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Chrysler Adopts Linux For Vehicle Simulations

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cheap-number-crunching dept.

eMilkshake writes "According to this ComputerWorld article, Chrysler is adopting Linux for vehicle crash testing. According to the article, 'the new system is expected to improve simulation performance by 20%, while saving about 40% in costs....'" Insert knee-jerk reaction joke about computers and crashing here.

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  1. RTFA! by scrod98 · · Score: 5, Informative
    "The cluster is running modified LS-DYNA crash-testing software from Livermore Software Technology Group in Livermore, Calif."

    It's like, right at the beginning.

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  2. Other references by mmol_6453 · · Score: 5, Informative

    eWeek
    Computer Graphics World
    Business Week
    Globetechnology.com
    ZDNet

    The wonders of news.google.com.

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  3. Re:Wait a minute by Osty · · Score: 4, Informative

    So wait a minute, you save money by using Linux? Are you telling me that the folks at MS are lying and that the TCO for Winodws isn't lower?

    Red herring. The article was about a migration to linux from a proprietary unix, not from Windows. Therefore, the only conclusion you can draw here is that linux saves you money over other unix operating systems. You can't make any conclusions about linux TCO vs. Windows TCO based on this article.


    Care to try again?

  4. Re:This is one application -- You don't understand by Proudrooster · · Score: 5, Informative

    The application itself if not going to run on the cluster. The cluster is simply going to be used as a "compute farm" for solving the datasets and models produced by the application.

    This is similar to what is happening in the animation industry. The LINUX boxes are simply going to "crunch" the numbers and feed the results back to an application running under Windows or high end UNIX workstations.

    For a cheap "compute farm" cluster, you can't beat Red Hat Advanced Server with Xenon's.

    We are planning to build a 16 node cluster next year for the same purpose as Chrysler. Again, the apps aren't running here, LS-Dyna, DynaForm, Hypermesh, FEMB etc ... will still all run on a UNIX/Windows workstation, but the solving will be done (very quickly) on a Red Hat cluster.

    It just rocks!