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HPC at GE. Dave Topp April 14, 2010. High Fidelity Analysis. Further advances needed in key disciplines: Turbomachinery Aero Design Heat Transfer Aeromechanics Combustion Stress & Life Acoustics Material Modeling
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HPC at GE Dave Topp April 14, 2010
High Fidelity Analysis • Further advances needed in key disciplines: • Turbomachinery Aero Design • Heat Transfer • Aeromechanics • Combustion • Stress & Life • Acoustics • Material Modeling • Configuration Management capability needed to manage increasing volume of analysis data • Efficient High Performance Computing capacity critical
HPC Growth at GE • Started with RISC desktops and some SMP • Added similar installation at another site • Proliferation of sites and numbers of racks • Dominance of Linux clusters • Dramatic growth of HPC power • Vision is GE HPC Grid 1997 2000 2010