MSC Picks NVIDIA Tesla CUDA Architecture for Simulation
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CLARA, CA, Oct 12, 2009 - MSC.Software, a leading global provider of
simulation software applications and related services, today announced an
alliance with NVIDIA to leverage the CUDA architecture of its Tesla graphics
processing units (GPUs) in a way that will transform simulation-driven
product design and development, providing computer-aided engineering (CAE)
analysts with dramatically faster results.
MSC.Software's finite element analysis (FEA) software, known as Marc, has
demonstrated performance gains, with Tesla GPUs, of up to 5x for typical
complex models compared with the latest dual-core CPUs.
"Our customers will achieve new levels of simulation fidelity and product
innovation using this breakthrough technology," said Ash Munshi, CEO of
MSC.Software. "This successful collaboration with NVIDIA is the beginning of
an alliance that will ultimately add value across a broad range of
simulation products from MSC.Software."
In addition to dramatic speed ups, NVIDIA GPUs offer significantly
greater compute density, so that typical simulation times require just a few
GPUs as opposed to tens of CPUs. This advantage provides significant cost
advantages in hardware savings, but also substantial reductions in power
consumption and space requirements.
"Whether an organization is designing an aircraft or power tool,
simulation is the bottle neck in the design and development process, taking
days or even weeks to complete," said Monica Schnitger, president of CAE
market analyst Schnitger Corp. "Manufacturers are increasingly turning to
GPUs to speed their processes, turning week-long computations into days and
days into hours."
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) awakened the world to the power of computer
graphics when it invented the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999. Since
then, it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with
breathtaking, interactive graphics available on devices ranging from
portable media players to notebooks to workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in
programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which make
supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible. Fortune magazine has
ranked NVIDIA #1 in innovation in the semiconductor industry for two years
in a row.
For more information, visit
www.nvidia.com.
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