Product reliability, cost control and time to market are critical in a world where manufacturers compete globally. Rising consumer expectations and increased regulatory demands are adding to the pressure on product developers. Success in this challenging environment hinges on leveraging the latest technologies, such as system-based modeling, complex assembly design, computer-aided engineering (CAE) (including computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses), process simulation, multi-discipline analysis and optimization, and collaborative design review to achieve and sustain competitive advantage. Complex CFD analysis is an extremely time-consuming, performance-intensive number crunching activity.

Engineering departments and their IT counterparts struggle to meet the demand for the high performance computing necessary to run these applications. Models grow in complexity and size; therefore, systems must deliver greater power and speed in order to meet stringent product design timelines. The unification of CFD analysis with Supercomputers can be implemented in all stages of product development – concept development, design, testing and production.

The CERT Blue Gene supercomputer can offer the following advantages in the data analysis and design simulation: