Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003

Partner Solution Case Study

Software Company Delivers 64-Bit Fidelity and Speed for Computer-Aided Engineering

Overview

Country or Region: United States

Industry: Manufacturing

Customer Profile

Fluent, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes.

Business Situation

The company’s Windows?-based customers wanted to increase the detail in their engineering simulations while reducing the time required to achieve results.

Solution

Fluent ported its flagship product, FLUENT? V6.3, to run under the 64-bit Microsoft? Windows Compute Cluster Server operating system.

Benefits

? Increased computing power, using existing Windows expertise and environment

? More detailed and accurate simulations, for reliable engineering insight

? Faster turnaround for the simulation-based engineering design process

“The combination of support for clustering and 64-bit memory addressing has made Windows a very viable option for our customers who need high-performance computing.”

Dr. Ferit Boysan, Vice President and General Manager, Fluids Business Unit, ANSYS, Inc.

Fluent, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), provides simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes. Fluent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software is used for simulation, visualization, and prediction of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reactions. Fluent customers performing simulations on the Windows? operating system want to include more detail and accuracy in their modeling, while reducing the turnaround time for computations. To meet this need, Fluent ported and optimized its fluid flow simulation software, FLUENT? V6.3, to run on the 64-bit Microsoft? Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 operating system. The resulting solution enables high-performance computing under Windows on industry standard x64 processors and helps Fluent customers deploy computer-aided engineering at a higher level than in the past.