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TERATEC Forum 2015
Workshop 6 - Wednesday, June 24 from 14:00 to 17:30
Algorithms and parallel software

Advances in Accelerator-based CFD Simulation
Wim SLAGTER, ANSYS, Inc.

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This presentation demonstrates why hardware accelerators (like NVIDIA GPU and Intel Xeon Phi) could be of interest for CFD simulation. It presents the current status of accelerator-based solver support in ANSYS Fluent. By means of examples, technical guidelines and performance data will be discussed. Finally, licensing and future directions associated with accelerator-based CFD simulation will be briefly addressed.

Wim Slagter is the Lead Product Manager for High Performance Computing at ANSYS, Inc. In his role, he is also responsible for the corporate marketing programs on high-performance and cloud computing. Prior to that, Wim was the Corporate Product Manager for the CFD product line and the Business Manager for Explicit Dynamics and Offshore. Before joining ANSYS in 2003, Wim worked at MSC Software since 1994 in various management positions related to software development, consulting, and sales. Wim holds a Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands.

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