CFX-5 Porting to HP-UX 11i on HP's Intel Itanium.Business & Technology Editors WATERLOO & ONTARIO, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2001 CFX CFX Command Field Exercise CFX Combined Field Exercise CFX Congregationum Fratrorum Xaverianorum (Latin: Congregation of Xaverian Brothers (Roman Catholic religious order) CFX China France Express CFX Compact Form Factor , a division of AEA Technology plc today announced that it has started a porting program for its flagship Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational fluid dynamics The numerical approximation to the solution of mathematical models of fluid flow and heat transfer. Computational fluid dynamics is one of the tools (in addition to experimental and theoretical methods) available to solve (CFD CFD - Computational Fluid Dynamics ) product, CFX-5, to HP's Intel Itanium chip running HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. 11i. Commercial release of native IA-64 binaries is expected mid-2002. " CFX sees great performance potential for this technology. HP is a leader in developing IA-64 with Intel and we expect that their support of HP-UX11i on their new Itanium platforms will give CFX customers a stable and very fast simulation platform for running CFX-5. In keeping with the advanced CFD technology employed in CFX-5, CFX wants to ensure that our customers can make use of this promising new computer architecture as soon as possible" commented Dr. Michael Raw, Vice President CFX Product Development. Notes to Editors About CFX and AEA Technology CFX, a division of AEA Technology plc, is a leading supplier of CFD software and services to the chemical, manufacturing and power generation industries. The company's mission is to improve customers' efficiency and profitability by delivering outstanding CFD solutions and support. AEA Technology plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor : AAT Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) A blood component that breaks down infection-fighting enzymes such as elastase. Mentioned in: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ) is an innovative business supplying technical, safety and environmental solutions to a broad range of industries worldwide. AEA Technology employees nearly 3,600 people in more than 90 locations around the world, bringing science to the marketplace through consultancy, technical services, hardware and software systems, research development and technology transfer. Media enquiries to: cfxgmm@cfx.aeat.com All trademarks or registered trademarks herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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