CFdesign v8.0 now available for 64-bit systems

CFdesign v8.0 upfront CFD software is available for 64-bit computing environments, simplifying and expediting the use of complex MCAD models for early-stage, upfront, flow and thermal simulations

Blue Ridge Numerics has announced that its CFdesign v8.0 upfront CFD software is available for 64-bit computing environments, further simplifying and expediting the use of large, complex MCAD models for early-stage, upfront, flow and thermal simulations.

The 64-bit version of CFdesign v8.0 has been designed to run on high-performance 64-bit processors.

This improves performance and scalability, enabling more data to be processed per clock cycle, more memory to be addressed and faster numerical calculations to be performed.

For fluid flow and heat transfer simulations that are memory-intensive, the performance and scalability benefits are dramatic.

Large data sets can be loaded entirely into memory, reducing the need for slower disk access.

Complex calculations that take hours to complete on 32-bit systems can be done in minutes and models that were simply too big for 32-bit systems are now viable candidates for upfront CFD, giving companies a cost-effective alternative to physical prototyping and testing.

Blue Ridge Numerics director of operations and CFdesign product manager Len Whitehead says the ability to handle larger problems directly in primary memory is one of the major performance benefits: "The 64-bit version of CFdesign decreases swapping when the flow and thermal solvers are executing double precision arithmetic and/or algorithmic calculations which means customers get answers faster".

Customers looking to conduct rigorous flow and thermal simulation with extraordinarily large MCAD models like those commonly found in the aerospace, automotive and electronics sectors will benefit most.

Additionally customers who use the CFdesign Motion Module for turbo machinery, motion-driven flow, or flow-driven motion applications will appreciate the benefits of the 64-bit version.

The term 64-bit in chips means that the CPU can process 64 different instructions at the same time.

A 32-bit chip can process half of that, but the doubling of instructions does not mean that 64-bit chips are faster than 32-bit counterparts.

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