SGI and Fluent Inc. Combine Efforts to Port and Optimize Fluent's CFD Software for the Intel Itanium Platform
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Aerospace, Automotive Industries among Those to Benefit From
Improved Performance for Big-Memory, Business-Critical Simulations
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and LEBANON, N.H., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI (NYSE: SGI - news), known worldwide for providing a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced graphics solutions, and Fluent Inc., the world-leading provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and services, are combining efforts to port and optimize Fluent CFD software for the Intel® Itanium(TM) platform.
The results of this joint effort will give CFD users that depend on high-performance, high-memory simulations-including users in the automotive and aerospace industries-the ability to do large-scale simulations and include better resolution in their models on the Itanium architecture.
Almost every industry that involves advanced engineering uses CFD. Its use is rapidly expanding, and more engineers use Fluent CFD software worldwide than any other CFD technology. The SGI and Fluent alliance will impact several industries including: appliances, biomedical, chemical processing, HVAC&R, glass, oil and gas, power generation, semiconductors, steel and turbomachinery.
``This project promises tremendous benefit to end users because it gives them more choices and helps them achieve optimal performance for their high-memory, high-resolution models,'' said Barbara Hutchings, director of Strategic Partnerships, Fluent Inc. ``We expect significant market interest in the Itanium platform. This technical evaluation with SGI allows us to prepare a totally market-ready solution for our highly valued customers.''
About Fluent
Fluent Inc. is the world leader in the rapidly growing field of computerized design and simulation software. Fluent software is used to predict fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, chemical reaction and related phenomena.
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The first version of the FLUENT code was launched in October 1983. It was so successful and the CFD software business grew so rapidly that the Fluent group at Creare became a separate company, headquartered nearby in Lebanon, New Hampshire, in 1988.
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