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Digital Technology Laboratory Corporation Selects Linux Networx Supersystem to Accelerate Design Process
LS-P Performance Tuned Supersystem to Power CFD, FEA and Visualization Applications
SALT LAKE CITY, May XX, 2007 — Linux Networx, The Linux Supercomputing company, today announced that Digital
Technology Laboratory Corporation (DTL Corp.) a provider of engineering consulting services to Mori Seiki Co. Ltd., has
ordered a Linux Networx LS-P Performance Tuned Supersystem for its mixed application environment. Mori Seiki is a leading
provider of machine tools. The system is the first supercomputer ordered by DTL Corp., and it will be used to accelerate
the company’s design process and generate more accurate models and simulations of its machine tools. Linux Networx is
configuring the system to optimize its performance with selected computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis and
visualization codes, including FLUENT.
DTL Corp. relies upon computer-aided engineering to analyze the performance of their machine tools and refine product
designs. After running continuously for several hours, the accuracy of machine tools can be affected by changes in their
operational temperatures. As a result, DTL Corp. studies the effect of temperature change over time on the precision of their
machines. Traditionally, the company has performed this analysis on standard desktop computers; however, the need for
higher fidelity models and simulations, coupled with the need to complete jobs faster, necessitated an investment in a Linux
supercomputer.
“At DTL Corp. our specialty is designing precision machine tools, not high performance computing. We needed to find a
system that would deliver optimum price performance, be relied upon to go into production very quickly, and was backed by
a company with unrivaled industry expertise,” said Zach Piner, P.E., director of mechanical engineering, DTL Corp. “Linux
Networx has the proven experience we need, including the expertise in optimizing systems for the CFD, FEA and visualization
codes we rely upon.”
DTL Corp. decided to order and evaluate through testing a thirteen-node Linux Supersystem featuring dual-socket, dual-core
Intel processors - approximately forty processing cores. Eight compute nodes are configured for CFD, and one specialized
node each will be dedicated to FEA and visualization. A master node and two I/O nodes complete the system. This Linux
Supersystem will also feature a fully integrated high performance data I/O and storage system and approximately 68GB of
RAM. Linux Networx’s experience has shown that a fully integrated and optimized data system will substantially improve
the overall performance and work throughput of the entire system. In initial testing, the system was able to complete jobs
thirty times faster than DTL Corp’s previous system. After full testing of the system, DTL Corp. may expand it, having
budgeted three million dollars for the overall project.
Linux Networx LS-P Performance Tuned Supersystems deliver significantly improved application throughput while dramatically
reducing the system’s Total Cost of Ownership. Every LS-P is delivered as a turnkey production-ready system, ready to
begin processing customer applications and data models within days of delivery, eliminating the expected customer time and
expense to install software, integrate diverse hardware and software components and tune the overall system. With the LS-P,
traditional deployment times of weeks to months shrink to days, increasing supercomputing productivity and Mori Seiki’s
return on investment.
About Mori Seiki:
Mori Seiki has produced more than 150,000 machine tools since its founding in 1948. Mori Seiki has achieved steady
growth as a leading company in the machine tool industry while supporting product development by customers throughout
the world. It is not an exaggeration to describe the road that Mori Seiki has walked thus far as one of consistent revolution
and challenge. Mori Seiki employs a business process aiming for cutting-edge and creative technological development, customer-
based service support and total quality. Not stopping at existing methods and industry schemes, we have consistently
set high standards, and have generated numerous innovations.
Mori Seiki’s next goal is to be the “Global One” machine tool manufacturer. To achieve this goal, we are creating a stable
business model that is not contingent on the business environment. We are also releasing innovative products such as the
next generation Integrated Mill Turn Center “NT Series”, and Driven at the Center of Gravity (DCG™), which are the fruits
of numerous innovations at Mori Seiki, delivering new value for machine tools. For further information visit
www.moriseiki.com.
About Linux Networx
For over a decade Linux Networx has delivered production-ready Linux Supercomputers. The company’s Linux Supercomputing
offerings power value in price/performance and utilization, overall system reliability, uptime and Total Cost of Ownership.
The company has delivered over 500 supercomputing systems to more than 200 supercomputing customers around
the world. Our global customer base represents supercomputing leaders ranging from Boeing in aerospace; BMW, Daimler-
Chrysler AG, Audi, Caterpillar and John Deere in heavy manufacturing; Total, Schlumberger and Shell Oil in the Oil and
Gas industry; and Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and the Department of Defense in the government
arena. The company has received numerous honors, including HPCWire Editor and Reader’s Choice Awards for
Most Innovative Technology and Best Price/Performance. For more information about Linux Networx, visit
www.linuxnetworx.com.
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