlabs Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer is a production-ready system that can fit...
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Featured Glossary Term: Finite Element Method (FEM)

A means to approximate partial differential equation (PDE) discretizations (discrete counterparts transferred – with some amount of error – from continuous functions, models, variables and equations) with numerical model equations in order to break down large problems into simpler finite elements that can be solved via numerical methods. Studying a phenomenon with FEM is known as finite element analysis (FEA).
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