Post By Martin 1 Comment
June 2007 28

BMW uses HPC to improve results

http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39167668,00.htm

The BMW-Sauber Formula One team is making good use of its very own supercomputer, Albert 2, as it moves up the Formula One pecking order.

The team has been using Albert 2, developed in association with Intel, since the end of last year to develop the aerodynamics for its 2007 car using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), a complex simulation process which requires considerable computing power.

And the hard work is paying off on the track with the team currently at third in the 2007 World Championship after a fifth-place finish last term.

Very cool, it’s always interesting to hear how the different businesses are using the technology, I know BMW were talking about grid at some point, check out the article.




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  1. ST2 says:
    June 28, 2007 at 15:28

    And the education process to the above starts here… http://www.f1inschools.co.uk more importantly

    http://www.teamfirestarter.co.uk/fn/test.php

    I know for a fact that Team Firestarter opted to use a more powerful PC instead of buying a wind tunnel.

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