Audi implements ESI's supercomputer to advance safety standards

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Apr 21, 2008 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- ESIGF | news | PowerRating | PR Charts -- ESI Group, a supplier of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, has announced that Audi has implemented its supercomputer to advance safety standards.

According to ESI, the new system is based on the company'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.

Audi has selected HP to implement technology that would provide enhanced reliability, high server density and computing power. Audi has also installed the HP Cluster Platform 3000BL, a system built using 320 nodes based on HP ProLiant BL460c server blades and the InfiniBand cluster interconnect.

Peter Ulrich, crash safety and impact product manager at ESI Group, said: "This versatility allows Audi to find a balance between performance and the increased number of realistically simulated design variations for the complete car range."

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