The project will examine the influence of contextual variables in the adoption and implementation of computer-integrated manufacturing.
The markets served by Sun's progams include computer-aided design, computer-integrated manufacturing, architecture-engineering-construction, electronic publishing and electronic design automation.
Leery of Japanese prowess, the Administration is funding projects in computer-integrated manufacturing, advanced robotics and computer-aided design.
Cimflex is a privately held company specializing in computer-integrated manufacturing and flexible assembly systems.
But how realistic is its argument for computer-integrated manufacturing, better known as CIM?
Over the last three years, Rockwell's capital expenditures have exceeded $1.5 billion, close to 70 percent for high-tech production processes like computer-integrated manufacturing.
They include advanced materials, computer-integrated manufacturing and biotechnology.
Companies that want the strategic flexibility of computer-integrated manufacturing, he said, will have to accept slower returns on investment.
One approach being explored by a growing number of universities and colleges is to train their budding engineers in new, visionary techniques such as computer-integrated manufacturing.
The Commerce list includes superconductors, flexible computer-integrated manufacturing and opto-electronics, like lasers and optical fibers.