Audi to Use Supercomputer with ESI PAM-CRASH 2G
 PARIS,
France, Apr 21, 2008 - ESI Group (ESIN FR0004110310), a pioneer and
world-leading supplier of digital simulation software for prototyping and
manufacturing processes, announced today that AUDI AG has implemented the
auto industry’s fastest supercomputer to advance safety standards. Crucial
in optimizing car safety, the new system is based on ESI Group’s PAM-CRASH
2G simulation software and an HP Cluster Platform 3000BL system, providing
15.36 teraflop/s of computing performance for crash simulation models of
Audi. The supercomputer implementation places the leading premium car
manufacturer at No. 123 on the TOP500 list of the world’s fastest
supercomputers, making it the auto industry’s fastest system.
Audi partnered with ESI Group, a pioneer and world supplier of digital
simulation software, to establish and drive its global vehicle safety
projects around the world. Audi recognized the unparalleled computing
efficiency and ease-of-use of the PAM CRASH 2G software and, as a result,
the implementation improved the reliability of its crash safety and impact
simulations. The software enhancements combined with compact, fast and
power-efficient HP hardware has enabled Audi to run its refined models
overnight, ensuring an effective design process that includes analysis of
the safety elements of its vehicles. With the hardware and software
investments, Audi has maintained its position as one of the safest vehicle
manufacturers in the world, while it also improved its bottom line by
reducing operating and power and cooling costs.
“ESI Group consistently provides its customers with affordable simulation
turnaround time, greater accuracy and increasingly larger simulation models.
This versatility allows Audi to find a balance between performance and the
increased number of realistically simulated design variations for the
complete car range,” declared Peter Ulrich, Crash Safety and Impact Product
Manager ESI Group.
The ease-of-use and latest algorithms in the PAM-CRASH 2G software
encouraged Audi to raise their expectations for simulation design. For
example, airbag models now routinely take into account fluid-structure
interactions, leading to realistic interactions of the airbag with
structures and occupants. Furthermore, prediction testing for material
rupture, which usually requires high resolution models, can now be treated
using a multi-scale approach. This helps save days of computing time and
unnecessary costs.
Audi selected HP, a recognized industry leader in high-performance
computing (HPC), to implement technology that would provide enhanced
reliability, high server density and computing power. Audi installed the HP
Cluster Platform 3000BL, a system built using 320 nodes based on HP ProLiant
BL460c server blades and the InfiniBand cluster interconnect. This HPC
system provides the computing power and speed needed to calculate the
tremendous volume of data generated during the simulation process.
With the HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture coupled with the HP Dynamic
Smart Cooling management solution, this supercomputer requires a quarter
less floor space and consumes a quarter less power than a traditional
rack-based configuration. In addition, the blade configuration provides
simple hardware maintenance, cabling and system administration and has
outstanding scalability.
“Providing Audi with a high-performance computing solution helps them
design better and safer cars while reducing their power consumption and
costs,” said Paul Perez, Vice President, High Performance Computing, HP. “HP
has a long history of knowledge and expertise in providing automotive
customers high-performance computing that fosters innovation.”
About ESI Group
ESI Group is a world-leading supplier and pioneer of digital simulation
software for prototyping and manufacturing processes that take into account
the physics of materials. ESI Group has developed an extensive suite of
coherent, industry-oriented applications to realistically simulate a
product’s behavior during testing, to fine-tune manufacturing processes in
accordance with desired product performance, and to evaluate the
environment’s impact on product performance.
ESI Group’s offer represents a unique collaborative solution with an open
virtual engineering environment known as the Virtual Try-Out Space, enabling
virtual prototypes to be improved in a continuous and collaborative manner
while eliminating the need for physical prototypes during product
development. The company employs over 700 high-level specialists worldwide
covering more than 30 countries. ESI Group is listed in compartment C of
Euronext Paris.
For more information visit at
www.esi-group.com
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