GPGPU Acceleration of EDEM Simulation Engine Showcased at Supercomputing10

By DE Editors

EDEM particle simulation technology is used to simulate and analyze the performance of bulk particle handling and processing equipment—from powders and granules to ore, grains, tablets, fibers and more.

GPGPU-based acceleration of EDEM’s discrete element method softwarereduces compute times and will increase productivity for all users, but especially for customers who rely on the most advanced and computation-intensive capabilities of EDEM, says the company.

“We are pleased to partner with AMD in this pioneering deployment of their graphics accelerator technology in our state-of-the-art CAE application of DEM,”says JohnFavier, CEO of DEM Solutions, “and we look forward to continued increases in the speed and scale of simulations this enables. The substantial acceleration achieved with the new OpenCL implementation of our EDEM simulation engine on ATI FireProhardware will enable our customers in all industry sectors to increase both the number of design prototypes and the complexity of models they can simulate in a given time”.

“DEM Solutions and AMD are collaborating to provide DEM software customers with an exceptional solution using ATI FirePro graphics,” says Janet Matsuda, general manager, AMD Professional Graphics.  “By selecting OpenCL for their development, DEM Solutions is providing their customers with outstanding performance to accelerate their design process and the cost effectiveness of an open standard. “

DEM Solutions will showcase an OpenCL version of EDEM, in partnership with AMD, at SC10 in New Orleans Nov. 15-18, 2010.

For more information, visit DEM Solutions and AMD.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.