Frontier sets fluid dynamics speed record, cutting simulation time from 38.5 to 1.5 hours on AMD GPUs

In context: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) exploits the power of computer technology to study and predict how fluids behave under simulated conditions. Supercomputers can do wonders with CFD applications, and AMD Instinct GPUs have been properly leveraged to reduce the time needed to run these simulations, with room for even more improvement. Ansys, a simulation software company, used its Fluent software to simulate a complex turbine system on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. By running the task on AMD Instinct GPUs instead of traditional CPU cores, the company cut simulation time by 96 percent. Ansys says this is just the beginning of speeding up computational fluid dynamics workloads. Ansys Fluent provides advanced physics modeling to analyze various fluid phenomena. The company recently partnered with energy firm Baker Hughes, which is designing next-generation gas turbines and other turbomachinery to boost energy conversion efficiency. Together, they worked wi ... Read full article.