Computer-aided Design (CAD) and Computer-aided Engineering (CAE)

Sophisticated CAD and CAE applications rely on the exceptional performance of clustered computing environments to help engineers optimize product design in areas from aerodynamics, to materials, to crash testing. In turn, clusters require fast, ultra-low latency interconnects to sustain fast response and minimal wall-clock times across many nodes.

Through a unique, patented architecture, NetEffect 10Gb accelerated Ethernet adapters enable clusters to achieve the predictable, sustained low latency vital to demanding CAD/CAE applications:

• Wall-clock times equal to or better than InfiniBand and latency < 6 µsec shorten response times and keep data flowing through the parallel application mix
• Offloading nearly all network overhead achieves up to double the CPU availability (95%) for application processing
• Saturated wire speed (bandwidth > 18-Gbps, bi-directional) ensures predictable, sustained results even under multi-core, multi-processor loads of any message size
• Takes full advantage of the benefits of Ethernet ubiquity to reduce cost and simplify infrastructure complexity
• Higher compute densities facilitated through low power consumption – one-third the power of alternatives
• A single, self-provisioning adapter supports all data center traffic - clustering, networking, and storage
• Applications tested and validated through partner collaboration, including:
  - Abaqus finite element analysis
  - Fluent computational fluid dynamics
  - LS-DYNA transient dynamic finite element program
  - PAM/CRASH crash test simulation