PITTSBURGH, Jan. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers
from academic institutions across Europe will soon be able to perform some of
the most sophisticated simulations imaginable thanks to a new
partnership between ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) and the High Performance
Computing Center (HLRS) of the University of Stuttgart/Germany.
The partnership offers researchers access to ANSYS' engineering
simulation solutions on HLRS' supercomputing assets to perform
demanding computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations for
industrial machinery and internal combustion engine applications.
Those applications require all simulation variables to be analyzed
over time and space, which puts significant demands on high
performance computing (HPC) power and data storage. Both
applications involve developing and enhancing sophisticated
simulation models that are associated with such complex phenomena
as fuel injection, evaporation and fuel-wall interaction, as well
as combustion and emission formation.
"In the past, academia's adoption of solutions such as those
provided by ANSYS on high-end supercomputing platforms was hindered
by cost. In some cases, the lack of domain expertise in applying
HPC to scientific research represented an additional obstacle,"
said Wim Slagter, ANSYS' lead
product manager for HPC. "This partnership will remove those
hurdles, demonstrate the potential of supercomputing and accelerate
cutting-edge CFD research in academic labs."
This collaboration between HLRS and ANSYS supports the German
government's high-tech strategy because it paves the way for
optimized utilization of available HPC infrastructure, such as
HLRS' petascale system, dubbed Hornet. The Cray XC40 supercomputer
features the Cray Aries network and includes nearly 95,000 Intel
Haswell processor cores. ANSYS solutions provide extreme
scalability beyond 20,000 processor cores, enabling users to
perform multiphysics, multi-scale simulations with a degree of
accuracy that was previously impossible to achieve using this
software.
"This partnership will help to accelerate the pace of
groundbreaking research for the development of commercial products
in the equipment manufacturing and automotive sectors, among
others," said Michael M. Resch, HLRS
director. "As one of Europe's
leading HPC centers, we are proud to have further enhanced our
access to HPC technology and computational services that are secure
and extremely scalable. These new capabilities enable us to
strengthen one of the world's best scientific research
ecosystems."
About HLRS (www.hlrs.de)
The High Performance
Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) of the University of Stuttgart is one of the three German
supercomputer institutions forming the national Gauss Centre for
Supercomputing. HLRS supports German and pan-European researchers
as well as industrial users with leading-edge supercomputing
technology. Its Cray XC40 system (code-named Hornet), which is
designed for sustained application performance and highly scalable
applications, delivers a peak performance of 3.8 Petaflops.
About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS brings clarity and insight to
customers' most complex design challenges through fast, accurate
and reliable engineering simulation. Our technology enables
organizations ― no matter their industry ― to predict with
confidence that their products will thrive in the real world.
Customers trust our software to help ensure product integrity and
drive business success through innovation. Founded in 1970, ANSYS
employs over 2700 professionals, many of them expert in engineering
fields such as finite element analysis, computational fluid
dynamics, electronics and electromagnetics, embedded software,
system simulation and design optimization. Headquartered south of
Pittsburgh, U.S.A., ANSYS has more than 75 strategic sales
locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners
in 40+ countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
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