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The computer giant Dell, for example, is running the supercomputers for Emirates Team New Zealand’s boat. Bryan Jones, Dell’s vice president of marketing, says teams are testing virtual models and studying each others’ designs for advantages like never before. “You would look at: Is there applicability to my boat?” he says. If so, “I’d go back and I’d potentially do that on my boat as well.”
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