FLUENT CFD SOFTWARE RELEASED FOR INTEL ITANIUM 2 PROCESSOR BASED PLATFORM USING LINUX

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FLUENT CFD SOFTWARE RELEASED FOR INTEL ITANIUM 2 PROCESSOR BASED PLATFORM USING LINUX
17 September 2003 - Fluent

Fluent Inc. announced today the general availability of its flagship Computational Fluid Dynamics software, FLUENT V6.1.22, for the Intel Itanium 2 processor family running under the Linux operating system. The new release supports full FLUENT functionality, including 64-bit parallel processing, on the Itanium 2 processors and complements Fluent's earlier announcement of full support for Itanium 2 microarchitecture under the HP-UX operating environment from the Hewlett-Packard Company.

"Computational fluid dynamics places extreme demands on computing power, and Fluent customers will benefit from both 64-bit memory availability and high processor speed on Itanium 2 processor based platforms" notes Paul Bemis, VP of Product Strategy at Fluent. "FLUENT's performance on Itanium 2 microarchitecture is excellent, and the combined solution provides our customers with very good value."

Fluent has worked together with Intel Corporation, HP, SGI, and NEC to develop, deliver, and benchmark performance on Itanium 2 processor based platforms. Certified Hewlett-Packard systems include the rx2600 server and zx6000 workstations, and FLUENT is supported on the full line of new HP Integrity Linux clusters running Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1. The new release has also been certified on the SGI Altix 3000 family of servers. FLUENT benchmarks on Itanium 2 processor based systems are posted at http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/fl5bench/index.htm.

"Fluent and Intel have worked closely together to ensure outstanding performance for Fluent customers on Itanium 2 processor based platforms," notes Melissa Laird, General Manager of Intel's Solutions Enabling Division. "The recent benchmarks provided by FLUENT demonstrate that FLUENT's performance is very competitive on Itanium 2 microarchitecture. In addition, the very good parallel scaling represents a powerful solution that can be deployed to address customer's large-scale CFD computing requirements. We are pleased that Fluent's membership in our Early Access Program continues to deliver results."

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About: Fluent
Fluent is the world's largest provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and consulting services. Fluent's software is used for simulation, visualization, and analysis of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reactions. It is a vital part of the computer-aided engineering (CAE) process for companies around the world and is deployed in nearly every manufacturing industry. Using Fluent's software, product development, design and research, engineers build virtual prototypes and simulate the performance of proposed and existing designs, allowing them to improve design quality while reducing cost and speeding time to market. Fluent's corporate headquarters are located in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA, with offices in Belgium, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, China, and Sweden. Its CFD software is also available around the world through joint ventures, partnerships, and distributors.

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