General Motors Research Laboratories

General Motors Research Laboratories are the part of General Motors responsible for creation of the first known operating system (GM-NAA I/O) in 1955 and contributed to the first mechanical heart, the Dodrill-GMR, successfully used while performing open heart surgery.[1]

See also

Multiple Console Time Sharing System

References

American Heart Association. The Mechanical Heart celebrates 50 lifesaving years. 22 10 2002. 9 February 2008 http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml;jsessionid=EFNP3NSFUBXLICQFCXQCDSQ?identifier=3005888%5B%5D

External links

General Motors Research Laboratories site. Domain is one of the first .com domains.

Divisions and
subsidiaries

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Services	ACDelco Cruise GM Certified Service GM Defense GM Financial OnStar
Geographic	General Motors de Argentina General Motors do Brasil General Motors Canada CAMI Automotive General Motors de Chile General Motors Egypt General Motors Japan General Motors de Mexico

Shareholdings

Products and
technologies

Platforms Transmissions Hybrids Vehicles
Engines	I3 Family 0 SGE I4 Family 0 SGE Family 1 MGE Family II Ecotec V6 High Feature Gen V V8 Gen V Blackwing V8

Former divisions,
joint ventures
and subsidiaries

Allison Engine Company (1929–1995)
Allison Transmission (1929–2007)
Ally Financial (1919-2013)
Atlantic Aircraft
Chevrolet Europe (2005-2016)
Dayton-Wright Company (1919–1923)
Delco Electronics
Delphi (1994–1999)
Detroit Diesel (1938–1988)
DirecTV (1994–2003)
Electro-Motive Diesel (1930–2004)
Electronic Data Systems (1984–1996)
Euclid Trucks (1953–1968)
Fisher Body
Fleetwood Metal Body
Frigidaire (1919–1980)
GM-AvtoVAZ (2001–2019)
General Motors Europe (1986–2017)
General Motors Diesel Division (1938–1987)
General Motors Diesel (1949–1969)
General Motors India (1995–2020)
- Chevrolet Sales India Private Limited
General Motors South Africa (1913–2017)
General Motors Thailand (2000–2020)
GM Uzbekistan (2008–2019)
GM Vietnam (1993–2018)
Ghandhara Industries (1953–1963)
GMAC Real Estate (1998–2008)
GMC Heavy Trucks
Holden (1948–2021)
- Holden Special Vehicles
Hughes Aircraft (1985–1997)
Hughes Electronics (1985–1997)
Hughes Network Systems (1987–2003)
HughesNet (DirecWay/DirecPC) (1996–2003)
Kettering University
Maven (2016–2020)
National City Lines
NUMMI (1984–2009)
New Venture Gear (36%, 1990–2002)
Nexteer (2009–2010)
North American Aviation (1933–1948)
Nuvell Financial Services (1997–2008)
Opel (1931–2017)
PanAmSat (1995–2003)
Remy Electric (1918–1994)
Rochester Products Division
Terex
United Australian Automobile Industries (1989–1996)
Vauxhall Motors (1926–2017)
Winton Motor Carriage Company
Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company (1925–1943)

Places

People

William C. Durant (Founder)
Tim Solso (Chairman)
Mary Barra (CEO)
Dan Ammann (President)

Sponsorship

World of Motion
Test Track (1999–2012 under all of GM; Chevrolet only since 2012)

Other

Category
Commons

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