The company is trying to accelerate innovation by offering advancements in user experience and intuitive workflows. In order to make its software delivery method more flexible and accessible, Altair has released updates to all of its software products. In fact, Altair is calling this update the “most significant software update release in the company’s history.” Altair … [Read more...] about Altair announces software updates for its entire line of products
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Rescale expands on-demand use of LS-DYNA finite element analysis to Europe
Simulation as a service is taking off because it removes two significant bottlenecks. Finite element analysis (FEA) software LS-DYNA from Oasys Software is the most recent addition to the Rescale ScaleX cloud access platform for engineering software. LS-DYNA will be available for hourly, on-demand use in Europe effective today, expanding on an earlier soft launch in the US. … [Read more...] about Rescale expands on-demand use of LS-DYNA finite element analysis to Europe
HP Enterprise buying SGI marks end of an era
No longer synonymous with cutting edge cool, but still relevant in high performance computing. By Jon Peddie The recent news that SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), the company once known as Silicon Graphics, will be acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, marks the end of an era. There was a time when SGI was synonymous with cool and cutting edge. It still builds great supercomputers, … [Read more...] about HP Enterprise buying SGI marks end of an era
University group deploys UK’s most powerful GPU supercomputer
The new “Emerald” system will be shared with researchers across the UK to drive discovery in astrophysics, genomics and nanotechnology. A group of leading British universities last week deployed United Kingdom’s most powerful GPU-accelerated supercomputer. The new supercomputer "Emerald" will be shared by four U.K.-based universities to drive research across a range of … [Read more...] about University group deploys UK’s most powerful GPU supercomputer
The parallel universe is growing in the NAB world
CUDA, OpenCL, and OpenGL all come into play as professional graphics applications learn to play nice with multiple CPUs and GPUs. There is no good reason why software developers can’t improve the performance of their software by using the new software tools for GPU compute. If you’re a software developer reading that first sentence you might well have just taken your computer … [Read more...] about The parallel universe is growing in the NAB world
Nvidia launches the Kepler era of virtual GPU computing and accessible HPC
Nvidia says previously unobtainable performance opens the door to a variety of possibilities including streaming games like movies or doing sophisticated simulations from the cloud. Power efficiency gains are as important as the graphics gains. Nvidia today unveiled Kepler, a new generation of graphics technology, promising previously impossible commercial graphics … [Read more...] about Nvidia launches the Kepler era of virtual GPU computing and accessible HPC
Ansys revenue up 23% in third quarter, sets all-time record
The newly acquired Apache Design Systems accounted for part of the total. High-performance computing is taking off among Ansys customers. It was another buoyant quarter for engineering analysis software vendor ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), as revenue was up year-over-year by 23% to $172.9 million. Revenue beat the previous single-quarter record of $166.5 million set in … [Read more...] about Ansys revenue up 23% in third quarter, sets all-time record
Exploring the brave new world of virtual moviemaking
Five artistic technologists discuss and debate the future of graphics technology in film at the annual Jon Peddie Research Siggraph press luncheon. By Randall S. Newton Hollywood is generating a tsunami of computer graphics data these days as it rushes into the new world of virtual moviemaking. Not just fake explosions, giant fighting robots, cuddly blue aliens, and other … [Read more...] about Exploring the brave new world of virtual moviemaking
Ansys revenue sets second quarter record
Revenue of $162.3 million reflected growth in all product lines and services. High performance computing applications and services are in particularly high demand. Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) today reported record second quarter revenue of $162.3 million, the second highest quarter in company history. The company says its deferred revenue, for maintenance contracts and long-term … [Read more...] about Ansys revenue sets second quarter record
Weak US Dollar helps Ansys hit Q1 revenue record
Sales were strongest outside North America. Seventeen sales were $1 million or higher. Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) today reported first quarter revenue of $158 million, 16% higher than a year ago. Traditionally the first quarter is the lowest revenue quarter of the year for Ansys; this quarter's revenue makes it the second highest in the company's history. Only 33% of revenue came … [Read more...] about Weak US Dollar helps Ansys hit Q1 revenue record