A Dell HPC Server. Image Courtesy of Dell
With the expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) and greater access to complex simulations, manufacturers and engineers are increasingly in need of high-end computing that can plow through fields of data. In fact, according to Dell, engineering and manufacturing are beginning to reach a threshold of computational demand that’s consistent with the needs of fundamental research institutions like the Texas Advanced Computing Center and South Africa’s Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC).
“While traditional HPC has been critical to research programs that enable scientific and societal advancement, Dell is mainstreaming these capabilities to support enterprises of all sizes as they seek a competitive advantage in an ever-increasing digital world,” said Jim Ganthier, vice president and general manager of Engineered Solutions and Cloud at Dell.
Specifically, Dell feels that the engineering industry could benefit from a HPC performance when it comes to running structural analysis and computational fluid dynamic simulations. To that end, the company has created a machine configuration dubbed the Dell HPC System for Manufacturing.
According to Dell, each HPC system will be powered by Intel Xeon Phi processors and will be built on an Intel Omni-Path Architecture (Intel OPA) fabric (a powerful, scalable architecture optimized for HPC). Additionally, each HPC configuration will come with software in Dell HPC Lustre Storage and Dell HPC NFS Storage solutions.
At this point, I think it’s safe to say that yes, engineers do want to use as much computing power as possible to push their designs even further. What’s more, engineers can now use HPC to analyze how their products are performing in the field through the proliferation of IoT sensors. But I am curious; how many firms would be interested in owning their own in-house HPC systems right now? And will HPC systems be a cornerstone of engineering offices in the near future?
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