The Birth of the Virtual Machine, a Quest for Hybrid CAD29 May,
2008 Archimedes Project and Synchronous Technology take center
stage at Siemens event. Archimedes, a classical mathematician
who died 2,200 years ago, is about to become part of the PLM
(product lifecycle management) lexicon. Soon after the ink dried
on its acquisition of UGS, Siemens' Automation & Drives (A&D)
division began working on a project dubbed Archimedes.
Discussing it in the company's internal publication titled
Pictures of the Future, publisher Arthur F. Pease wrote,
"Siemens' recent acquisition of UGS has given its [A&D] Group
... the tools to merge the real and virtual worlds of
production" ("Factories of the Future — UGS and Siemens," Fall
2007). For more on the Archimedes Project, read "Event Report:
UGS Media/Analyst Conference." At Siemens' 2008 media and
analyst briefing, which took place in Boston, Massachusetts, in
May, Michael Weyrich, leader of new-generation business at
Siemens A&D, introduced tangible evidence of Archime