Three major concerns of industrial CAE users are accuracy, computing time and user-friendliness. In modern simulation, since the geometrical of design phase is getting more complicated day by day, true 3D model and simulation is in great demand. However, true 3D simulation inevitably increases computing time and requires more memory. The demand for high accuracy and high performance computing can never be underestimated. Generally, latest and more powerful CPU can reduce computing time. However, this type of improvement from CPU clock rate alone cannot satisfy industrial users neither in speed nor accuracy. Utilization of multiple multi-core CPUs is therefore the most effective approach. Hence, parallel computing is fast becoming an inexpensive alternative to standard supercomputer for solving large-scale problems that arise in scientific and engineering applications.
