Creating and Using Virtual Prototyping Software: Principles and Practices

Chapter 12

Opportunities and Challenges for Virtual Prototyping in Engineering and Science

This chapter describes opportunities for virtual prototyping in science and engineering. It also looks at the challenges posed by the architecture changes of next-generation computers.

12.0 Where We Are Now (2020)

Engineering can be defined as the use of science and mathematics to design, construct, or manufacture physical systems. Engineering has always reflected the available scientific knowledge at the time. Until recently, engineering was largely based on empirical knowledge. In our own time (1970–2021), the advent of computers has allowed engineers to use computational technologies to reach their engineering goals. The engineering vocabulary has ...