SUPERCOMPUTING IN CORPORATE AMERICA - A SAMPLE SURVEY

An information technology forecasts that supercomputing will have a significant impact on the data processing operations of corporations and be a competitive necessity in the 1990s. This study attempts to measure the degree of awareness, ability to use, adoption, and intention of corporate America to apply this new technology to improve their productivity and profitability, as well as their competitive edge in the global economy of the 1990s. We present the results of a study of 201 corporations in eighteen industries concerning their current and expected future use of supercomputers in mainstream business applications. Specifically, our purposes were to determine existing commercial supercomputing and report on the uses, awareness of the business potential of supercomputing, ability to ''work with'' supercomputers, Utilization of commercial supercomputing, and perceived current and future supercomputer applications by competing firms.