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News Release from: ESI Group | Subject: Pam-Crash
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 08 November 2004
Crash simulation first to use 64-bit
Windows
ESI Group has demonstrated its Open Virtual Try-Out Space Solution (VTOS) engineering simulation on Microsoft's new 64-bit Windows operating system.
ESI Group has demonstrated its Open Virtual Try-Out Space Solution (VTOS) engineering simulation on Microsoft's new 64-bit Windows operating system Pam-Crash is claimed to be the first crash simulation on the market to be ported to 64-bit Windows, before the future release of other CAE software from ESI Group
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Microsoft's 64-bit operating system is said to offer a cost-effective approach to running typical CAE applications, which usually require large memory resources, in excess of 2-Gbytes.
The engineering community will benefit from the performance of Itanium Processor Family (IPF)-based Windows 64-bit at a highly competitive price, compared to the well-established UNIX 64-bit operating systems, which run primarily on RISC processors.
As most CADs offer good, industrially validated performances on a 32-bit environment and high computing consuming applications such as CAE solutions mostly resort to a 64-bit environment, the new 64-bit systems running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition allow, through a dual 32/64-bit offer, for mass market applications and continuous PLM engineering said ESI.
The Open VTOS prototype demonstration at EuroPAM includes several pre-ported product components such as Pam-Crash solvers in SMP and DMP modes, as well as the new graphical framework for both Windows 64-bit Itanium Processor Family (IPF) and 64-bit Extended Systems (Intel Xeon with Extended Memory 64-bit technology).
"ESI Group believes that Windows 64-bit will become one of the major operating systems for CAE applications as it delivers a highly competitive price/performance ratio within a consistent global simulation chain," said Vincent Chaillou, president and chief operating officer of product operations at ESI Group.
"Whereas 64-bit systems will gain in importance in the coming years, Windows 64-bit now helps users fully exploit the operating system's new 64-bit processing and addressing capabilities while protecting our customer investment in 32-bit applications," said Bernard Ourganlian, technical and security manager for Microsoft France.
Microsoft plans to introduce Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 during the first half of 2005.
Both operating systems are currently available in beta versions.
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