SGI offers two complementary server architectures: the SGI® Altix® product line based on dual-core Intel® ® processors and the SGI® Altix® XE product line based on dual-core ® Xeon® processors. SGI works closely with simulation software providers to ensure applications are optimized and parallelized for our servers. The large global shared-memory of architecture of the SGI Altix product line delivers the scalability and performance required of complex physical modeling that includes plastic rupture, composites, and unique material properties The SGI Altix XE servers deliver unmatched memory bandwidth for cluster performance and superior configuration flexibility for both capacity and capability. The SGI Altix and Altix XE servers running on industry standard Linux® operating systems dominate real-world application tests and provide options for complex simutions. SGI® InfiniteStorage technology delivers optimal efficiency for storing, organizing, accessing and managing data. Combining these computing and storage technologies, SGI Solutions for CSM enable design engineers and analysis professionals to deliver superior product design more quickly by providing:

• Capability to do more complex analyses on detailed components and subassemblies
• Dramatic speed up in application run time
• Significant reduction in costly engineering changes late in the design cycle
• Optimized performance of CSM software applications
• Access to critical data where and when it is needed, so the product development team can focus on creativity and innovation-not data management

For additional information:

• SGI® InfiniteStorage Solutions for Virtual Product Development: Achieving and Sustaining a Competitive Advantage (PDF 820K)
• Solving 111 Million Degrees of Freedom: The ANSYS Big Memory Breakthrough on the Itanium 2-Based SGI Altix High Performance Computing Platform (PDF 204K)
• SGI Altix Technology at Altair Engineering (PDF 420K)
• Driving High Performance: Tata Motors reduces costs and accelerates time-to-market by deploying high-performance applications on Intel® architecture (PDF 260K)