CAE Software runs on Itanium architecture.
Press Release Summary:
ANSYS(R) 6.1 computer-aided engineering (CAE) application runs on Intel's 64-bit Itanium(R) architecture and Windows XP. It features Intel's Math Kernel Library (Intel Performance Library). Users can utilize memory and file addressability to solve real-world models and simulations on Intel-based workstations.
Original Press Release:
ANSYS 6.1 to Run on Intel(R) Itanium(R) Architecture with Windows XP; Capability Enables Large, Complex Modeling
CANONSBURG, Pa., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANSYS Inc. (Nasdaq: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that ANSYS(R) 6.1 is one of the first computer-aided engineering (CAE) applications to run on Intel's 64-bit Itanium(R) architecture and Windows XP.
ANSYS worked closely with Intel to port ANSYS 6.1 to the Itanium processor and Windows XP using high-performance compiler technology from the Intel Software Products Division. ANSYS 6.1 features Intel's Math Kernel Library (Intel Performance Library), optimized specifically for the Itanium processor, which offers high performance as well as improved accuracy. The port to the Itanium processor has allowed the ANSYS engineering simulation software to benefit from world-class floating-point performance and Explicitly Parallel Instruction Processing (EPIC) delivered by Itanium-based systems. ANSYS 6.1 users of the Itanium processor family now will have larger memory and file addressability for solving large and complex, real-world models on cost-effective Intel-based workstations.
"Cost-effective High Performance Computing is an essential competence for manufacturers, and we are pleased that ANSYS users will now be able to take advantage of the price/performance benefits of the Itanium processor family for large analysis problems," said Tom Gibbs, director of Industry Marketing for Intel.
"This collaboration has resulted in enormous benefits to ANSYS 6.1 users," said Sam Murgie, technical fellow at ANSYS Inc. "Engineers currently face an issue of only being able to simulate parts of a complex product or model. With this relationship, we have opened the door to utilize the processing power of Intel and the technology of ANSYS Inc. to provide a platform for engineers to expand those simulations into full, real-world simulations."
About ANSYS Inc.
ANSYS Inc., founded in 1970 as Swanson Analysis Systems Inc., develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries. The Company focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. Headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania U.S.A. with more than 18 strategic sales locations throughout the world, ANSYS Inc. employs more than 400 people and distributes its ANSYS(R), DesignSpace(R), AI*Solutions(TM), and ICEM-CFD Engineering products through a network of channel partners in 37 countries. For additional information on ANSYS Inc., please visit www.ansys.com.
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