Red Bull Racing Revs Up Simulations With Netlist's HyperCloud Memory

By DE Editors

Netlist, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of high-performance memory subsystems, has announced that its HyperCloud memory module is increasing the performance of Red Bull Racing’s Formula 1 Racing Car simulations, which includes computational fluid dynamics (CFD). HyperCloud helps overcome the memory constraints associated with CFD simulations and large complex models.  

“In Formula 1, we continually need to leverage technologies that can help us innovate,” says Nathan Sykes, CFD manager at Red Bull Racing. “Using HyperCloud with our CFD simulations allows us to significantly increase our Formula 1 design productivity. With HyperCloud, we achieve 60% greater server utilization and are now running multiple jobs per machine. Launching multiple jobs on one machine increases the number of simulations which can be built on existing hardware, increasing the design throughput of the CFD department.”

To enhance the accuracy of its simulation tests, Red Bull Racing uses CFD to analyze and solve problems that involve fluid flows. HyperCloud memory is designed to maximize the performance and productivity of these aerodynamic modeling simulations, which are memory intensive. Currently, Red Bull Racing uses ANSYS CFD simulation software running on HP DL380 servers configured with 16GB HyperCloud memory.  

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