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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^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

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

Divisions and
subsidiaries

Vehicle brands	Buick Cadillac Chevrolet GMC Denali Hummer BrightDrop
Service brands	ACDelco BrightDrop Chevrolet Performance Cruise Dexron GM Certified Service GM Defense GM Financial OnStar
Global subsidiaries	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Egypt Japan Mexico New Zealand GM Specialty Vehicles Cadillac Europe

Shareholdings

Products and
technologies

Platforms Transmissions Hybrids Vehicles
Engines	I3 Family 0 SGE E-Turbo I4 Family 0 SGE Family 1 MGE Family II Ecotec V6 High Feature Gen V V8 Gen V Gemini V8
Electric	EV1 BEV2 Ultium BEV3

Former divisions,
joint ventures
and subsidiaries

Allison Engine (1929–1995)
Allison Transmission (1929–2007)
Ally Financial (1919-2013)
Atlantic Aircraft
Bendix (24%) (1924–1948)
Chevrolet Europe (2005-2016)
Chevrolet-Saturn of Harlem (2006–2011)
Cleveland Diesel (1938–1962)
Dayton-Wright (1919–1923)
Delco Electronics
Delphi (1994–1999)
Delta Motor Corporation (1997-2004)
Detroit Diesel (1938–1988)
DirecTV (1994–2003)
Electro-Motive Diesel (1930–2004)
Electronic Data Systems (1984–1996)
Euclid Trucks (1953–1968)
FAW-GM (2009–2019)
Fisher Body (1925–1984)
Fleetwood Metal Body (1925–1984)
Frigidaire (1919–1980)
Ghandhara Industries (1953–1963)
GM-AvtoVAZ (2001–2019)
GM Diesel (1949–1969)
GM Diesel Division (1938–1987)
GM Europe (1986–2017)
GM India (1995–2020)
GM South Africa (1913–2017)
GM Thailand (2000–2020)
GM Uzbekistan (2008–2019)
GM Vietnam (1993–2018)
GMAC Real Estate (1998–2008)
GMC Heavy Trucks
Holden (1948–2020)
- Holden Special Vehicles
Hughes Aircraft (1985–1997)
Hughes Electronics (1985–1997)
Hughes Network Systems (1987–2003)
- HughesNet (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 (1997–2008)
Opel (1931–2017)
PanAmSat (1995–2003)
Remy Electric (1918–1994)
Rochester Products
Terex
United Australian (1989–1996)
Vauxhall (1926–2017)
Yellow Coach (1925–1943)

Sponsorship

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

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