Fluent Announces Upgrades to the Remote Simulation Facility

Fluent Inc, the world leader in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, announces an upgrade to its Remote Simulation Facility (RSF). Due to the broad reception to this new service, Fluent has added an additional 96 Gflops of capacity with the addition of a Linux Networx Evolocity® II cluster system. The Fluent Remote Simulation Facility lets users exploit supercomputer capacity with unlimited Fluent processes using “pay as you go” methods through a highly secure Internet portal. This provides and excellent solution for Fluent users with a periodic need for high performance data processing.

The Fluent RSF is specifically designed to handle highly parallel simulations that are often characterized by large volumes of sensitive customer data, over the Internet. It is optimized for large-scale simulations and/or concurrent execution of many simulations, such as those found in sensitivity analysis or optimization. The facility uses state-of-the-art security and systems infrastructure technology from providers including Cisco, Sun, and Linux Networx. This service is ideal for Fluent CFD users who require occasional “surge” capacity for time-critical simulations, or periodic simulations of large models. “This new capacity from Linux Networx is pretty amazing,” said Thomas Scheidegger, a Fluent Consultant, “I was able to solve a 13.5 million cell, 2 equation turbulence model using ideal gas at 27 seconds per iteration.”

Eric Pitcher, Linux Networx Vice President, Product Marketing, Government, Industrial and Life Sciences said, “After working with Fluent to develop an integrated CFD cluster system, we are now able to pre-integrate Fluent onto the Evolocity® II cluster system in our facility before shipment to customers. Linux Networx has installed cluster systems in production environments that scale to over 2,000 processors. This ability to scale to large systems will be ideal for the growing RSF facility.”

Paul Bemis, Vice President of eBusiness at Fluent Inc., said, “The demand for additional surge capacity has been steadily increasing since we began this initiative one year ago. We are now in position to provide complete hosted services for our Fluent customers worldwide at a very competitive price point.”

Pricing and Availability

The Fluent RSF is available to both existing Fluent and new users on a worldwide basis. Users are charged for solve time only. Other functions such as file transfer, report generation, and interactive “online” time are not metered. Subscriptions range from a minimum of 180 CPU-hrs to complete dedicated systems. Prices are quoted on a per CPU-hr basis and can be as low as $5/CPU-hr in volume. For more information on the Fluent Remote Simulation Facility please go to the http://www.fluent.com/software/rsolve/index.htm website.

About Fluent

Fluent is the world’s largest provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and consulting services. Fluent’s software is used for simulation, visualization, and prediction of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reactions. It is a vital part of the computer-aided engineering (CAE) process for companies around the world and in almost every manufacturing industry. Using Fluent’s software, product development, design and research engineers build virtual prototypes and simulate the performance of proposed and existing designs, which helps them to optimize, troubleshoot, scale-up, and retrofit. Use of CFD software reduces time-to-market by reducing the need for costly physical testing and prototyping. Fluent's corporate headquarters are located in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. Fluent's European headquarters are located in Sheffield, England, with local offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and Sweden. Fluent's Asia Pacific headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan. Its CFD software is also available around the world through joint ventures, partnerships, and distributors.

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For more information, contact:

Paul Whalen Fluent Inc. 10 Cavendish Court Lebanon, NH 03766 (603) 643-2600 Ext. 666 pww@fluent.com

About Linux Networx

Linux Networx (www.linuxnetworx.com) brings its powerful and easy-to-manage cluster technology to those demanding high performance computing and high availability systems. Linux Networx provides solutions for organizations involved in biotechnology research, oil and gas exploration, aeronautical and chemical modeling, graphics rendering and visual effects, and other technological research fields. Through its innovative EvolocityTM hardware, ICE™ cluster management tools and professional service and support, Linux Networx provides end-to-end clustering solutions. To date, the company has built some of the fastest cluster systems in the world, and boasts numerous Fortune 500 customers. In 2002, Linux Networx designed and delivered the world’s fastest Linux supercomputer.

For more information, contact:

Brad Rutledge Linux Networx 14944 Pony Express Road Bluffdale, UT 84065 (801) 562-1010 Ext. 1218 brutledge@linuxnetworx.com